Small is best for speedy online setup_2
3 April 2012
Small firms can move faster than larger ones when it comes to getting online, according to a speaker at the NAPM conference who has seen her company’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) move onto the web.
Sue Chara, an e-procurement manager at software company JD Edwards, told delegates that it had managed to get smaller firms, such as the catering contractor for its Denver headquarters in the US and its UK stationery supplier, live in a matter of weeks.
Despite not having the IT infrastructure and resources of bigger firms, small suppliers were often willing to...