NEXTStep Commerce Group Commerce Solutions

Buying Group Software

Software Overview

Group Commerce

- ProNet Community

- ProNet Exchange

- ProNet Marketplace

- ProNet Promotions

- ProNet Rebates

- ProNet Reports

ProNet Merchant

FranchisorPro Platform

RebatesPlace

Buying Group Software

NEXTStep offers several innovative Buying Group Software solutions, which employ best-practice e-business models and leverage the accessibility of the Internet to enable your management team to more cost-effectively manage preferred vendor programs (rebates & fees) and enable your member companies (trading network) to conduct business electronically with program trading partners. Our experience includes:

Over 3,000,000 B2B Documents Successfully Exchanged
Over $500,000,000 of B2B Transactions Processed Annually
Manage Rebates for 5 National Buying Groups (3500 Member Companies)
Manage Vendor Programs for 6 National Franchises (1250 Franchisees)
Operate B2B Exchange for over 150 U.S. and Canadian Distributors


	Our solutions support multiple industry segements to include: Automotive Aftermarket, Appliance, Electrical, Food Service, Glass, HVAC, Industrial Packaging, Janitorial/Sanitary, Safety Equipment, and Heavy Duty Truck Parts Aftermarket.

Buying Group Commerce Specialists



Proven Results - *Over 3500 trading partners* use NEXTStep's group commerce software platforms to enable B2B document exchange and manage their preferred vendor rebate programs.

NEXTStep's ProNet solutions support the following key funtionality business areas:

B2B Electronic Document Exchange

Trading Network e-Procurement

Preferred Vendor Program Management

Vendor Rebates & Member Fees Management

Membership Programs Marketing & Promotion

Real-time Data Archival, Analysis, and Reporting

Group-wide Information Sharing & Collaboration

Over 3,000,000 electronic EDI/XML documents have been processed to date, enabling hundreds of millions of dollars in business-to-business (B2B) commerce and tens of millions of dollars in program rebates earned by NEXTStep buying group clients. See our ProNet Group Commerce Suite and individual software applications for more detailed information. We also offer custom feature/function tailoring and private-labeling of our software packages to meet your branding requirements.