Supply chain management increasingly uses broadband technologies to produce and distribute goods and services more efficiently, as well as to reduce inventories and their associated holding costs.

In 2004, 93.3% of the value of shipments and sales from manufacturing and merchant wholesalers was conducted using B2B e-commerce… According to one study, high-speed services can aid businesses in saving $233 billion over six years. (p. 10)

Ernest & Young has estimated that bypassing warehouses could reduce inventory nationwide by $250 to $350 billion annually. 

Between 1990 and 1998, Dell moved many of its operations to the Internet. Its sales increased 36 fold while its physical assets only quadrupled. (p. 10)

It is estimated that by 2007 B2C and B2B commerce (combined) will have avoided the need for 1.5 billion square feet of retail space and up to 1 billion square feet of warehouses.

The EIA estimates that 6.4 kWh are consumed for every square foot of warehouse space. (p. 9)

For every billion square feet of retail space saved, 8.49 million tons of greenhouse gases will not be emitted. (p. 9)

eCommerce “reduces retail and warehouse space requirements, which in turn reduces energy requirements to build, heat and cool retail and wholesale showroom and office space”…

44% of online adults purchased from other consumers online (C2C commerce). (p. 8)

77% of online consumers have purchased something over the Internet in the last 12 months. (p. 8)