B2BGateway.net Prospectus - Nordic Binder

8/4/2019 B2BGateway.net Prospectus - Nordic Binder

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B2BGateway.Net

Prospectus 2011-2012


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In 2006 we opened B2BGateway Ltd., an Irish company, to better service the Europeancommunity. We have offices in Shannon Ireland to service Ire/UK and the Europeancontinent. Our newest office opened last year in Denmark focusing on the Scandinavianmarket. Over the years B2BGateway.Net has opened several offices in various USA time

zones and in Sydney, Australia to service the Pacific rim.

At B2BGateway, our growth and expansion continues but always at a controlled rate. As acutting edge, cloud based, highly technical organisation, it is interesting that we alsoembrace old fashioned personalised customer service. We are proud to say that ourcustomer satisfaction rating is far above any similar organisation anywhere in theworld.

I thank you for your time and hope to have the opportunity to

prove to you what a great organisation B2BGateway.Net is.

B2BGateway.Net was formed in the United States in 1999, during the height of theoriginal .COM boom. During that time organisations were growing at an

extraordinarily fast rate, but they were also going out of business just as fast. AtB2BGateway.Net the growth of the organisation has been directly proportional tothe improvements in our infrastructure and the effectiveness of the staff. Our networkhas evolved over the years into a massively parallel and infinitely scalable distributedprocessing system.


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easy solution to the complexities of EDI. Simply put, data would be sent to ourorganisation over the internet, where it would be converted and sent to anotherorganisation in a different format. Eventually, people using The B2BGateway beganto refer to the company as B2BGateway and we now do business asB2BGateway.Net.

Although we didnt invent Cloud Computing, we were a very early adapter startingservices in 1999. Our data transfer network has evolved over the years to provideoptimal performance and maximized up-time. We have grown from that first clienttrading with their first trading partner, to servicing thousands of clients around theworld. At B2BGateway.Net we service over twenty five thousand (25,000)client/trading partner relationships with data flowing around the world every minuteof every day.

B2BGateway.Net now has offices in North America, Europe, Scandinavia andAustralia providing EDI to clients and trading partners in over 30 countriesworldwide.

B2BGateway.Net European Headquarters | Shannon, Ireland

Shannon Systems LLC was founded in April 1999, in Boston, Massachusetts,USA as a privately owned software development company providing custom

developed utilities, programs and data conversion software. One of ourproducts, The B2BGateway, was designed to provide organisations with an


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2BGateway.Net is a global EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) solutionsprovider. We offer both web based and fully integrated EDI solutions tocater for all market needs and wants (e.g. UN/EDIFACT, Tradacoms,Eancom, X12, oioUBL, XML, VAN, AS2, FTP, etc.). Our Cloud / SaaS based

End User

Bfully integrated EDI solutions can integrate seamlessly with mostAccounting/ERP/WMS solutions such as SAP, Oracle, Intuit (QuickBooks),NetSuite, Sage, Mamut, Interprise Solutions to name but a few.

As well as our core competency of EDI, we also offer the following solutions:VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory)SBT (Scan Based Trading)WSS (Warehouse Support Sites)ASN (Advanced Shipping Notices & GS1-128 barcode labels)Supplier Web Portals

Trading Partner Testing & Validation solutions


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Tprocessing to allow for standard

maintenance, modifications andenhancements to both hardware andsoftware infrastructure. As a resultB2BGateway.Net has maintained a99.4% uptime over the past severalyears.

The primary server farm forB2BGateway.Net is located in a

suburb of Boston, MA USA. Althoughthe B2BGateway.Net Tier 1computing facility has built intolerance and fail over capabilities,we have a secondary redundantfailover facility located in RhodeIsland, USA and a third level failoverfacility located in Shannon, Ireland.

he B2BGateway.Net architectural

environment has constantlyevolved as technologicaladvances have become available.

The hardware infrastructure hasgrown from a single server (back in1999) to multiple servers andeventually to an infinitely scalablequeuing structure in a suite ofservers. Utilising the newer

technologies of virtualised computingenvironments within a serverinfrastructure and Storage AreaNetworks (SANs), we have been ableto exponentially increase ourcomputing power while reducing thepower demand and physical footprintof the primary data centre.

B2BGateway.Net has a scheduled 1hour of maintenance each weekduring non-peak


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key success factor ofB2BGateway.Net has been ourability to assign a dedicatedSupport Engineer to each fully

Aintegrated EDI client and our unsurpassed24/7 back up support service. With officeslocated strategically across the globe, wecan cover most time zones live. We alsohave multi lingual support staff with directline and email access.

We have thousands of clients around the global.These clients can be found in all vertical markets from banking to automotive to

textile. Our clients also reflect a wide range of corporate sizes from themultinational corporation to the small startup company. Each of our clients uniquebusiness needs are taken into consideration when setting up their system. Belowis a smallsampling of our thousands of happy customers.


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B2BGateway.Net can map to all the above Trading Partners plus thousands moreworldwide. A full list of our current trading partner relationships can be viewed onour website http://www.b2bgateway.net/tradingpartners.asp

B2BGateway.Net works with all major retailers, wholesale distributors,manufacturers and third party logistics providers (3PLs) in North America, Europe,

Australia and the Far East in order to make EDI simple and cost effective for the enduser.

B2BGateway.Net supports over 2,500 EDI relationships and

currently works with hundreds of trading partners. See our full list

of Trading Partners across all verticals at

www.b2bgateway.net/tradingpartners.aspNew trading partner relationships are added daily.

2BGateway.Net has long established Trading Partner relationships withthese organisations and many, manymore across the globe:

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Big businesses like to talk to big businesses , IT departments like to talk to IT

departments and we needed the help of an EDI provider that had the

knowledge base and could talk on our behalf. We are delighted we chose

B2BGateway.Net as our EDI provider.

Denis McCarthy,

Managing Director

Garrymore Farm

For more than six years, Kuehne+Nagels Contract Logistics division has

worked with B2BGateway.Net, electronically integrating various business

clients into the companys warehouse management system.

When I call, I know that I will be greeted with a friendly Hello, B2BGateway;

my emails are answered promptly with either an answer or a timeline for

when I can expect an answer. In solving problems, no matter the origin, the

team goes the distance to work with all parties to resolve them as quickly as

possible and always with a positive attitude.Vincent Cercone

Manager Customer Integration

I.T. Business Solutions

Kuehne+Nagel, Inc.

Since we're a small (but growing) e-commerce company, we rely on third

parties to provide EDI services. We initially went with another NetSuite-savvy

EDI provider and the experience has been very frustrating: slow, unresponsive,

and slow (yes that slow). In desperation we contacted B2BGateway.Net and I

wish we had done so a long time ago. EDI is a laborious process by its naturebut B2BGateway.Net has made it much easier for us to see what's happening

during the setup process. They are also much faster than our other provider. I

expect that within the year we will consolidate all of our EDI operations with

B2BGateway.Net and we plan on keeping them busy next year as well.Jim Kane, CTO,

Acumen Brands


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The portal allows suppliers to receive orders from Tesco and returncorresponding invoices in the required EDI-compliant format. The portal greatlyreduces errors and accelerates the payment process from Tesco to theirsuppliers.

B2BGateway.Net successfully developedand implemented a web-basedelectronic order/invoicing portal for

suppliers of Tesco in Ireland and the UK.

B2BGateway.Net is currentlyworking with the Dublin Instituteof Technology in developing an EDImodule for students currentlyundertaking DITs 3rd level DegreeCourse in Logistics and Supply

Chain Management.B2BGateway.Net will developspecial software solutions to showstudents how EDI is applied inSupply Chain ManagementSolutions across the globe.

B2BGateway.Net created a custom orderportal for Sterling Rope. This portalallows the Sterling Rope customers tologin and place orders for the thousands

thousands of items offered by this vendor. In addition, Sterling Rope has theability to manage their price levels per customer, ensuring the accuracy ofprices displayed when placing the order. Those same prices pass directly intoSterling Ropes internal accounting software, preventing the potential for hand-keyed errors.


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B2BGateway.Net was founded in April1999 in Boston, MA and now has officesin Boston & Rhode Island, USA;Shannon, Ireland; Sydney, Australia anda partner office in Denmark.

B2BGateway.Net offers Cloud / SaaSbased fully-integrated and Web BasedEDI solutions to thousands of clients andpartners in over 30 countries

worldwide.

B2BGateway.Net is fully adept in allrecognised worldwide standards(UN/EDIFACT, ANSI X12, Tradacoms,Eancom, Odette, OIOUBL, etc.) and allcommunication protocols (VAN, AS2,FTP, FTPs, etc.)

B2BGateway.Net processes over $30-billion in transactions every month.

B2BGateway.Net is a GS1 AccreditedSolution Provider

In addition to our core competency ofEDI, B2BGateway.Net also offersVendor Managed Inventory (VMI), ScanBased Trading (SBT), Supplier Portalsand Trading Partner Testing &Validation solutions.

B2BGateway.Net has multiple solutionsto fit any organisations needs or wants.We can also customise solutions to suitany particular project.

B2BGateway.Nets clients include AveryDennison, Buffalo Technology, CartridgeWorld, GE, Incase Designs,Kuehne+Nagel, Palo Alto Networks,Slendertone and Van Vliet to name but

a few.

B2BGateway.Nets trading partnersinclude Ford, John Deere, Walmart,Boots, Tesco, Home Depot, John Lewis,Target, Apple, Toyota and many, manymore.

B2BGateway.Net is the provider ofchoice for multiple ERP / MRP /Accounting packages around the world.

B2BGateway.Nets staff is comprised of90% technical people who all have a 4year college degree or higher with over10% of the company possessingadvanced degrees.


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ince 1999, B2BGateway.Net has implemented dozens ofgovernment agency trading partner relationships. Eachrelationship is unique and highlights B2BGateway.Netsability to conform to strict government requirements andSpolicies while maintaining the highest level of internet security. As

always B2BGateway.Nets programming and mapping professionalsremain current with the ever-changing compliance requirements ofthese agencies to ensure accuracy of data transmission. Below is a

sampling of a few of our government trading partners.

2BGateway.Nets Cloud \ SaaS based EDI solutions fully integrate withall popular ERP \ Accounting \ WMS solutions including SAP, MicrosoftDynamics, Oracle, JD Edwards, Lawson, CDC Ross Enterprise, Mamut,Sage, NetSuite and QuickBooks to name a few. We can also customise

Bfor one off or legacy solutions, so long as that solution has both an importand export function. For startup organisations or organisations with a lowdocument flow, B2BGateway.Net offer user friendly, low cost web based EDIsolutions.


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UBL stands for Universal Business Language

B2BGateway.Net works with all formats and allprotocols. We are unlimited in the number of wayswe can process data. If the data is available, we cantranslate it for import to your system.

An oioUBL Order is used for the exchange ofelectronic orders. The order can be used in acoherent order-to-invoice flow. For example: An

order is sent from the Customer Party to the SupplierParty and structured to fulfill the formalrequirements for a valid order change for use inDenmark, including tax number, time of delivery,specifications etc. Apart from the formal demands onsender and receiver and the order content, theelectronic version must contain EndPointID, a Personreference and usually an order number or requestnumber. It also has to fulfill the requirements in this

document guideline. EndPointID is used to identifythe "electronic mailbox" where the electronicdocument is to be delivered. Person reference is usedto identify the person responsible for placing theorder and the order number is used to identify theorder.

Example2.05002701false

2005-11-01Note p ordreheader+ + + + +

While we are fully familiar with UBL, we are mastersof all other popular internationally recognisedstandards including EDIFACT, Tradacoms, X12, Odette,Eancom.


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Carrsten Johan Thessen

B2BGateway.Net Partner for

Scandinavian and Baltic Area

n 2011, B2BGateway.Net partneredwith THESSEN.EU to deliver qualityCloud \ SaaS based EDI and Data

Integration solutions to clients and

I

Having THESSEN.EU as a partner in theNordic Region, B2BGateway.Net can delivercost effective, quality EDI and DataIntegration solutions covering all standards(oioUBL, EDIFACT, Tradacoms, X12, Odette,Eancom, XML etc.) and all communication

protocols (VAN, AS2, FTP, FTPs etc.) to clientsin their native language and time frame.B2BGateway.Nets EDI solutions can fullyintegrate with all ERP / Accounting softwarepackages including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics(AX, GP, Nav), Oracle, Lawson, Mamut, Sage,NetSuite etc. For further information on oursolutions and services in the Nordic Region

please call +45 22 23 99 88 or [email protected]

Little Mermaid

Copenhagen, Denmark

trading partners in the Nordic and Balticregions. THESSEN.EU is a Danish based,global service offering consultancy,project assistance, management andadvisory services on documentmanagement and data integrationsolutions. THESSEN.EU is owned and

managed by Carrsten Thessen whobrings many years of experience andpractical knowledge to the partnership.Carrsten is also a "National Expert" tothe Danish National IT- & TelecomAgency and represents Denmark in theUN/CEFACT - United Nations Centre forTrade Facilitation.


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How does B2BGateway.Net see the present competition and future development for

the Nordic B2BGateway.Net market place?

Need some advice from Carrsten on this. Have pricing from 3

competitors, all pretty similar within reason and our Level 1 pricing ismore competitive. Currently EDI / e-Invoicing is being driven bygovernments with specific regional standards being set up such asoioUBL in Denmark. As well as those who supply the public sector,there is huge scope for developing EDI / e-Invoicing in the privatesector as well.

What capabilities and resources does B2BGateway.Net see as a requirement in

order to get success in the Nordic market place?

Need to be proficient in UBL., have local market knowledge, locallanguage skills and live support. Our ability to deal with all worldwidestandards and protocols, 24/7 dedicated support and backup, costeffective pricing, ability to integrate with most ERP systems and GS1Accreditation gives us a clear advantage over our competition.

Which models for cooperation does B2BGateway.Net propose based on strengths

and weakness?

B2BGateway.Net propose a grey/white labeling approach, i.e.Stralfors EDI and Data Integration Services powered byB2BGateway.Net, i.e. Stralfors/Post Nord would own and still haveprimary contact with the client, while B2BGateway.Net will providethe solutions and technical expertise behind the scenes

How could both parties benefit in a preferred cooperation model?

Stralfors/Post Nord will be able to provide a more completeeCommerce solution to their clients (Fully Integrated EDI, web based

EDI, VMI, SBT, Supplier Portals, WSS, Testing & Validation) andB2BGateway.Net will be able to grow our revenue stream in theNordic region. We would need to decide on a competitive price rangeand agree a mutually beneficial revenue sharing agreement.


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World Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts USA+1 401 491 9595

[email protected]

European Office

Shannon, Ireland

+353 61 708533

Asia/Pacific Office

Sydney, Australia

+61 29007 2497

Scandinavian Office

Vemmelev, Denmark

+45 22 23 99 88

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