B2B Integration : A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce

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NTE'S B2B/E-Commerce Trading Solution
Supply Chain Management
Ground Transportation Air Transportation 1
Management K j
Shippers
Market-Based J Member-Specific! Value-Added
Pricing J Requirements J Services
Carriers
Figure 15.7. — NTE's B2B trading exchange
What are the Services Offered?
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NTE supports full execution around the logistics of transportation
management and trade. Apart from providing just transaction services,
such as doing a placement, generating notifications for the core carriers
and placing the offer in the trading exchange, it also offers performance
reporting and financial reconciliation services.
Integration with Customer's Internal Systems
Through its partnership with companies such as Manugistics, SAP
and i2 Technologies, NTE is able to provide integration with
customers' back-office internal systems. This enables customers to
optimize freight movement with existing trade partners, with the
option of using NTE's trading exchange for real-time pooling of
less-than-truck-load orders. The exchange can then dynamically find
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