| Today, many companies are seeking to move to the next phase of Internet development, the deployment of enterprise-class business applications on intranets, extranets and the Internet. These leading-edge companies are seeking to leverage the Internet as a powerful sales and service delivery platform where customers, business partners and suppliers can access and make changes to internal transactional systems from anywhere on the globe, 24-hours a day, without the assistance of back-office personnel. The benefits provided by these capabilities are substantial: expanded sales revenue enhanced service capabilities and the ability to reengineer labor-intensive back-office processes. FDM4 B2B eCommerce provides Companies with the ability to do all of the above.
FDM4 B2B eCommerce is designed using the Progress 4GL tool called WebSpeed. WebSpeed is an open solution that works with all best-of-breed Web tools and technologies including authoring tools, Web Browsers, Web servers, security solutions and databases.
It gives companies the freedom to change individual components of their electronic commerce solution- rather than having to scrap an entire "bundled" solution-thus protecting their investment over the long term.
This ability allows them to rapidly respond to changing business needs without having to recreate their applications from the beginning. One of WebSpeed's many features is its high-performance, scalable architecture, which delivers sub-second transaction processing and handles thousands of simultaneous users under peak load. Dynamic load balancing ensures high availability of transaction processing resources in a distributed, multi-tier environment. Its open architecture integrates with your choice of security solutions, including firewall, authentication, and encryption technologies.
WebSpeed is easy for programmers to use, many who have not had Progress backgrounds, were able to develop usable applications almost immediately." In the fiercely competitive Web World companies realize the need for e-Business applications that integrated to their full enterprise solution in order to provide the most current information on stock, pricing, order status, and parcel tracking.
FDM4 e-Business does just that by directly accessing your existing database providing all information on inventory balances in real-time. Progress WebSpeed native database support includes access to Oracle, DB2/400, and PROGRESS, plus ODBC access to MS SQL, Sybase, MSAccess, Informix, and other data sources. It is also compatible with any ISAPI, NSAPI, or CGI-compliant Web server.
Listed below are a few of the benefits your customers will enjoy when you make our FDM4 B2B eCommerce part of your Internet solution.
Individual customer special pricing will be displayed based upon customer login and password.
Inventory is only committed once a customer presses the submit key to process their order. Therefore a user who has not yet confirmed an order never ties up inventory.
Product groups will drill down to specific items. An Express order entry is available for customers who know the product number.
The check out chart allows you to select a different shipping address as well as choose from the payment option that are available to that customer including on-line credit card submissions through Verisign.
Customers have the ability to review previously entered orders and track the disposition and expected receipt dates on items, with hyper link to the carriers website.
FDM4 B2B eCommerce Module can be fully integrated to your Enterprise Solution thus giving the ability to display inventory balances in real-time.
FDM4 B2B eCommerce allows you to digitally recreate your paper catalogue with the added ability to click on any product you see to view specifications and order the product.
Products can be searched based upon their related features or price range.
The ability to zoom in on a product image and to change color of the shirt on the model, or the color of an item will encourage customers to make a decision without seeing the product first hand.
FDM4 B2B eCommerce has built in an intelligent freight calculation module that utilizes all the rates for FedEx, UPS, USPS including zones and days required for shipping. The system will also calculate the required tax for the order.
Once the order is paced a graphically pleasing e-mail is sent to the customer as a confirmation of the order. FDM4 B2B eCommerce offers a customizable graphically pleasing invoice that loads automatically into E-mail Clients such as Microsoft Outlook to allow invoice to be E-mailed to customer. Customers can also view invoices and statements and print them out without having to place a call to their customer service representative.
Our eCommerce software is developed utilizing technology that allows users to type in new categories, products, descriptions, and price changes on a PC and the HTML is created automatically to allow this new information to be viewed on the eCommerce site. This makes it very easy to make changes to product information without being dependant on a web developer.
At FDM4 International Inc. we realize each company has different requirements for their e-Commerce Solutions. Some companies are looking for a Business-to-Business e-solution, others need a Retail e-business solution for the general public, and some need a combination of both. We don't expect your business to fit into our e-business application, so we have a separate team of our programmers dedicated to helping companies make their unique e-business vision a reality in the Web World. This highly qualified team is focused on remaining experts in rapidly emerging technologies to help serve your company better.
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