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How FORUS works

One place to start. More possibilities as you grow.

FORUS is one platform with many capabilities, built around the way cooperatives work. Register your cooperative, connect your people and begin with the services that are relevant today. As your cooperative and the FORUS ecosystem develop, more can be added around you.

Register your Cooperative

The journey

One connected platform for the cooperative journey.

  1. 01

    Register

    Start with a cooperative application and a primary contact.

  2. 02

    Set up securely

    Once approved, FORUS guides your primary contact through the next setup and identity steps.

  3. 03

    Connect and learn

    Bring people into a shared digital environment and introduce the learning and communication experiences available to your cooperative.

  4. 04

    Do more as you grow

    Additional operational, sector, trade, payment and other services can become relevant as your needs change and those capabilities are available.

  5. 05

    Connect beyond your cooperative

    Over time, FORUS is designed to help cooperatives participate in wider networks, partnerships and shared opportunities.

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A customer being served at the counter of a cooperative retail store

One connected ecosystem

Start with the foundation. Grow into what is relevant.

FORUS is being built as connected, shared infrastructure so cooperatives do not have to stitch together every need from scratch.

  • Foundation

    Connect and communicate

    A shared foundation for cooperative identity, member connection, communication and participation.

  • Capability

    Learn and develop

    Learning and development that can support leaders, administrators and members.

  • Operations

    Organise and operate

    Operational and sector tools are being developed to support different kinds of cooperative work.

  • Opportunity

    Trade, move and transact

    FORUS is developing connected pathways around products, inventory, trade, distribution and payments, with availability depending on approved providers.

  • Integration

    Extend and connect systems

    Approved partners and integrations can connect additional systems into the FORUS ecosystem as integration capabilities mature.

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Different kinds of cooperatives

Your cooperative does not have to fit a software category.

FORUS is being shaped around real cooperative activity: producers and farmers, retailers and buying groups, transport operators, workers and service businesses, community organisations and cooperative networks.

The experience should become more relevant as we understand what your cooperative does and what it needs.

Producers and farmersRetailers and buying groupsTransport operatorsWorkers and service businessesCommunity organisationsCooperative networks

Deep detail

Explore the FORUS capability reference.

If you need detail on individual FORUS products and capabilities, use the FORUS ecosystem reference.

View the ecosystem reference

Bring your cooperative into FORUS.

Registration is the first step. We will guide you from there, and your cooperative joins infrastructure built for the cooperative economy.

Register your Cooperative