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Extranet Benchmarking Association™
MISSION:
The mission of the Extranet Benchmarking Association is to provide a forum
for business and government members to identify the best practices of
extranet initiatives through benchmarking.
MEMBERSHIP:
EBA provides membership at no cost to corporate members who have installed
extranets or planning to install extranets.
We reserve the right to review membership applications
and to make the final decision whether or not to accept any application.
Consulting firms are ineligible for membership.
BENEFITS:
Some of the benefits of the association include:
- Being part of a group dedicated
to capitalizing on the benefits of the extranets;
- The opportunity to participate
in regular benchmarking studies focusing on leading edge processes;
- Receiving a monthly newsletter;
- Recommendations on innovative
articles, books and courses on benchmarketing;
DISCUSSION:
The Internet is spawning offshoots in the form of intranets and extranets
resulting in significant opportunities for increased efficiencies and
profits. The extranet potential is limited only by the business strategies
and methods employed. Extranets are a natural evolution taking advantage
of the Internet infastructure and previous internet investments to focus
communications to exchange information and share applications with business
partners, suppliers, and customers.
EXTRANET USES
- Extranets are presently
being used as:
- Project management tools
for companies and collaborating third parties.
- Sharing proprietary ideas
with select a select group.
- Online training for resellers
- A way of using high volumes
of data using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Sharing product catalogs
and inventory levels exclusively partners
- Collaborating with other
companies on joint development efforts
- Providing services offered
by one company to a group of other companies, such as an online banking
application managed by one company on behalf of affiliated banks
- Share news of common interest
exclusively with partner companies
BENCHMARKING
Benchmarking activities allow organizations to know where they stand in
relation to other companies, provide evidence of problem areas, pitfalls
to avoid, and demonstrate best levels of performance and solutions.
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Contact Us:
To find out more
information:
Call (281) 440-5044
or
click here for email
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