Home > Products and Solutions > Trading Portal Trading Portal Summary DMA Trading Portal (TP) is a web-based portal, consisting of a collection of productivity applications specifically for the distribution/trading industry. TMP can be used internally (employee-to-employee) or externally (business-to-business). The applications can be ‘plugged’ in to the portal incrementally as business sees fit. Description DMA Trading Portal features three key modules for different target user groups: Employee, Supplier and Buyer. Employee-to-Employee   Personalized workspace for staff Staff Profile Management News sharing using Web Content Management Sales management Contacts and Relationship management Product Catalog Document management Discussion forum for Information sharing Web-based email integration Management Reporting Search   Business-to-Partners (Suppliers and Buyers)   Personalized web access for suppliers and buyers Product catalog Supplier / Partner Sourcing and Registration Partner Collaboration Orders Management and Shipment tracking Resource sharing - Suppliers can upload effectively large files (Design, CAD) with trading partner Core System Trading Portal framework, based on IBM Websphere User authentication, system security and access control Contacts and Relationship Management Sales management News and Web Content Management Event calendar Document Management Search Email integration (if customer has Domino or Exchange) Discussion Forum Partner Collaboration Highlight Business productivity improvement Boost sales performance Improve knowledge sharing efficiency Instant access to information Improved customer and business partner loyalty with personalized and dynamic portal access Reduced costs for building and maintaining first-class portals for your e-business Reduce long-term costs in IT hardware and software investment, by replacing expensive Windows-based workstations with Linux-based PCs.