The FTD Mercury® Network is a communications network made up of individual systems linked to a Host Computer.
The Mercury Network includes two key elements:
FTD Mercury Component System
FTD Mercury Network Host
The first element is the Mercury component system, located in each participating Member’s store. An option is available to multi-store owners to have the system serve more than one store. A “branching” setup allows traffic going to different stores to be routed through a single system.
Mercury component systems are linked via telephone lines to the second major element, the FTD Mercury Network Host. This division consists of:
The Mercury Host Computer, which processes orders and messages and sends them on to receiving Members.
The Floral Order Relay Center facility, which manually handles orders and order-related messages by telephone to Members with temporarily inoperative systems.
The Data Processing Center which, for billing purposes, automatically reports incoming orders processed through the FTD Mercury Network.