Business-to-business (B2B) describes relations of commercial partners, without serving the end consumer.
B2B is the abbreviation for Business to Business and stands for relations between (min. two) enterprises, contrary to relations between enterprises and other groups (consumers, thus private people than customer, coworkers or public administration) particularly in marketing business relations is generally described. While in former times one spoke primarily of industrial goods or capital goods marketing, today one speaks of B2B-Marketing, in order to distinguish itself from consumer goods marketing or B2C-Marketing. B2B-Marketing covers all products and achievements (thus makes no difference whether the property as investment is meant) their common characteristic being the sales market. Such constituted products and achievements create again business increase in value. With the arising of the Internets and many English terms also B2B for (electronic) communication relations between enterprises was established. Particularly in connection with the support of business processes by electronic means of communication the business processes are in this way categorized. B2B is the oldest and a large part of the e-business. Main application range is the electronic purchase of B and C articles (see electronic procurement). For the realization of B2B e-Business depending upon requirement different technologies and standard are used, for example of market places, EDI, Web services, Business Suchmaschine.
B2B marketing is considered more complex than B2C marketing because of the number of influencers/purchasers typically involved in a B2B sale. For example, in B2C marketing, a special offer is made in a retail setting and an individual makes a financial choice. B2B marketing is focused on reaching several decisionmakers who are often, in a corporate setting, part of a group focused on making buying decisions. This sort of buying process is "committee-driven" and complicated. B2B sales are based on needs, not wants as they are in B2C sales.
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Callidus Software - Provides enterprise software applications that automate management of marketplace pay-for-performance programs used to drive corporate revenues. By using pay-for-performance inside and outside a company to drive revenues while managing costs, customers can strategically align the interests of employees, channel partners, suppliers, vendors and even customers in ensuring their success.
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CardoNet - e-Content for e-Marketplaces, turns eCatalogs into Transactive Catalogs that are well-organized, current, accurate and easy-to-navigate.
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Celosis - Business to business solutions for managing facilities service delivery, IT service delivery, telecom service delivery and e-commerce service delivery that includes Service Supply Chains, outsourcing coordination, Business to business relationship management.
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ECNet - A business-to-business network; helps registered users manage their supply and logistics needs
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EDI Exchange - Provides electronic commerce solutions to business. Enables EDI subscribers to use their software to do business with customers or suppliers via the Internet.
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EFT for Windows Software - Electronic funds transfer software for Windows.
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Framework Technologies - Project execution decision support software, helping manufacturing and AEC companies.
FreeMarkets - Produce customized business-to-business online auctions for buyers of industrial parts, raw materials and commodities.
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Frontstep - Comprehensive B2B e-business solutions for midsize companies, including an integrated suite of B2B e-business software products, ASP hosting, trading exchange access, Web site development and design, marketing services and e-business strategy implementation. The eStep e-business software suite includes solutions for Web sales and service, channel management, supply chain planning and management, e-procurement and CRM.
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Group 8760 - E-commerce solutions and infrastructure for transactions over the Internet. Group 8760 acts as an Inside Agent for its customers.
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Imany Inc. - A supplier of Internet-enabled business-to-business financial settlement solutions. The software empowers companies to manage promotional trade funds and invoice deductions, as well as accounts receivable and collections management.
Kinaxis Inc. - Offers supply chain management products for manufacturing businesses.
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MarketSoft - A supplier of eMarketing solutions that drives Internet demand by improving the timeliness and relevancy of offers and promotions delivered to customers. Combines eBusiness with traditional selling models to ensure that the right leads get to the right people at the right time, and then measures results to enable the highest return on marketing investments.
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Microsoft BizTalk Server - Business process integration platform that supports building XML schema, schema transformation, establishing trading partner relationships over the Internet, and tracking and analyzing data and documents that are exchanged. By Microsoft Corporation.
Net Commerce Corporation - Empowers small-to-medium sized businesses and public sector customers to reap the benefits of e-commerce without significant capital investment or technical risk by becoming members of the Net Commerce ExchangeTM, a business-to-business commerce portal powered by Commerce OneTM.
Participate.com - Provides online community management services that drive e-business results.
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RosettaNet - An independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic business interfaces. These standards form a common eBusiness language, aligning processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.
SalesCentrix.com - Delivers e-business solutions over the web to small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing and distribution sectors.
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SoftCo eBuyer - Provides a single integrated environment in which organizations can automate and manage the purchasing function, addressing the entire procurement cycle from item selection to goods receipt.
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SynQuest - Helps traditional and dotcom companies profitably manage the total supply chain, through real-time management capabilities. Their products help companies improve responsiveness for each and every customer order and provide the best financial answer to customer experience and order fulfillment goals.
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Syntellect - Provider of integrated solutions including voice, email, web, CTI/screenpop, IVR, and speech recognition.
Transora - Software and services to facilitate trade among manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers.
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Upside Software - Web-based solutions for incoming and outgoing billing, contract management and expense claims.
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US Interactive - Digital marketing, technology systems integration, and management consulting for e-commerce.
Vinimaya - Comparison shopping agents and search enabled B2B directories.
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Vitria Technology, Inc. - eBusiness platform for automating cross-enterprise business processes. It meets the four critical platform requirements, which are Business Process Management (BPM), Business-to-Business Communications (B2B), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), and Real-time Analysis (RTA).
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XcelleNet - Provides management software and services for smart mobile devices such as laptops, handhelds, smart phones and interactive pagers, as well as remote systems such as kiosks and point-of-sale devices.
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