E-Commerce and E-Technology Contribution in Engineering and Scientific Laboratories Equipments Contracts at Jordanian Universities

Abstract

This paper presents the role of E-commerce and E-technology in simplifying operations of preparing quotations and contracts of supporting engineering and scientific laboratories by required equipments and tools at Jordanian universities. The experimental and practical sides of education in scientific colleges in Jordanian universities is very important, so many quotations and contacts are performed and required each year, and E-commerce also offers the required information and specifications to persons responsible to do such contacts by using Business-to-Consumer, Consumer-to-Consumer or Business-to-Business principles. By searching about such equipments using search engines, many companies present their products and their specifications and give you the opportunity to select the suitable devices and tools depending on their specifications and prices. Case studies are discussed for some devices to show how much E-commerce simplifies this operation. It was found that E-commerce and E-technology reduces both time and efforts required to support both engineering and scientific labs with their needs from equipments, catalogs and tools required to such devices.

AgriBlock: A Blockchain based Framework for Agricultural Supply Chain Management

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