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Old Industry Meets New Technology
Manufacturing second only to tech sector itself in eCommerce implementation

Technology support and services firms are leading U.S. small businesses in using and investing in the Internet, but manufacturing firms are a surprising second, according to the E-Commerce Times, citing the results of a study released by IDC last week.

"There has been a lot of guessing (about small business Internet usage)," IDC senior research analyst Merle Sandler told the E-Commerce Times. "This index is a useful way of quantifying some of those guesses and putting them in perspective."

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Driving The Industry
The 42nd Annual Pacific Oil Conference offers insight into the future of oil marketing

Fuel blends, ethanol-versus-MTBE, supplier consolidation, eCommerce – petroleum marketers certainly have had a lot on their plates during 2001, particularly West Coast marketers, where the battle over future gasoline blends is waging while the state recovers from its own form of electric shock.
 
For these reasons, this year’s Pacific Oil Conference – aptly titled "Drivers of Our Industry" – will feature several sessions on these and other subjects that reflect a year full of changes, new challenges and potential opportunities for petroleum marketers not only in the West, but nationwide.

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Do you agree with the findings that manufacturers are quickly deploying eCommerce?

Yes, our customers are quickly taking to it.

Yes, but not as quickly as we'd like them to.

Yes, but only the larger companies.

It doesn't seem that way.

Definitely not.

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