Brick and mortar, XML, SRM

 Brick and mortar - A traditional "street-side" business that deals with its customers face to face in an office or store that the business owns or rents. The local grocery store and the corner bank are examples of "brick and mortar" companies. Brick and mortar businesses can find it difficult to compete with web-based businesses because the latter usually have lower operating costs and greater flexibility.



XML-A flexible markup language for structured electronic documents. XML is based on SGML (standard generalized markup language), an international standard for electronic documents. XML is commonly used by data-exchange services (like blog feeds) to send information between otherwise incompatible systems. Many other languages, such as RSS, are based on XML

SRM-The right Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) software can save you time and money by helping to manage and control sourcing and spending costs, audit suppliers by measuring their performances according to stipulated service level agreements, manage globalization efforts by allowing the partners to access information over the web or through the use of web services and internet technologies, increase inventory visibility by allowing suppliers to know where inventory is, etc. Impartially compare and evaluate SRM solutions from leading vendors