FurnishNet's flagship service is our FurnishNet business-to-business Internet transaction exchange that enables buyers and suppliers to electronically transact business with traditional buyers. FurnishNet is different than most of the faddish "B2B e-marketplaces." While many of today's electronic marketplaces are beneficial to buyers of products and services, they often contain features or quirks which truly limit their potential cost savings. Many of them cannot be integrated with your existing back-end infrastructure. Most of the staff at FurnishNet has been involved with electronic commerce since its infancy.

Based on thin-client architecture, FurnishNet is an application that is initiated from a desktop computer to send and receive business transactions such as Purchase Orders and Invoices to and from your buyers and suppliers via the Internet and FurnishNet. Best of all, the FurnishNet exchange is platform and browser independent. Any computer that has Internet access and a browser can use it.

Receiving Documents
When a buyer sends you a business document (e.g., purchase order), the buyer uses its own, proprietary e-commerce or EDI system. That data, typically in any one of a number of standard formats, travels over a VAN (Value Added Network) to FurnishNet where one of two things happen:

1) If you have a business application (e.g., SAP or Baan) that can electronically load in a purchase order, FurnishNet will translate that PO to your format. You simply download that file and upload it into your business application.

2) If you do not have a business application that can electronically load in a Purchase Order, FurnishNet will make that order available to you over the Web in a formatted, printable form. We also display that order for you on the Web and allow you to turn around any document based on the data contained in the order. For example, your buyer requires an Advance Ship Notice, commonly referred to as an ASN or 856. After shipping the order, you can log into FurnishNet, recall that order, click GENERATE ASN, plug in the ship date and carrier information, and an ASN is sent back to your buyer immediately.

Sending Documents
FurnishNet handles all business documents. Sending a document to your buyer (e.g., invoice) is also handled one of two ways:

1) If you have a business application that can generate and extract an electronic document, you simply log into FurnishNet, click on UPLOAD TRANSACTIONS, and send your file up to our servers. Your document is instantly sent off to your buyer in the buyer's required format.

2) If you do not have a business application that can generate and extract an electronic document, you simply log into FurnishNet and call up the inbound document that your outbound document will be based on. FurnishNet will prompt you to enter any required information for the transaction (e.g., ship date, freight costs, etc.). You then hit SEND and your document is delivered to your buyer instantly.

Peace of Mind
Our unique tracking tool gives you instant visibility of all important aspects of your document, including time sent and envelope control numbers. Most importantly, FurnishNet reconciles your outbound documents with acknowledgements from your buyer. If we do not receive an acknowledgement within an industry accepted amount of time, FurnishNet immediately contacts your buyer and resolves the issue. You can be sure that your buyer will always receive your critical documents.

When FurnishNet receives an inbound document for you, an email message is immediately generated and sent to an email address you specify, letting you know that a new document is available to you.

All transactions handled over the Internet are secured through 128 bit SSL encryption.

For more information on FurnishNet, please contact sales@FurnishNet.com or call us toll-free at 800-854-2263.