Supply chain management software provider’s deal for Nexternal provides its customers with the option to transact e-commerce orders via a web-based application.
The supply chain management solutions provider HighJump has acquired the cloud-based e-commerce platform provider Nexternal.
California-based Nexternal provides an order management system for business that serves manufacturers, distributors and retailers for business-to-business and business-to-consumer orders, via standard and mobile web browsers.
“Companies use Nexternal’s commerce platform to run call centers, generate and manage subscription orders, retrieve Amazon marketplace orders, create club orders and receive orders from other systems via its API,” HighJump said in a statement. “The system acts as the single hub for all pricing, promotions, status and customer care related to the order management lifecycle.”
HighJump, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., provides transportation, warehousing, inventory, and trading partner integration tools.
“The acquisition of Nexternal adds important commerce capabilities to further deliver upon HighJump’s omni-channel vision and provides new options for HighJump’s 14,000 global customers,” said Michael Cornell, CEO of HighJump.
Alex Gile, founder and president of Nexternal, said his company’s e-commerce will provide HighJump customers with a an option to capture business-to-business transactions via the web instead of HighJump’s existing TrueCommerce tool, which uses EDI.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
HighJump acquires e-commerce platform provider
