Physical vs digital businesses

Physical vs. Digital Businesses

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Information Technology

Business Demand (Need) Flows

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Business Supply (Goods) Flows


shipping

shipping

shipping

shipping

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Business Demand Flows: Low Technology


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Think About


Business Demand Flows

High Tech?

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Business Demand Flows: High Technology


manufacturer

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consumer

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wholeseller

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wholeseller

retailer

consumer

near real-time

near real-time

near real-time

near real-time

Business Demand Flows: High Technology


Lizard Ware Video


Think About


Business Demand Flows

Internet Tech?


Business Demand Flows: Internet Technology


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Business Supply Flows: Non-Digital Products


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Think About


Business Supply Flows

Digital Products?


Business Supply Flows: Digital Products


manufacturer

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Business Supply Flows: Digital Products


Audio Product

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Electronic/Digital Business/Commerce


manufacturer

retailer

distributor

consumer

wholeseller

supplier

Physical vs. Digital Products


Electronic-Business/Commerce

Physical Products


1 million book supplies (inventory)

for 1 million book demands

Think About


Digital Products?


Digital Products


1 book supply (inventory)

for 1 million book demands

Physical vs. Digital Searches



Physical Searches


1 million physical search

Digital Searches


1 million digital search

Physical vs. Digital Warehouse



Physical Products


1 book = (H) 2cm x (W) 20cm x (D) 30cm

Think About


1 book = (H) 2cm x (W) 20cm x (D) 30cm

1 million million million

books?


Physical Products


1 million million million books (H) 20km x (W) 200km x (D) 300km = 60,000km2

100 Singapores: @693km2 x 1,000$/m2

693,000,000,000,000 dollars

Physical Products


?$

Digital Products


1 eBook = 10MB

Think About


1 eBook = 10MB

1 million million million

Books?


1 million million million eBooks 10GB x 10GB x 10GB = 1TB

Digital Products


Digital Products


street-priced SAS 1TB x RAID 5: @600 x 5

3,000 dollars

Physical vs. Digital Logistics



Physical Logistics


US to Thailand by land

1 book = 200 hours

Think About


Physical Products

By Air?


Physical Logistics


US to Thailand by air

1 book = 20 hours

10MB eBook

via 56Kbps

modem?

Think About



Digital Logistics


US to Thailand: @10MB eBook via 56Kbps modem

1 eBook = 1,250 seconds

Think About


10MB eBook

via 8Mbps

ADSL?


Digital Logistics


US to Thailand: @10MB eBook via 8Mbps ADSL

1 eBook = 10 seconds


what else are other differences between

physical & digital businesses?


Physical vs digital businesses

Education

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