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The eMarketplace ShakeoutThe eMarketplace Shakeout
Over the next three years, eMarketplaces will go through a
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Buyers continue to move into Net markets, but this growth won't support today's profusion of sites. Over the next three years, eMarketplaces will go through a massive consolidation, leaving fewer than 200 survivors.
Interviews:
Purchasing execs plan to buy 64% of their indirect materials in online markets by 2002.
All interviewees expect to see eMarketplace consolidation.
Analysis:
Many B2B Dot Coms will die within 12 months.
eMarketplaces will evolve into one of four distinct roles.
Our model predicts just 181 will be left standing in 2003.
Action:
Industry consortia should shed MRO procurement.
eMarketplace participants should offload integration risk.
What It Means:
Supply chain vendors win, no matter what.
Grapevine:
Go Big Blue!
A corporate management crisis?
The Net takes the dipsticks out of supply chains.
So, where's the beef?
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Figures Included In This Report:
Figure 1. Buyers Aggresively Expand Their eMarketplace Activities
Figure 2. Firms Plug Into Online Markets For Indirect Materials
Figure 3. Buyers Lay Out Their Requirements For Commodity eMarketplaces
Figure 4. The Chemicals Industry: An Example Of eMarketplace Crowding
Figure 5. eMarketplaces Will Go Through A Three-Phase Shakeout
Figure 6. Biased eMarketplaces Won't Survive
Figure 7. Four Types Of eMarketplaces Will Emerge By 2003
Figure 8. Industry Breakdown Of The Major eMarketplaces In 2003
Figure 9. The eMarketplace Capacity Model Predicts The Number Of Survivors
By Steven J. Kafka
With Bruce D. Temkin
Bill Doyle
Tobias O. Brown
Peter Martin
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