The Business Commerce Reference Application is a demo example of a business-to-business commerce Web site.
Motorprise Inc. is a large distributor of automotive parts. The Motorprise site includes:
the ability to create organizational hierarchies, individuals, roles, and inheritance
an approval process that uses the Core Commerce approval workflow
multiple customer-specific catalogs and price lists based on contracts
support for complex purchasing requirements such as volume pricing and order restrictions
purchase orders, requisitions, and credit cards as payment methods
the ability to use multiple payment methods, shipping addresses, and cost centers per line item
support for saved and scheduled orders
robust product searching and comparing
the ability for Motorprise customers to administer their users and approvers via a Web browser
integration point via SOAP and XML
examples of scenarios
For a technical description of how each of these features was implemented, refer to later chapters.