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Introduction
Prehistoric Computers has built a business of refurbishing laptops and selling them to small and medium sized companies. Now the company is looking into becoming a B-to-B exchange, thus increasing its efficiency and position on the market. According to Managing B-to-B Relationships simulation (2005), "B2B solutions enable businesses to save costs by reducing inventories, lead-time, and demand forecasting errors". Prehistoric Computers must decide whether adopting this strategy would benefit the company and support its primary goals and objectives. Below are pros and cons for making this decision.
Argument "For" a Prehistoric Computer B-to-B Strategy
The B-to-B exchange model is clearly relevant to Prehistoric Computers operations. The exchange is ideal for bringing together the different links of the supply and delivery chain. Exchanges work best for companies placing and receiving multiple small orders, which is exactly what Prehistoric Computers does. It operates......

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