Difference between revisions of "Invoicing and Fulfillment Strategies"

Revision as of 22:27, 19 February 2024

When a digital creates a article various decisions have to be made which define the invoicing and fulfillment strategy.

Using own articles

These article have been self-created and have not been imported from 3rd party digitals. In this case the local digital does warehousing, sales, fulfillment and invoicing of the goods. No 3rd party is involved.

Using articles of 3rd parties

When articles of a 3rd party are used, the local digital needs to define the intermediary business strategy, which can be:

Trade business strategy - In this case the local digital does procurement, warehousing, sales, fulfillment and invoicing

If the local digital decides to eventually advertise the product with his catalogs but does not want to do the local stockpiling, he has these intermediary business strategies:

Point-To-Point business strategy - this is the default strategy of b-op which enables transparent markets. This enables the customer to directly contact the ultimate supplier and request the supplier of the good to purchase it there directly.
Marketplace business strategy - this is a strategy which allows making money out of information.

Marketplace business strategy

When the marketplace business strategy is applied, the using party has to define the applicable invoicing and fulfillment strategy.

Available invoicing strategies

regular invoicing to customer - the customer will receive a bill from the catalog providing digital
comission invoicing to customer - the customer will receive a commission fee invoice from the catalog providing digital
commission invoicing to article source - the supplier will receive a commission fee invoice from the catalog providing digital

Available fulfillment strategies

regular fulfillment to customer - the customer will receive a goods from the catalog providing digital
fulfillment by article provider - the supplier ships the product to the customer

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-When goods are sold, two main questions arise:
+When a digital creates a article various decisions have to be made which define the invoicing and fulfillment strategy.
-* Who sends the bill?
+== Using own articles ==
-* Who is responsible for fulfillment?
+These article have been self-created and have not been imported from 3rd party digitals. In this case the local digital does warehousing, sales, fulfillment and invoicing of the goods. No 3rd party is involved.
-Generally there are two categories depending on the business case of the local digital on the products. Generally there are two business cases:
+== Using articles of 3rd parties ==
+When articles of a 3rd party are used, the local digital needs to define the intermediary business strategy, which can be:
-== Regular trade business ==
+* '''Trade business strategy''' - In this case the local digital does procurement, warehousing, sales, fulfillment and invoicing
-This means, that the local digital, which is publishing a product catalog, stockpiles products of the catalog. Local stock is subject to regular stock disposition. Goods can be purchased or produced (make or buy) in a fully independent processes. In this case, the fulfillment and invoicing strategy are synchronous: the fulfillment and the invoicing are both managed by the local digital.
-== Intermediary business ==
+If the local digital decides to eventually advertise the product with his catalogs but does not want to do the local stockpiling, he has these intermediary business strategies:
-When products are adopted into a catalog, which have underlying articles withough self-stockpiling, the local digital acts as intermediary for 3rd party goods. In this case, the catalog publishing digital has to define which of the intermediary business strategies should be used:
-* '''Point-To-Point business [b-op default] -''' this is the default strategy of b-op which enables transparent markets. This enables the customer to directly contact the ultimate supplier and request the supplier of the good to purchase it there directly.
+* '''Point-To-Point business strategy''' - this is the default strategy of b-op which enables transparent markets. This enables the customer to directly contact the ultimate supplier and request the supplier of the good to purchase it there directly.
-* '''Marketplace business''' - this is a strategy which allows making money out of information.
+* '''Marketplace business strategy''' - this is a strategy which allows making money out of information.
 === Marketplace business strategy ===
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 * '''regular fulfillment to customer''' - the customer will receive a goods from the catalog providing digital
-* '''fulfillment by product provider''' - the supplier ships the product to the customer
+* '''fulfillment by article provider''' - the supplier ships the product to the customer
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