Objectives of knowledge management

Aligning with your Procurement System
 – Dell can integrate with a variety of ERP applications, includ‑
ing: Ariba, Commerce One, Lawson, Oracle Purchasing, SAP, SciQuest and more.
Dramatic Savings
 – E‑Procurement integration can reduce purchasing overhead and order processing 
time. Consolidating purchase records into one system streamlines administration, while electronic invoic‑
ing and payment save employee processing time.
The Solution for You
 – Return your shopping contents to your ERP system electronically as Dell’s inte‑
grated platform is designed to help improve efficiencies and order accuracy, while reducing product 
delivery times.
Source
: http://premier.dell.com.
Dell Premier customer extranet provides digital business services
Vlosky 
et al
. (2000) refer to these business benefits of an extranet: