OrderFusion And Enterworks Form Alliance.OrderFusion, Inc., a provider of e-commerce solutions for supplier enablement Supplier Enablement is the process of electronically connecting suppliers (or other trading partners) to a company's supply chain. Supplier enablement is achieved when suppliers of goods and services are connected to a company's back-office systems to exchange critical business , and Enterworks, Inc., a developer of business process automation and content integration software for e-business portals and marketplaces, have announced a strategic marketing alliance between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will co-market and promote each other's products through joint sales efforts and other marketing activities, and integrate their products to provide a solution for delivering an "out of the box" platform for sell-side exchanges. Enterworks Content Integrator provides dynamic, real-time content access and delivery for e-business applications such as portals and marketplaces. It enables companies to more easily add employees, partners, customers, suppliers, buyers and other users to portals and marketplaces without disrupting operations. Enterworks Content Integrator also allows companies to use their existing legacy data in its original format in their e-business applications and supports the easy migration of legacy data to modern, object-oriented systems. OrderFusion's Orders of Magnitude platform supports the selling process on the Web, from the presentation of product information, to sales, order management, support and sales analysis. It features nine modules built around a unified data model that helps suppliers' and buyers' sales processes by providing more accurate and consistent information throughout the process. Additionally, it complements enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) and content management systems (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ) by focusing on the entire sales order The sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order received by a business from a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways. . The platform also allows suppliers to create personalized marketing campaigns for upselling and cross-selling, as well as analyze wins and losses to fine-tune their sales and marketing strategies. |
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