Microsoft was one of the first companies to appreciate the significant benefits to be gained by using e-commerce to make core business applications more efficient. In particular, the Internet can increase the speed and accuracy of communications with suppliers, distributors, retailers and other commercial partners. E-commerce makes it possible for organisations to link their systems together into an electronic chain, allowing information to be accessed much quicker, more accurately and enabling significant cost reductions
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