The Current State and Development of e-Business for the Machinery Industry in Taiwan

With the change and globalization of the internal and external environments and the application of the information network technology, the internal and B2B business models of the domestic machinery industry have been completely changed, and such key factors as ‘Innovation’, ‘Speed’ and ‘Flexibility’ have become the key values of the future competition in the machinery industry with e-Business as one of the most important solutions. The e-Business in the machinery industry will enable lower operational cost, shorter reaction time and stronger elasticity. Moreover, the B2B interactivity will promote the supplier relationship management and improve customer service and satisfaction at the same time. This paper exercises the machinery industry as an example to discuss such ideas as the e-Business implementation strategy, promotion mode, standard setup and global logistics.