Extranet

Extranets are private networks which are used to securely share important business information with suppliers, customers and other partners. They can be viewed as an intranet extended for the use by external authorized users. Extranet allows personalization by separating content availability to different users depending on their rights and thus providing right information to right parties involved. Extranets can economically built on *instinctools GateOne Framework. 

 Extranets help to improve communication with important business partners and has the following benefits:

• improved customer loyalty due to providing them with 24-7 access to accurate and consistent information about stock, product recalls and special promotions, offering them different online services such as online ordering and group discussions, ensuring fast and professional reaction to any arising queries.
• improved supply chain due to providing suppliers with direct access to inventory system and moving towards just-in-time delivery, speeding up approval processes, streamlining processing and decreasing warehouse storage offering, online tender specifications, etc.
• enhanced marketing through delivering right information to the right targeted groups, timely distribution of important news, collaborative automated processes and support, etc.
• faster time-to-market due to improved coordination and communication, more efficient collecting of feedbacks and suggestions from business partners, better and faster adaptation and correction, improved processes of collecting and sharing of knowledge and experiences, etc.
• enhanced collaboration due to collaborating in multiple media without time and geographic constraints, collecting suggestions and feedbacks from affiliated partners,
• increased competitiveness due to improved loyalty of business partners, enhanced communication between all the parties involved, higher flexibility in adapting to market changes, more efficient corporate learning.