Order Punchout
Order Punchout allows you to embed a WebShop within your customer’s procurement system. It allows your customer’s to compile and punchout orders, follow their internal approval processes, and place the order in real-time into your ERP without leaving their eProcurement system.
Built on top of Digital Commerce Platform, and integrated with WebShop, your customer’s eProcurement software and your ERP, it comes packed with many feature sets offering you an array of functionality. As standard, we support integration with SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Intact.
Order Punchout is a SaaS product
Order Punchout is a SaaS product.
This means that it includes all of the support, regular feature updates, and security monitoring required so that no customer is left behind on older, insecure software and you can concentrate on your core business function.
Of course you can still opt for additional professional services to help you with extensions, migration and roll-out.
Introducing terms and concepts used in this article
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Commerce eXtensible Markup Language | (cXML), a language used to transfer messages between eProcurement systems, eCommerce sites and suppliers. |
Requisition order | a request for goods or services made by an employee to the person or department in a company that is responsible for purchasing. |
Web service | service that allows two disparate systems communicate with each other via a standard messaging system. |
eProcurement System Integration
Integrates with Coupa and SAP Ariba.
Authentication
Secure single sign-on from within your eProcurement system.
Add and manage users in Management Interface.
Access to audit data so you can keep track of requests and orders.
Sales order processing
Compile your order
Within WebShop, there are many different ways that your customers can compile / create and place an order. These are:
Browse catalogue and use “Add to Cart“ to add products to the cart.
Allow B2B and B2C customers compile orders using different features, such as Quick Order, Order Lists or Spreadsheet Import.
Checkout
Once the order has been compiled, your customer follows the standard Checkout process by verifying order details and shipping delivery information.
Punchout
The payment method available to your customer is Punchout. Once your customer selects this payment method, and clicks Punchout, the order is sent via cXML as a requisition order to their eProcurement system.
After following their internal order approval process, your customer can place the order into your ERP in real-time from within their eProcurement system.
Other feature sets included as standard
Once you’ve integrated your eProcurement system with WebShop, you get all the functionality and features contained in WebShop as standard. Read eCommerce standard features for full details.