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Gartner Says Three E-Marketplace Models Will Control the B2B Market by 2005
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Analysts Examine the Future of Online Marketplaces and Exchanges During Gartner's
B2B eMarketplaces Conference
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Boston, Mass., November 6, 2000 — Business-to-business (B2B) e-marketplace functionality
and participation are currently limited, but by 2005, more than 500,000 companies will be
participating in e-marketplaces as buyers and/or sellers, according to Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE:
IT and ITB). These findings were presented today during Gartner's B2B eMarketplaces
conference, which is taking place through November 8th in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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The developers and managers of B2B marketplaces, called e-market makers, have begun to
attract large numbers of buyers and have begun to use the buyers' market power to attract
sellers. The long-term effects of these new entrants in markets are yet unproven, but it is
expected that benefits from their presence will far outweigh the costs.
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"Independent e-market makers will help sellers increase the size of their markets by investing
heavily in branding, as well as helping buyers meet their needs by attracting large numbers of
sellers," said Barbara Reilly, vice-president and research director for Gartner. "Most importantly,
independent e-market makers will manage massive quantities of supply and demand data and help
foster the distribution of near-perfect information to buyers and sellers."
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E-marketplaces are generally limited to spot buys, excess product sales and indirect procurement.
As marketplaces mature, they will begin to mediate larger sets of buyer supplier relationships.
Marketplaces will be forced to constrain their focus, producing an environment populated by three
unique varieties of marketplaces:
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The commodity marketplace - This marketplace will support high-volume trade of products
and services of commodity or near-commodity status, as well as financial instruments such as
futures contracts.
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Business service marketplaces - These marketplaces will be focused on supporting specific
inter-enterprise processes, such as those related to logistics, financial services, and maintenance,
repair and operations (MRO) procurement.
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Integration service marketplaces - This market will emerge with a focus on linkages and
process definitions between trading partners to facilitate process-to-process integration.
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"Individual marketplaces will find it increasingly difficult to support broad sets of commerce
capabilities required to sustain relationships of differing intensity and duration," Ms. Reilly said.
"Marketplaces will have to align themselves strategically with business services partners as well
as technology partners."
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Marketplaces will find themselves taking on the role of the traditional distributor as well as an
application service provider (ASP). With business process efficiency comes added value and
traditional customer responsibility. Marketplaces must take on the customer relationship
management (CRM) initiatives that traditional brick-and-mortar organizations struggle with today
through other channels outside of their internet initiatives.
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Additional research and analysis on the B2B market is available to subscribers of Gartner's
e-Business Services. These programs are part of wide range of Gartner services examining the
e-business industry. These programs are designed to help senior executives, strategic planners
and investors capitalize on emerging opportunities by providing research and analysis on
electronic commerce and Internet marketplaces. Additional information on these programs is
available on Gartner's Web site at www.gartner.com/public/static/home/ggebiz.html. To purchase
a specific document or subscribe to these services, please call 800-419-DATA or 408-468-8009. |
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