Klatu's eCom Allows Computer Resellers to Offer DDP - Delivered Duty Paid - Pricing Throughout the Caribbean.Business Editors/Technology Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 Computer Resellers Utilizing eCom Provide Customers With Door to Door Landed Cost Pricing for Computer Products Including Freight and Duties Prior to Placing the Order Klatu's eCom is simplifying the importation of computers and related products into the Caribbean Islands by including DDP (Distributed Data Processing) See distributed processing. DDP - Distributed Data Processing pricing as part of the e-commerce application. Klatu's eCom application already calculates pricing on EXW See Ex Works. , FCA FCA Abbreviation for the Free Carrier , CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). , allowing resellers to offer their customers various terms of sale Terms of sale Conditions under which a firm proposes to sell its goods or services for cash or credit. , ranging from EXW (Ex Works Ex Works (EXW) A transaction in which the seller's only responsibility is to make the ordered goods available to the buyer at the seller's premises. The buyer bears the cost and risk in transporting the goods from the seller's premises to destination. ), representing the minimum obligation level to the Seller, to DDP (Delivered Duty Paid), representing the maximum. Adding DDP pricing allows a seller to quote any item in the computer product catalog over the Internet on a door-to-door basis. This automatic process eliminates the need for time consuming manual calculations. The current catalog displays products from the region's two largest distributors of computer products. Resellers can choose which INCOTerms and transportation companies to offer. This combination allows their customers to select the most suitable and cost-effective combination for each shipment. Using the eCom application, a reseller will display finalized door-to door pricing including freight, duties, and taxes for shipments into the Caribbean before check out. About INCOTerms INCOTerms are standard trade definitions most commonly used in international sales contracts. Devised and published by the International Chamber of Commerce, INCOTerms have been updated six times since the first version in 1936, to keep pace with the developments in international trade. Additional information is available at http://www.iccwbo.org. About Klatu's eCom eCom is an international e-commerce solution that integrates CNET's content and images, major distribution supply chain partners, resulting in an affordable and powerful e-solution. The application provides API and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. updated links to distributors, and displays in excess of 100,000 computer industry products. Regarding e-commerce, it includes real-time pricing & availability, multiple payment methods, pricing engine, product filtering, multiple INCOTerm pricing, multiple languages, and multiple currency pricing. Regarding logistics, it includes export compliance processing, multiple freight carriers, reverse logistics This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and export documentation. A live demo of eCom is available at http://www.klatu.net. About Klatu Inc. Headquartered in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. , Klatu was established in 1999 as an e-commerce reseller of computer and office products to the Caribbean and Latin American markets. The company changed direction towards marketing e-commerce solutions. Klatu is in the business of providing multi-lingual international e-commerce tools and solutions for resellers, distributors and manufacturers that supply Latin America and the Caribbean. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion