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American Express公司正在向B2B(商家对商家)市场挺进,该公司所制定的最新计划可能会大大改变网上订货及购物的方式。作为大型信用卡发行商,它计划与软件开发商Ariba公司进行合作,共同研制一种在线支付处理系统,以满足Internet上日益增加的商家之间交易的需求。尽管在商品供应商和消费者之间的市场中,已经孕育出了一整套全新的在线交易的方式,但是与此同时,交易的支付过程却仍未脱离离线操作。进行在线交易的公司要想完成交易仍然需要花一定的时间等待有关部门检验、证实及处理购物的订单,这样就使整个交易的效率大大降低。这家信用卡大发行商联合Ariba、Commerce One、Clarus以及其它的服务公司试图改善各个B2B市场间的通信状况。American Express公司从1999年11月起,就想推出一种交易模式,使得供应商们聚集起来,以简
American Express is advancing to the B2B (business-to-business) market, and the company’s latest plans may significantly change the way online orders and shopping. As a large credit card issuer, it plans to collaborate with software developer Ariba to jointly develop an online payment processing system to meet the increasing demand for transactions between merchants on the Internet. Although in the market between commodity suppliers and consumers, a whole new set of online transactions has been brewed, at the same time, the transaction payment process has not yet broken away from offline operations. Companies that conduct online transactions still need to wait a certain period of time for the relevant department to examine, verify, and process orders for the purchase in order to complete the transaction, which greatly reduces the efficiency of the entire transaction. The major credit card issuer, in conjunction with Ariba, Commerce One, Clarus, and other service companies, is trying to improve communications across B2B markets. Since November 1999, American Express has wanted to introduce a transaction model that will allow suppliers to gather