Inventory Efficiencies - E-Commerce - Lecture Slides, Slides of Fundamentals of E-Commerce

Students of Computer Science, study E-Commerce as an auxiliary subject. these are the key points discussed in these Lecture Slides of E-Commerce : Inventory Efficiencies, Electronic Commerce, Competitive Advantage, Online Retail Efficiencies, Float, Personalization, Switching Costs, Partnerships, Syndication Model, Challenges

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2012/2013

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Electronic Commerce

Issues Covered

• Amazon’s strategy

  • competitive advantage

• Inventory efficiencies

  • turns & float

• Excellence in customer service

  • Personalization & switching costs

• Partnerships & ‘service’ businesses

  • Syndication model, merchants.com, web

services

• Challenges

Amazon’s Strategy

Offline vs. Online Retail Efficiencies

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Turnover^ – 3 times / year– avg. book in store 121

days

  • Book on shelf 68+ days

after paying suppliers

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Inventory^ – shelf & warehouse stock– 30% returns

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Turnover^ – 16 times / year– avg. book in house

22 days

  • avg. 28 days of float

/ title

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Inventory^ – all warehouse stock– few returns

Amazon’s Warehouse Network

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5 facilities, > 4 million sq. feet

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Extremely diverse product mix

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Mixed Automation & ManualSorting and Conveyance

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Direct to consumer fulfillment

Photos: blog link provided by the San Jose Merc News