Choice of supply chain model for e-commerce

Abstract

The globalized world, its vertiginous competitiveness and the speed to realize business have driven the development of electronic commerce, modifying the way to sell and buy products or services through Internet. At present, the amount of institutions, companies and people that uses e-commerce is increasing. This fact is due to the incredible benefits that electronic commerce has. For instance, it allows to overcome boundaries of time and space and offer more personalized products to the customer among other. International trade and freight transport are gaining an increasing prominence thanks to globalization and e-commerce. Both large and small companies look more and more to the outside, no longer as an opportunity but as a necessity. E-commerce is revolutionizing the way of buying since it was created and consequently, supply chain is being affected for this reason. As I am interested on supply chain due to my Master’s degree specialization and I often buy products or services on e-shops, these two reasons motivate me to implement a project of e-commerce and supply chain.