The Rational

The dot.com hype is over. Many initiatives are gone and some of the most admired companies were forced to rationalize their business, to re-think their strategy and to alter their policy. The collapse of the dot.com hype played domino with the Telco's, Cable Companies and many others. The financial
losses were enormous. The current economic climate, the issues of Corporate Governance and the down-grade of the stock values re-enforces these negative effects. It makes it harder for Management to choose for strategic transformation with a vision and not (solely) for financial reconstruction without a future.

Does this mean the dot.com era is over? Yes and No.
Yes, because the positioning and appearance of the Internet companies as we know it to date is substantially changing. No, because the development within related technology always creates exiting opportunities for high potential business initiatives and awarding re-engineering solutions.

These technology-based opportunities can benefit your company by enabling the much-sought-after virtual enterprise and extending your visibility and cooperation throughout the value chain.
The collaborative aspects of the supply chains are amongst the most important, because of their high visibility, high velocity and range of collaboration.
Now the time begins for The New Enterprise Architecture. Real-time collaboration with your partners, suppliers and customers. It is essential in doing business today, it will be critical in doing business tomorrow. The New Enterprise Architecture requires an organization that is flexible, agile and able to react quickly to changes in the marketplace.
Current enterprise architectures don't support this dynamic new way of doing business. As organizations strive to incorporate strategies like collaborative commerce, CRM, and e-business into their business requirements, the need to re-examine and re-engineer the underlying IT foundation becomes critical.

For some enterprises (manufacturing industries) Collaborative- Commerce is already a fact of life. For non-manufacturing enterprises the expected changes are significant.
The Gartner Group stated : "We look at industries that focus more on incoming supply collaboration, workforce planning and resource planning collaboration in an open market and find that previously isolated businesses have the opportunity to improve performance, control costs and increase revenue. Bottom Line Collaborative-Commerce is an observable force in business, whether you consider it business, art, science or religion".

Collaborative Commerce is NOT a "one size fits all" strategy.
Collaborative Commerce has to align with your ambition, capabilities and business objectives.

In this transformation process Colstrat Holding can also be your partner. Colstrat Holding has a down-to-earth approach integrating experience, knowledge and capability into your success.