An evaluation of b2b electronic commerce applications for the top 1.000 firms in turkey and recommendations

ABSTRACTMSc THESISAN EVALUATION OF B2B ELECTRONIC COMMERCEAPPLICATIONS FOR THE TOP 1.000 FIRMS IN TURKEY ANDRECOMMENDATIONSFatih SÖYLEMEZDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVASupervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Oya H. YÜREĞ RYear 2006, Page:112Jury: Assoc. Prof. Dr Rızvan EROLAssist. Prof. Dr. Oya H. YÜREĞ RAssist. Prof. Dr. Murat AKSOYBecause of the globalization, all the companies and enterprises shouldcompete with each other not only in their countries but also with the worldwidecompanies. With the increasing competition, reducing of the costs for these bigcompanies becomes one of the most important issues .In order to reduce their costs companies started to follow technologicimprovements and use the advanced technology to compete with each other.Nowadays, raw material, office materials and labor cost are the major itemsthat make the companies main costs. To increase the power of the competitiveness,companies should reduce these main costs. Today, with the help of B2B ElectronicCommerce it is possible to decrease those costs.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usage of B2B ElectronicCommerce for the top 1.000 big firms in Turkey. The results of the questionnairesanalyzed and the hypotheses were tested by SPSS statistical software. 111questionnaires were replied and those replies were examined. After that the testresults of the hypothesis were examined and there are recommendations according tothe test results.Keywords: B2B, B2C, Electronic Commerce, Supply Chain Management, Internet