TJT V12 E-business models

Tuesday 24 April 2001Group 7

Minna Karhu, Jarmo Huttunen

METALSITE.COM

• Services:– Metal buying and selling agent– Market place– Traditional metals supply chain as a fully networked

value chain – Online logistics– Credit services– Tools that support transactions at each step of the way,

from inquiry through settlement and delivery Online information

• More services:– News

– Quote finder

– Metalsite University

– Stock values and financial information

– Industry statistics

– Event calendar and almanac

– Trade association connections

Tutorials:

• Tutorials on the Metalsite-pages are informative and clear way to make the users comprehend the use of this site in purpose of selling or buying metals.

• Following are the subjects of the tutorials at site:– Complete Buyer Tutorial includes both Auction and Product

Guide – Buyer Product Guide Tutorial includes Product Guide only

– Buyer Auction Tutorial includes Auction only

– Auction Seller Interface for Prime & Non-prime Products

– Product Guide Seller Tutorial

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE METALSITE AS INTERORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

• Metalsite introduces itself as a premier site of Internet for buying and selling metals. The pioneer of e-commerce in metals. Companies can buy and sell there online. The site offers many tools and services to make it easier to access, buy and sell metals using MetalSite Catalog etc. The support also includes online information and news sources, state-of-the-art e-commerce integration capabilities and other services for the needs of the business field.

• Metalsite wants to advance the metal industry’s online technology for entire sales cycle and to make it fully networked value chain. They strive to do that by offering companies services as online logistics, credit services and tools supporting transactions from inquiry through settlement and delivery. And Internet is seen as a tool to make all these services available for members in business.

• Metalsite is a connection to other companies, trade associations, events, business information and so on.