Is our company ready to incorporate more e-business practices into our business?

e-Business Assistance Services
e-business refers to all the business processes that take place across electronic networks. e-commerce covers the outward facing processes that touch customers, suppliers and external partners. This includes sales, order taking, marketing delivery and customer service. e-business includes e-commerce, but it also references the internal processes such as production, customer relationship management, inventory management, product development, finance and human resources. IBID working in close cooperation with the NDSU Management Information Systems (MIS) program offered by the College of Business and the Computer Science Dept. can help you with questions regarding your e-business needs. http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu

IBID can provide you with a self assessment tool to aid you in determining if you company is ready to implement e-business practices. "Connecting Main Street to e-Street: An e-Business Primer" http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu

IBID has partnered with Soft Select Systems, a technology research firm, to assist our clients in the process of selecting the appropriate software package for their business.
Typical Questions
• Can you help us find some manufacturing software?
• Would you review our Web site and provide us with some ideas for improvement?
• Can you help us find a Web site designer?
• Do you have any recommendations on software to help with Web site design?
• Do you know of any computer training in my area?
• We want to buy new computers for our business and aren't sure if we need all of those options or if the options are the right ones. We need some unbiased information, can we visit with you about our needs and get some directions on the best way to go?
• We would like to install a small office network. Can you look over our current system and provide us with some recommendations on the best way to put together a functional system for the least cost?
Useful Web Sites
Online Computer Lessons
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/dce