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6320ch_sum_of_changes.fm Draft Document for Review July 28, 2004 7:33 pm
20 Keeping Commerce Applications Updated WebSphere Commerce 5.1 to 5.6 Migration Guide
2.3.3 Trading subsystem
The Trading subsystem in WebSphere Commerce provides the logic, function
and data relevant for negotiating the price and quantity of a product or set of
products between the buyer and seller organization. For the Professional Edition,
the trading subsystem includes auctions. For the Business Edition, the trading
subsystem includes auctions, contracts, and Request for Quote (RFQ)
components that are used to carry out specific transactions between
organizations.
2.3.4 Order subsystem
The Order subsystem is a component of the WebSphere Commerce Server that
provides shopping carts, order processing, and order management function
support. Related services, such as pricing, taxation, payment, inventory, and
fulfillment, are also part of the order subsystem. Order processing capabilities
include quick order or buy, scheduled orders, multiple pending orders, reorders,
and splitting or back orders.
2.3.5 Merchandising subsystem
The Merchandising subsystem is a component of the WebSphere Commerce
Server that provides functionality for cross-selling, up-selling, suggested
accessories, and merchandising associations between products in the catalog.
2.3.6 Marketing subsystem
The Marketing subsystem is a component of the WebSphere Commerce Server,
and provides numerous marketing concepts to your site. Components of the
marketing subsystem provide functionality to create marketing campaigns
including product recommendations, advertisements, and electronic coupons,
discounts, customer profiles, and collaboration.
2.3.7 Inventory subsystem
The Inventory subsystem provides real-time inventory management.
Components of the inventory subsystem provide functionality to record inventory
received from vendors and that is returned by customers, adjust inventory
quantity, determine the disposition of returned inventory, and ship and receive
inventory.