<s>
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
,	O
short	O
for	O
business-to-business	O
electronic	O
commerce	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
goods	O
or	O
services	O
between	O
businesses	O
via	O
an	O
online	O
sales	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
B2B	O
transactions	O
can	O
be	O
processed	O
online	O
in	O
various	O
ways	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
Electronic	O
Data	O
Interchange	O
(	O
EDI	O
)	O
and	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
is	O
most	O
often	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
EDI	O
and	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
both	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
distinctive	O
features	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
frequently	O
confused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
,	O
like	O
EDI	O
,	O
sales	O
orders	O
are	O
processed	O
online	O
,	O
with	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
it	O
is	O
possible	O
for	O
customers	O
to	O
order	O
occasionally	O
and	O
in	O
irregular	O
order	O
quantities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
enables	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
many	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
detailed	O
figures	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
market	O
is	O
changing	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
expected	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
USA	O
,	O
the	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
market	O
will	O
even	O
grow	O
from	O
$780B	O
in	O
2015	O
to	O
$1.1	O
T	O
in	O
2020	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
objective	O
of	O
European	O
Union	O
Enterprise	O
policy	O
to	O
"	O
enhance	O
trust	O
and	O
confidence	O
"	O
in	O
B2B	O
electronic	B-Application
markets	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
cases	O
,	O
integrated	O
e-commerce	O
is	O
in	O
one	O
way	O
or	O
another	O
acknowledged	O
by	O
the	O
supplier	O
of	O
the	O
back-end	O
system	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
SAP	B-Application
ERP	I-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
many	O
B2B	B-Application
e-commerce	I-Application
suppliers	O
claim	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
,	O
most	O
web	O
stores	O
are	O
interfaced	O
.	O
</s>
