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"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.
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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.
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The "-" is a link
connecting POSCO and the outside world as well as business
and customers, expressing a familiar and strong rapport.
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"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.
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December, 1999 |
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Formed a task force to open an e-commerce site specializing
in steel products.e) |
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March, 2000 |
- Established basic strategy
and business model for on-line sales. |
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April, 2000 |
- Launched development of
on-line sales system for non-order products. |
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June, 2000 |
- Formed new e-Business
Team and Cyber Sales Team. |
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July, 2000 |
- Decided on "Steel-N.com"
as the site domain name. |
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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.) |
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| 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. |
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January, 2001 |
- Established an e-Procurement
basic plan and confirmed a business model. |
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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.
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April, 2001 |
- Tested the e-Transaction
System. |
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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.) |
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July, 2001 |
- Grand opening of Steel-N.com. |
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September, 2001 |
- Started selling ordered
products on-line on September 24th and operating
e-Procurement. |
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