The phrase "an online operation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a business or activity that is conducted over the internet.
Example: "The company has successfully transitioned to an online operation, allowing customers to place orders from anywhere in the world."
Alternatives: "a digital operation" or "an internet-based operation".
An intelligent operation support system generally consists of an online operation manual, fault diagnosis, equipment maintenance management and multimedia interface.
It currently has an online operation in 27 countries.
The Daily Mail is to launch an online operation in Australia in January 2014.
It stumbled on amid increasing debts until its backer, Mediapubli, pulled the plug and it became an online operation.
His latest move to close three ChildLine call centre offices – switching one to an online operation – drew flak.
The Christian Science Monitor will print its last daily edition on March 27, becoming primarily an online operation, with a printed weekly paper.
The grocer has been hit by concerns about how it will fund investment in its second warehouse, while many in the industry believe a pure online operation struggles without a physical store to help diffray the costs.
A mostly online operation that also has a small-circulation newspaper, Politico is owned by the Allbritton Communications Company, which has a chain of television stations.
And despite its move to a streamlined online operation, recent commissions such as a second series of the Bafta-winning Life And Death Row and Black Power: America's Armed Resistance – which landed a repeat airing on BBC1 – have been more incisive and politically charged than ever.
According to a December news report, Honest plans to shift from a mostly online operation to one with wholesale deals with Whole Foods, Target, Costco, and more.
"They are determined not to repeat the mistakes other sorts of retailers made at the turn of the century, when they were too afraid of Amazon," says Robert Hetu of Gartner, a technology-research firm.Safeway, the second-largest supermarket chain in North America, is the only one besides Ahold with a substantial online operation.
