About Steel-N.com

Steel-N.com

"Steel-N.com" is POSCO's business portal site and comprised of e-Sales and e-Procurement.
e-Sales site handles sales work and is comprised of e-Market and e-Transaction. The e-Procurement site deals in purchasing and is designed to search for new suppliers and enable electronic bidding and exchanges of transaction documents and information.
The "N" in Steel-N.com stands for "Neo," implying the new, fresh, and future-oriented aspect of POSCO. It also symbolizes limitless value created by the individuality and harmony, of the netizen community.
The "-" is a link connecting POSCO and the outside world as well as business and customers, expressing a familiar and strong rapport.
"Steel-N.com" strives to form a community in which both business and customer can benefit by actualizing Internet Business, an open concept transcending generation, time and space.

Business History

December, 1999
Formed a task force to open an e-commerce site specializing in steel products.e)
March, 2000
Established basic strategy and business model for on-line sales.
April, 2000
Launched development of on-line sales system for non-order products.
June, 2000
Formed new e-Business Team and Cyber Sales Team.
July, 2000
Decided on "Steel-N.com" as the site domain name
August, 2000
- Completed the development of on-line sales system for inventory products.
- Began operating"Steel-N.com" on August 30th. (Started selling inventory products on-line.)
September, 2000
Construction of Competitive Transportation Contract System Development Task Force
October, 2000
- Closed e-Business Team & newly established e-Sales Team and e-Procurement Teams.
- Established and began an Inventory e-Market Migration Plan (Optima¡æERP)
- Established an e-Transaction development plan and started system development.
January, 2001
Established an e-Procurement basic plan and confirmed a business model.
March, 2001
- Completed the development of the e-Transaction system.
- Completed the development of an e-Market business model for ordered products and launched system development.
April, 2001
Tested the e-Transaction System.
May, 2001
May 23 e-Logistics commenced operation (tender commencement)
June, 2001
Implemented test operation of Steel-N.com, an integration of e-Sales and e-Procurement, on June 11th.
(Opened English, Japanese and Chinese versions of the e-Sales site.)
July, 2001
Grand opening of Steel-N.com.
September, 2001
Started selling ordered products on-line on September 24th and operating e-Procurement.
February, 2012

Provide e-Transaction system mobile service
January, 2014

Complete e-Transaction & e-Market System integraion development
June, 2015

Begin e-Sales system mobile integration service
December, 2016

Open renewed Steel-N.com system

e-Sales

The e-Sales site is a portal site for the sales of POSCO products.
This site consists of e-Market and e-Transaction.
The e-Market is for selling POSCO products on-line and e-Transaction deals with a range of product purchase activities by off-line customers. In addition, a variety of contents are provided, including an introduction to steel and POSCO steel products and other steel-related general information, steel industry news from Korea and abroad, and general economic information.

Site Features

The largest portal site for steel businesses in Korea.
The e-Sales site strives to be the leading steel sales portal site in Korea. The site is designed to serve its role as a comprehensive steel contents center, not only dealing in steel product sales but also providing steel-related information from Korea and abroad, and general economic news, for businessmen and experts in steel industry, shareholders, customers and others who are interested in steel.
A B2B site specializing in steel e-Sales site is an exemplary steel.
The e-sales site is an exemplary steel B2B site in Korea, forming a complete supply chain between customers and POSCO in addition to selling products on-line. In short, purchase plan information of customers is shared between POSCO and customers, and customers can have real-time access to order input and information on production goods issue and delivery.
Integrated yet independent site
The e-Sales site was integrated into a single menu for sales work but since the site is composed of e-Market and e-Transaction according to the work type, customers can work on two independent areas with a single sign-on.
Customer-friendly web structure
Customer convenience is the priority of e-Sales site. The site is designed so that only two clicks will take you to the site of your choice and after you get to there, you just need to enter your customer code, user ID and password before starting your work.
Fortified transaction security
In order to guarantee transaction security,the e-Sales site adopted the electronic authorization system from CrossCert, Inc., which ensures security and credibility for all over-the-Net transactions.

e-Market

e-Market is a system established to sell POSCO products on-line to our customers.
On-line sales activities began on August 30th, 2000 with the selling of inventory products. The new system linked to POSCO's ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system opened on July 4th, 2001 and on-line sales of ordered products was launched on September 24th, 2001.

Site Features

A sales site specializing in steel products
The POSCO e-Market is a leading site for on-line sales of steel products in Korea. Products for sale include POSCO-manufactured items in our inventory and the items ordered by our customers.
Enhancement of transparency in steel sales
Unnecessary distribution stages were eliminated by expanding sales to any corporate and/or individual businessmen who wish to purchase our products, rather than selling to a select few. Furthermore, transparency of steel sales and supply-and-demand-based pricing are guaranteed by open auctions that determine sales quantity and price.
Customer-friendly web structure
Customer convenience is the priority of the e-Market, which handles all works on the web. Up to 20 user IDs are provided per customer so our customers can effectively participate in POSCO auctions. In addition, bidding results and auction information are transmitted via e-mails to provide customers with prompt information.
Speedy work process
Customer ID is issued within 24 hours after the customer registration and customers can conduct a real-time search for the status of all biddings and auctions. Moreover, order forms, inspection certificates, tax invoices and other documents can be issued immediately without downloading a separate program. Questions are answered in a speedy and convenient manner by directing them to an e-Market operator through e-mail or posting them on the Q&A board.