Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Vision/ Scope?

Vision/ Scope


E-Commerce is a panacea to expand a business beyond the boundaries. Huge revenue can be generated by providing services or products in international market. Many successful businessmen used E-Commerce strategies to expand business activities to get maximum share in international market. There are many examples of successful businesses in Pakistan like US Apparel, Guard Rice etc. who expanded their business gradually and now they are pioneers in their business. If one student becomes able to implement such type of activity, he will create many opportunities for other graduates. Because when one graduate gets a job, he becomes able to afford at most one family only and on the other hand, if one graduate starts business successfully, he becomes source of earning for many families. Students would be asked to give an idea of products or services in which they are agreed to get excel in future. Further, the students can be asked to analyze a current system (company or an organization) to identify its problems and providing them the e-business \ e-commerce solutions to participate the globalization


After the successful completion of the course, the students should be able to implement e-commerce strategy in both ways like:


1. Implementation of new business idea with comprehensive international market analysis with respect to culture, language, trust building, economic position, demand of any product or service (remember: 70% new ideas fail due to lack of market analysis)


2. Expansion of old or existing business by E-Commerce to get benefits of globalization and international market share to generate huge revenue from business.








Remember:





Competing the international market is not a child’s play; it requires a comprehensive market analysis, compliance with the international standards and any business man can get benefit from fulfilling any unmet need of the inhabitants of any country. This is possible via E-Commerce. Further, it should be taken into consideration what we can produce in Pakistan easily with low cost. We can enlist the products like leather, cotton, furniture, rice, wheat, soft ware, towels, socks, vegetables, fruit, shoes, books, paper, gifts, flowers, toys, jeans, dresses, shawls, man power etc. Also, we should keep in mind what we should import from abroad like machinery, vehicles, electronics etc.





Project Deliverables


There will be four deliverables of this project. Template of 1st deliverable is given below and other deliverables will be uploaded from time to time along with their comprehensive templates for your complete guidance.


1st Deliverable:





You are required to submit a proposal about the implementation of E-business/ E-Commerce solution in a new idea of any product / service





OR





About analyzing any existing system with respect to its transformation into E-commerce \ E-business solution





You are given a choice of choosing a new idea or an existing system. Therefore, two different templates of proposals are provided you for better understanding.





Note: Existing system means any company or an organization which is doing its business manually











Proposal Template for New Idea





1. Proposal containing idea and feasibility


a. Description of idea (in one paragraph)


i. What is your Idea?


ii. Idea is product based or service based


iii. Feasibility study w.r.t budget, time, technology availability


b. Importance of idea (in one paragraph)


i. Business value


ii. Revenue generation


iii. Market share


iv. Exposure


v. Growth in future perspectives


c. Target market / customers (in one paragraph)


i. User type


ii. Cultural issues w.r.t target customers


iii. Languages issues regarding target customers


iv. Legal issues w.r.t product or services


v. Political perspectives


vi. Trust building


vii. Answering the below Questionnaire by market analysis


These questions will enhance your understanding and knowledge of your target market and industry, and ultimately determine: Is there a need for my product or service?


• What defined market am I trying to reach?


• What specific companies are servicing this market?


o Are they successful?


o Are there other companies servicing this market with a similar product?


o Are they successful?


o What is their market share?


• Is the market saturated or wide open? If so, why?


• What is the size of the market?


o Is it a growing market?


o Is the industry stable, volatile, growing or trendy?


• How can I reach this market?


o How do my competitors reach the market?


• What are the business models of my competitors?


• What do customers expect from this type of product or service?


• What core competencies must the product or service have?


• What are customers willing to pay for this type of product or service?


• What is my competitive advantage?





d. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)


e. Payback Period


f. Rational /Summary





OR























Proposal Template for Existing System





1. Proposal about the solution of identified problem in existing system


d. Problem description found in the system and solution proposed


i. What was the problem?


ii. Severity of problem


iii. Impact on the current working system


iv. Solution proposed


v. Feasibility study w.r.t budget, time, technology availability


e. Importance of solution (in one paragraph)


i. Business value


ii. Revenue generation


iii. Market share


iv. Exposure


v. Growth in future perspectives


f. Target market / customers (in one paragraph)


i. User type


ii. Cultural issues w.r.t target customers


iii. Languages issues regarding target customers


iv. Legal issues w.r.t. product or services


v. Political perspectives


vi. Trust building


vii. Answering the below Questionnaire w.r.t market analysis


These questions will enhance your understanding and knowledge of your target market and industry, and ultimately determine: Is there a need for my product or service?


• What defined market am I trying to reach?


• What specific companies are servicing this market?


o Are they successful?


o Are there other companies servicing this market with a similar product?


o Are they successful?


o What is their market share?


• Is the market saturated or wide open? If so, why?


• What is the size of the market?


o Is it a growing market?


o Is the industry stable, volatile, growing or trendy?


• How can I reach this market?


o How do my competitors reach the market?


• What are the business models of my competitors?


• What do customers expect from this type of product or service?


• What core competencies must the product or service have?


• What are customers willing to pay for this type of product or service?


• What is my competitive advantage?





d. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)


e. Payback Period


f. Rational /Summary

















NOTE:


Please you get practical experience of market in this regard and chose a product or service which has potential need into the current international market and then proceed in accordance with the instructions provided in the deliverable. Further, you can chose any already running system of an organization regarding purchasing, selling, trading etc. and analyze it and identify the problems and propose an E-commerce\ E-business solution.

Vision/ Scope?
Hi


What%26#039;s ur point?


What r u trying to ask?
Reply:Virtual University Of Pakistan will take a serious action against this student............



Credit Report

I HAVE AN ONLY CHILD...my LITTLE PUMPKin has OFFICIALLY BECOME A SAINT...i'm sooo happy?

my son was accepted at the saints john neumann and maria goretty high school....





i%26#039;m bouncing out of my shoes...so happy for my baby boy...but scared out of my boots...he is going to high school....





how do you deal with this huge step in your child%26#039;s life?





i had to step back this morning and look at my son...he is not a little boy anymore...





he has gone from being a cute little chunky pie...to a thin elegant young man...





i mean...i always had a handsome prince, but to see the difference dead in my face is frightening...





i am scared of the next four years...what is going to happen then? he has radically changed in so many aspects in the past year...but somehow managed to hold on to the darn childish ways that are more convenient for him...





how are you dealing with, or did you deal with the grand changes in your teen son?





i%26#039;m sure little girls are the brightest ray of sunshine in their parents life...but...





my pumpkin rocks....

I HAVE AN ONLY CHILD...my LITTLE PUMPKin has OFFICIALLY BECOME A SAINT...i%26#039;m sooo happy?
been through it already, just give him the guidance you%26#039;ve been all along, go to all the sports things or school acttivity%26#039;s he is in, give him space, but be there, wish you the best of everything



Loan forum

Friends advice? Ungrateful? Or just thoughtless? Or both?!?

I made friends with a woman I met at my child%26#039;s nursery. Although we are very different the kids get on really well and we meet regularly. I feel like I am more of a friend to her than the other way round at times. The issue is that she did not even get me a card for my 40th, did not get me anything when I got married this August after saying both times that she was looking for something and would buy us a present soon! I do not expect it from people but I feel that she has made no effort and has made too many promises. For eg she was going to help me buy shoes for the wedding, help me on the day, etc but nothing materialised - same as the presents or cards. I have made her and her child as well as husband dinner and lunch on many, many occasions but this is hardly ever reciprocated. So I feel that I give a lot and do not get much back. I feel really pissed off basically and wonder what others would do in such a situation. Also she is about to move miles away in 3 wks time.

Friends advice? Ungrateful? Or just thoughtless? Or both?!?
Stay pleasant with her till she goes, bid her a fond fair well. Promise to post a card, even a house warming present, invite her to arrange to meet for coffee. Then oops forget! Then get on with your life, meet new friends who don%26#039;t take you for granted.
Reply:I would be looking forward to the move,she is a taker not a giver,i am sure you can find far more genuine people than her.
Reply:she might not have the money for things like that and doesn%26#039;t want to feel stupid. I would let her move and thats the end of that. If you don%26#039;t feel good about that, talk to her and see whats going on. But like you said you have nothing in common and kids can always get other friends. Tell your child that they moved far away and he/she won%26#039;t be seeing him/her that much anymore. Don%26#039;t say no more cause they might start crying
Reply:u know what?? im ticked off at her just by reading about it!! im a kid, and i know how your child would feel if he /she lost a dear friend. maybe you could just forget about the useless woman tough. only meeting when possible~~ dont go out of your wayto make her happy if you arent getting anything back!!


shes totally using you!!
Reply:maybe she forgot hun don%26#039;t worry she still likes you.





hope i could help





pinky
Reply:Friends yes, %26amp; the kids are. But are sure she is feeling on the same level as you. Some people have trouble expressing themselves. Maybe distance will be okay to.
Reply:This woman is not your friend - she merely says these things to make you think she is; then she doesn%26#039;t follow through. Start ignoring her...once she moves miles away, you will most likely be rid of her - thank God!!!
Reply:well talk to her it cant be that bad she might have short trem lost


or might not have the money or mabey she might be mad but acting nice just to get you pissed.
Reply:I would be pleased that she is moving away it will save any arguments that could have materialised with the situation you are in. I would, beings she is moving, just be friendly but do not offer any help or leaving presents or arrange to meet etc. she is not worth it, just a taker there are plenty of those sort about.
Reply:Personally I wouldn%26#039;t be friends with someone who treats you that way. Maybe she is jealous? Who knows but she seems mean-spirited and selfish. Be glad she is moving soon! :)



Loan forum

Have you ever heard of "CLOWNS FOR CHRIST"?

http://www.fumcniceville.org/arts/clown....





Clowns for Christ


A Christian Clown Ministry





The clown ministry of the First United Methodist Church, %26quot;Clowns for Christ,%26quot; continues to be a serving ministry to our own church programs and an outreach ministry to the community.





The Alley welcomes youth over age 16 and adults who are interested in this Ministry.





Meet some of our clowns!





Here are just a few of the many events our clowns have presented programs or made appearances, where our clowns brought joy, hugs, and love to all they met.





Vacation Bible School


Singles Conference


Shoe Box Ministry sketch


Christmas Parades


Community Health Fair


Cancer Relay for Life


Craft Bazaar


Nursing Homes along with the Children%26#039;s Choirs


Pyramid House for mentally challenged adults


Child Advocacy Center celebration


Luncheon for families of deployed military personnel


Methodist Women%26#039;s ice cream social








Meet some of our clowns!

Have you ever heard of %26quot;CLOWNS FOR CHRIST%26quot;?
I%26#039;ve never heard of %26quot;Clowns For Christ%26quot; but my church does VBS, vacation bible school. I suppose clowns for Christ does make a good name, though because it%26#039;s like you would be a clown and make a fool of yourself for Christ. That%26#039;s awesome. I like that.
Reply:Just what I needed, a way to make clowns even more terrifying.
Reply:Is it too late to change the name to : Christian Clowning around???
Reply:no?
Reply:no.
Reply:Yes I have but the correct name for them is Killer Clowns from outer space.
Reply:No
Reply:Kinda doesn%26#039;t surprise..
Reply:Clowns suck ***, especially fundie clowns.



acne scar

Where can I post information to "sell" Santa Letters?

Hi everyone. I was sitting here trying to figure out how to buy shoes for my daughter and a few things for the kids for Christmas as things are really tight right now due to my inability to work following 2 major back surgeries and came up with this idea.


I would like to offer personalized hand written letters from Santa, they will be neatly written on Holiday themed paper and be addressed to your little one.


I want to charge $1.41 per letter, $1 for myself and of course .41 for the stamp. This way, I can help others and myself at the same time. I%26#039;m not looking for handouts.


If you want one of these, please email me at angelina.mcauley@kay-dom.com, include the child%26#039;s name, age, a friend or someone close to them, and things they would like to have as well as the address to mail it.


This can be paid for thru my paypal account which is the same as my email address above.


Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!!!!

Where can I post information to %26quot;sell%26quot; Santa Letters?
You might want to post this in the %26quot;Christmas%26quot; sub-category. You may get some takers....but HURRY!!!



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Which is better Sansha or Leo's?

I%26#039;m thinking of buying either Sansha%26#039;s %26quot;Silhouette%26quot; shoe or Leo%26#039;s %26quot;Airabesque%26quot;. I have wide toes but narrow arch and I don%26#039;t want it to be baggy. I%26#039;m also confused on the sizing. The fitting says same as street but I can wear a four children%26#039;s and five and a half women%26#039;s. Anyways, what%26#039;s your recomendation?

Which is better Sansha or Leo%26#039;s?
Your feet sound just like mine, and I have tryed them all so I would sy go with the Leo%26#039;s %26quot;Airabesque. They work the best for me and I have no complants. As for the show size I would say get that smallest they have. So get like the 5. Hope this helps
Reply:haha thats so funny i just ordered a pair of leos arabesque ballet shoes too! ive heard they r rele good. i just got close to the same size of shoe i normally wear
Reply:i prefer leather so i%26#039;d go with the leo%26#039;s. they have a canvas insert which obviously enhances the line of the arch, i personally just don%26#039;t like shoes that are solely canvas...especially sanshas, they look like duck feet.
Reply:Dont get leos I have had leos before and the first time you try them on there great and you love them...but then you figure oiut they take sooo long to break in...and they hurt your toes like any thing!



books title c

Are the "Insurgents" really Insurgents?

They are not %26quot;insurgents.%26quot; They are dedicated patriots bravely mounting a resistance to an invasion force of carpetbaggers, pirates, thieves, and murderers.





I hope we would have the same dedication and courage to fight for our own homeland if the shoe were on the other foot. And the way Gerorge Wanker Bush has colossally messed up T-he W-ar A-gainst T-error.





O-peration I-raqi L-iberation is not something our children and children%26#039;s will be proud of. True patriots are committed to getting the commander-in-thief out of the Wh**e House before he murders even more GIs and Iraqi civilians.

Are the %26quot;Insurgents%26quot; really Insurgents?
Don%26#039;t you just love the %26quot;My country is always right%26quot; attitude a lot of answerers display? The simplest moral test of all is the test of turning a situation around and asking yourself, if this were happening to me, instead of to them, would I regard it the same, or differently? If you would regard it differently, then you%26#039;re judgment is not a principled judgment, but a self-serving one. Good question, asker. It%26#039;s questions like these that separate the thinkers from the rest of the herd.
Reply:You must get the special channel. But since 90% of them aren%26#039;t even Iraqi%26#039;s I would qualify them as insurgents.





Is it true that you couldn%26#039;t make in the navy or even the air force? tsk tsk tsk
Reply:If the tables were turned, and WE were in Iraq%26#039;s Position, than We would be Patriots.
Reply:I%26#039;m sure they%26#039;re innocent freedom fighters and barbers who simply took a wrong turn in Kandahar.......
Reply:Well....definite I really don%26#039;t agree with current US policy on terrorism....althought the insults are quite overkill and really optional. I only hope Homeland Security doesn%26#039;t track you down (just kidding). :o)
Reply:i agree kill his *** out
Reply:It%26#039;s too bad your somewhat valid criticism is lost inside strident rhetoric and childish sloganeering.





Yes, there are carpetbaggers, thieves, and murderers in Iraq. The most dangerous ones by far are paid, armed, and trucked in from places including Iran and Syria for the express purpose of destabilizing a fledgling democracy that so deeply frightens their dictators back home.





I am not a Bush administration apologist by any means, but only a fool would believe that the insurgents who are currently blowing up anything they can in Iraq, including women and children, actually belong there. The only people in Iraq who I would consider to be dedicated patriots are the fantastically brave souls who risk kidnapping, torture, and death just to join the local police force so they can bring law and order to their neighborhoods. The sinister forces for which you are misguidedly trying to garner sympathy, the ones who wear no uniform, who kidnap, torture, maim, and kill the innocent, are bona fide war criminals who are beneath contempt.
Reply:no, theyre really foreigners that have been brought in to disrupt the political process in Iraq
Reply:They are angels the way they blow up innocent people! That is exactly was patriots do. You are so insightful.
Reply:You%26#039;re not very bright are you?
Reply:First to Joey 120746. As a liberal you must also be a holy ROCK for you are not quite up to snuff on your information. To you my friend, the code for oil is old. If everyone would stop using it, like the Amish, we might be better well off. I see no patriots in Iraq except us. The idea is NOT to fight a war for our country but to try and preserve a NOW fledgling democratic system in the mid-east as well as to stop the%26quot;patriots%26quot; from coming over here and doing what so far has been prevented by our military as well as our security forces. People,get real. You are mainly sitting in the comfort of your homes bitching about something (WAR) in which most of you have no comprehension AT ALL in what it%26#039;s about or what%26#039;s at stake. Christ! Wake up. Do you think the Continental Army or the Union and Confederate forces were the last ones that gave you those comforts. Hell no! It was hundreds of thousands of Americans fighting piracy, Fascism, Nazism, Communism, and %26quot;patriots%26quot; over the centuries that we have become a nation. Most of you have no clue how many times the US was on the brink of nuclear war or the hundreds of little wars our military has fought throughout the world to put out the flames of world destruction. Liberals and anti- war people have a point of view that is worth listening to but not to the point of outright murder of innocents in other parts of the world. Those type of people have killed more civilians throughout the world and its conflicts than any military action has. ***** but don%26#039;t YOU get your hands bloody. Let that up to people like me and thousands of other veterans and active military. You get these %26quot;patriots%26quot; minds thinking that they are doing the right thing and look what happens...Lebanon and Israel! Poor them. At least Israel knows how to fight a war and GOD pity those people and countries that go to war against them for they really don%26#039;t give a damn for the worlds opinion of them or what they do to win which,oh my, is what war is all about! If you really want to start a really good destructive war pull out our troops, reduce our military, and pull the US dollar from the world market as well as all interest we have in any part of the world. READ history and see what will happen both in our country and abroad. Idiots!!!! Love in Christ and I mean that in a good way...............
Reply:My, but you are angry. I agree, but I would try to tone down the rhetoric and more people might listen to you.
Reply:ORRRRR, they are infiltrators from places like Iran and Syria who are trying to murder those who disagree with Saddam and his murdering ways. I agree, Saddam and his sons were so much better for the people of Iraq. I guess you think taking down Hitler was a bad idea, too, and the Nazis were just %26quot;dedicated patriots who bravely mounted a resistance to an invasion force of carpetbaggers, pirate, thieves and murders.%26quot; Can you say %26quot;misinformed, liberal Jacka$$?%26quot;
Reply:Wow... someone forgot to take their Percodan today, huh?
Reply:yeah, and we are angels, too--the way WE blow up innocent people. War is hell, and no one is %26quot;right%26quot;. But we should never have gone to Iraq and started this mess.








P.S. ubathby, where did you get that BS?????








PPS...and here comes mikey again...why do you kooks think that it is some sort of a put-down to call someone a liberal ? I%26#039;m VERY liberal, and I am proud to be; I think it is the %26quot;holy%26quot; way to be. But I don%26#039;t call people conservative as name-calling, only to describe their political stance. And why would you think that the asker would not fight for our country? What we are doing in Iraq has nothing to do with our freedom--that is the garbled rhetoric!!!
Reply:I think insurgents is a recent term, they could also be called freedom fighters, or something like that.
Reply:We are fighting those who need fought, but you are right... on only one point. If some country invaded the US there would be a whole lot of %26quot;insurgents%26quot; running around the hills fighting back and I would probably be one of them. The true problem are the muslim extremists coming in from other countries for the sole purpose of disrupting everything. They are even killing Iraqi civilians. I agree with the war in Iraq and I%26#039;m sorry you are one of the liberals who can%26#039;t see past the nose on your face but still think yourself enlightened. No point arguing further though as you will discount it all with left-wing rhetoric anyway. Try having an original thought or coming up with your own opinion for once.


Joey, I%26#039;m not using the word liberal for name calling, but to show a political stance as you said, its just how it ends up. If you don%26#039;t like it, don%26#039;t promote it. The %26#039;holy%26#039; way to be? What a joke!!!
Reply:Whether someone is an insurgent, freedom fighter, patriot, militant, revolutionary, or terrorist, often depends on which side of the fence you sit on. It%26#039;s also sometimes determined by who wins the war.





If you%26#039;re referring to the US/Iraq situation, the US has made many mistakes and the war may have been illegitimate. It will still help the Iraqi people in the long run if we can stop messing things up.





Murder is a loaded word and should not be used to describe warfare. The only murders in Iraq were the rogue soldiers and prison guards. There are probably far more we don%26#039;t know about than we do. But Bush is not guilty of murder here, just poor leadership, bad decisions, and all kinds of other political evils.





If you think any of this makes the Al Qaida %26quot;foreign fighter%26quot; forces operating in Iraq into anything but terrorists, that%26#039;s wrong. They are among the most sinister, violent, brutal thugs ever to appear in a war zone. Cutting people%26#039;s heads off and blowing up civilian targets is murder, pure and simple, not insurgency or any other legitimate act of resistance.
Reply:I think that your premise is all off. You see, most of the so called insurgents aren%26#039;t even Iraqis. They are terrorists brought in from other middle eastern countries to prevent the Iraqis from forming a stable secular government.
Reply:yeah we invaded iraq for the oil. thats why the price of gasoline has gone up 300% in the last 3 years.
Reply:SIR, you said all that needs to be said and you wrote it very beautifully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:You%26#039;re stupid. Get off your fat a$$ and go to Iraq, serve and then see how quick you are to open your ignorant mouth.
Reply:If they were insurgents they would be fighting the coalition forces instead of planting bombs in markets.



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