The building blocks of an operations strategy for e-business

This paper sets out to explain the vital role of an operations strategy in e-business. Suggests, through various research findings, that a firm can employ a number of operations strategies, and that they each possess certain core building blocks. Further, when properly combined, these strategies can be customised to a particular situation and offer substantial benefits for an organisation in driving e-business best practices. The paper gives definitions and descriptions of operations management, e-business, e-operations and an operations strategy for e-business. The work is also supported by empirical research data in the form of a small case study.