Дропшипингът като възможност за развитие на ерп-интегриран малък бизнес
Dropshipping as an Opportunity to Develop Erp-Integrated Small Business

Summary/Abstract: This article mainly aims to introduce the term dropshipping to the reader by answering several basic questions related to it: What do we understand under dropshipping generally?; What is its essence?; What is its origin and how has it evolved over time?; What might be its role in different types of business organizations and what is its relation to the ERP systems of the organizations? In this respect the report introduces quite further the essence and the role of the dropshipping in today’s business reality in a structured and summarized way. It shows how irreplaceable it has become for the enterpreneurs and the business all over the world over the time. The stages of the evolutionary changes of this sales and distribution model are identified. The reasons and accelerators that have caused its evolution possible are stated. A sample demonstration explaining the working methodology of the dropshipping stages is made. And in the end of the paper the topic is discussed from two different points of view, showing how the dropshipping integratres with the ERP systems and how this may affect the performance of the entrepreneurs’ companies and initiatives. A dropshipping system is also compared to an ERP system designed to manage trading companies.

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