E-commerce and database technology in smallmedium wood enterprises in Greece

Abstract

Recently, the internet has become a major means in electronic commerce (e-commerce), as it offers various advantages and benefits. Ecommerce is not only the internet and websites. It is about a new business concept that incorporates all previous business management and economic concepts. This modern information technology tool is based on databases. A Database Management System (DBMS) is the collection of data, which contains information about the entire enterprise in various levels and allows data to be effectively stored, retrieved and manipulated. DBMSs have more recently emerged as a fairly standard part of any company back office. Sales and marketing would be impossible without good database systems. In this paper, a such type of application, ECDBWood, is developed using Microsoft Access and it is implemented in a small medium size enterprise (SME) in wood sector in Greece. The findings of this study reveal the utility of ECDBWood and how it simplifies the processes in all the sectors of the company.