Abstract
The current usage of electronic commerce in the Hong Kong textile and clothing industries is mainly at e-mail communication according to the survey of the e-commerce adoption in the local industries conducted in June 2001. It is a question of how to move the current position of e-commerce adoption towards the full electronic business integration in these industries. Achieving an integrated e-commerce system in the industries could be accomplished by adopting a state-of-art information technology. However, it is too costly and lack of knowledge of such technology for widespread adoption by these industries. This study proposes a cost-effective method for providing an integrated solution of e-commerce in the industries, especially for small-and-medium sized enterprises. Based on the proposed method, a pilot system is developed for evaluation and the performance of the pilot system is accepted by the field practitioners. The outcomes of this study are worthwhile for the small- and medium-sized enterprises as it proposes a means to achieve an integrated e-commerce environment in the textile and clothing industries.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 231-243 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | International Journal of Information Technology and Management |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- Data mart
- Data warehousing
- e-commerce
- Relational Online Analytical Processing (ROLAP)
- Textile and clothing industries
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business,Management and Accounting