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to support business requirements and scenarios. A business model is packaged
in a composite store archive file format (SAR) and is deployed by publishing that
SAR file using the Administration Console.
The business processes within each business model are grouped into three
areas:
Administrative processes: Administrative processes are those processes
that are used to administer a site, a store, or an organization. These
processes are normally used as they come packaged with WebSphere
Commerce. However, you may feel the need to customize these processes
for your application.
Starter stores: Starter stores provide sample processes that can be
implemented for many different kinds of stores. The diversity of the sample
processes can be used to implement a wide range of business requirements.
The starter stores can be used as a starting point. However, you may need to
change or add processes to fit your requirements. This will require changes to
be made to the site design.
A business model differs from a starter store, as a starter store provides the
assets (JSP pages and sample data) to demonstrate the key features of a
typical store flow.
Solution: A solution combines the administrative processes and starter store
processes into a high-level view of how these processes work together. A
solution gives a clear picture of the relationship between the process groups.
The sample stores are built to represent direct sales (Consumer direct and B2B
Direct), value chain (demand chain and supply chain), and hosting scenarios.
Consumer Direct is a Business to Consumer (B2C) store and all others are
different forms of Business to Business (B2B) stores - B2B Direct and B2B
Indirect (Value Chain and Hosting Ex-Sites) stores. The consumer direct model is
included in the WebSphere Commerce Professional and Business Editions. All
other models are only supported by the Business Edition.
2.5.1 Direct Sales
Direct sales model involve two parties - seller and buyer. Depending on the fact if
the buyer is a consumer or another business two business models result.
Consumer direct
The Consumer direct model supports commerce transactions directly between
businesses and consumers. The transactions may involve products, services, or
information exchange. The customers typically purchase the goods or services
directly from a business.