E-commerce, whether business to consumer (B2C) or business to business (B2B) has not re-written any of the fundamentals of business. The timescales can be disconcerting, with "Internet time" seeming to run many times faster than "real" time, but E-commerce is just another way of doing business. The problems come with the mechanisms (IT systems) and business processes.

Northlight can help with understanding and developing the whole picture.

E-commerce is not just a technical solution. Businesses need to be agile and adaptable to take advantage of the developing markets. Many larger organisations are accepting that their long-standing cultures may not be up to the challenge and are spinning off "dot-com" subsidiaries. Issues of corporate control (funding, accountability and reporting) need to be addressed.

Northlight has helped clients address these issues, providing advice on:

Technical developments

• Architectural design
• Integration with existing systems (ERP)
• Application piloting
• Standards (e.g. XML)
• Catalogue presentation

Business Issues

• Strategy development
• Corporate infrastructures
• Joint ventures
• Process re-engineering
• Supplier adoption