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Involve Your Customers and Trading Partners

Introduction

It is crucial to remember that eBusiness projects, unlike conventional IT projects, will not just affect your company. You also need to get the input and approval of any affected trading partners i.e. customers and suppliers, if you want to have a successful rollout. You may even need to integrate your new system with those of your trading partners.

This chapter gives some guidelines to help ensure that cooperation with your customers and suppliers goes well. For a brief rundown of the key advice in this chapter, check out The Quick Guide.

The Quick Guide
Consult customers and suppliers early and often
Consultation can have pitfalls
Emphasise the customer benefits
Understand your customers’ capabilities...and be prepared to help upgrade them
Customer eProcurement projects may need very different responses
Avoid channel conflict
Address security and legal concerns
Be sensitive to the internal politics of your trading partners
Comply with accessibility standards
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