Abstract— The emergence of Internet and related technology changed the manner of conducting business globally. Several web and related technologies evolved that supported e-business and were adapted by major organizations to support their supply chain activities. Supply Chains are managed efficiently and responsively through web technologies and trends in e-business. Our study shows how e-business trends align with the supply chain management perspective. Through this exploratory alignment of web technology to enterprise solutions, our study aims to demonstrate and reinforce the continued recurrence of the phenomenon of technology leading to enterprise solutions. The article concludes by linking the emerging supply chain solutions with the continued developments in recent web generations.

Index Terms— E-business, technology, emerging trends, supply chain management.

S. Arifusalam, M. Rafiq, and R. K. Iyer are with the College of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: sarifusalam@pmu.edu.sa, mrafiq@pmu.edu.sa, riyer@pmu.edu.sa).

Cite: Arifusalam Shaikh, Muhammad Rafiq, and Raja K. Iyer, " Exploring e-Business Trends with Supply Chain Management Perspective," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 211-217, 2014.