Riva Logic's End-to-End E-Business Model provides a framework for incorporating IT strategies and products into your company's overall business strategy. The model shows how various business applications and technologies fit into the traditional IT landscape. Our clients use the model to align business strategy with IT deployment. View the full model for details on aligning the business and technology elements of you strategy to support ebusiness.

E-business strategy: is an extension of your core business strategy. There are as many e-business strategies as there are business strategies. The model shows that e-business is dependant on a clearly defined business strategy - including your markets, channels, products, competitive differentiators, priorities, organizational structure, and growth plans.

Application Strategy: Detailed strategies guide the selection of new application and technology products, establish deployment priorities, influence standardization versus autonomy debates, and ultimately create an IT environment that truly supports business goals.

Back Office integration: A successful e-business strategy requires integration of a class A back office. While a Web front and may bring in new order success in her e-business world requires 100% inventory accuracyand visibilty, global financial management and strong operational and planning capabilities.

Relationship applications: Organizations will be measured on customer satisfaction, channel management, and order execution. Fulfillment expertise will separate the winners from the losers in the new economy.

E-commerce applications: Once a solid back office and fulfillment infrastructure is in place , the Web can be used to leverage this foundation for significant competive advantage. E-commerce application strategies will drive strategic sourcing, improved productivity, and new channel creation.

e-business infrastructure: A sound technology infrastructure is required for these strategies to work consistently and at an optimal level. This involves security, data mining, middleware, storage, networks, and performance.