Trends in B2B E-commerce Flexibility: growing emphasis on rapid- response and optimal supply chains Supply chain visibility -real time a Social commerce and customer intimacy &o Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves social media, online media that supports social interaction, and user contributions to assist online buying and selling of products and services Large firms splinter global b2B systems into product- and region-centered systems a Big data and growing use of business analytics Copyright C 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Slide12-4Trends in B2B E-commerce ◼ Flexibility: growing emphasis on rapid-response and optimal supply chains ◼ Supply chain visibility—real time ◼ Social commerce and customer intimacy ❖ Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves social media, online media that supports social interaction, and user contributions to assist online buying and selling of products and services. ◼ Large firms splinter global B2B systems into product￾and region-centered systems ◼ Big data and growing use of business analytics Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Slide 12-4