The F4F toolset is built using a simple, yet powerful architecture, which exploits the speed and accessibility of the Internet and combines it with our own Java-based underlying software, creatively designed web pages and industry-leading XML-based document standards.

The key components of the F4F toolset are:

• The B2B platform, which not only enables electronic document exchange between trading partners, but also incorporates a suite of web-based Supply Chain Management applications to help you integrate your systems more tightly with those of your customers and suppliers.

• The Enterprise Service Bus (eBus) for managing both internal systems integration and connection to the outside world

• A portfolio of Websites built to your own specifications and tailored to showcase your product set. These sites may be either purely content-based or integrated into the B2B platform, so that any orders placed by your customers can be delivered directly into your back-office system

• The F4F XML Document Standards: XML is the file format in which all business documents and other files are sent between systems and Websites in the F4F architecture. Designed with the specific needs of the agricultural industry in mind, these standards help to ensure that you only need one connection to F4F for all of your trading partners