The ATG Business Commerce Reference Application has three purposes:
To demonstrate features and functionality of ATG Business Commerce that you can install and experiment with before you begin work on your own B2B site (or B2B and B2C site).
To act as a template that you can adapt to build your own site.
To be a guide on best practices in implementing a commerce site with ATG Business Commerce.
For the ATG Business Commerce Reference Application, we built a personalized business commerce site for a fictional company named Motorprise. We used the rich B2B functionality of ATG Business Commerce to provide a foundation and a guide to help you quickly and easily create your own personalized, innovative, commerce-intensive Web sites.
Motorprise is made up of pre-configured Java components and page templates that provide the core functionality you need to quickly implement a broad range of merchandising and order processing activities typical of an online-commerce site. We used the basic functionality available in ATG Business Commerce and extended it in places to implement specific features.
We demonstrate core features of ATG Business Commerce in the Motorprise site, including invoice/purchase order payment method, approvals, cost centers, and recurring and scheduled requisitions.
We designed Motorprise as an example of some of the ways that ATG Business Commerce can help you create a better and more effective e-commerce Web site. You will want to evaluate your business goals and use the ATG product features that are appropriate for your strategy. The processes and functionality that this manual discusses can be customized to fit the specific needs of your Web application.
Before exploring Motorprise, you should familiarize yourself with the core ATG Business Commerce concepts explained in the ATG Commerce Programming Guide and ATG Commerce Guide to Setting Up a Store.
The rest of this chapter provides you with the basic information you need to understand and get started with the Motorprise site.
