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Businesses today are under more pressure than ever to find cost-effective solutions and streamline purchasing processes. In the past, businesses relied mainly on establishing in-person relationships with their buyers. Today, B2B commerce has moved to online relationships – placing orders online. With procurement systems, businesses can cost-effectively streamline their procurement process. Punchout catalogs simply is a way to facilitate online selling for businesses using commerce procurement solutions. In this blog, we are going to discuss the key punchout catalogs’ benefits to your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, in today\u2019s digital world, buyers require their suppliers to integrate their eCommerce platform with the buyer\u2019s procurement system. Simply they need them to be “Punchout” ready. But what does that mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Punchout Catalog? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Punchout Catalog is a method for a business to buy from their supplier’s website from within their procurement application or hosted eProcurement system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Punchout catalog is simply a catalog that resides on a supplier’s eCommerce site. But is viewable by customers who are using their own company’s procurement applications to make purchases. It uses a tool that redirects buyers from their procurement application to the supplier’s website. In other words, a buyer \u201cpunches out\u201d a procurement application to the original site. Whereas the buyer can access the supplier\u2019s catalog and can add or remove items to the shopping cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Does It Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Punchout catalogs work via an integration between a procurement platform and an eCommerce application. To clarify, software \u201ctranslates or mediates\u201d between each platform. Purchase order information flows seamlessly between the buyers to the seller’s platforms. Typically punchout catalogs are built on eCommerce applications such as BigCommerce<\/a><\/strong>. An integration layer handles communication between both the eCommerce application and a procurement platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence, a PunchOut catalog is a web-based catalog. It contains the customer’s unique contract items, and prices, as well it is created specifically to connect and interface with a company’s procurement system or purchasing software. The PunchOut catalog connects to a buyer’s procurement system via data transfer protocols, (a computer code) and appears in the buyer’s system much like a typical supplier catalog web page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the key benefits<\/strong><\/strong> of Punchout Catalogs <\/strong>for B2B Businesses?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A key benefit of the punchout catalog solution is that it will automatically synchronize requisitions and purchase orders seamlessly between procurement and B2B eCommerce applications of the buyer. Most importantly, this solution offers a customizable purchasing experience for the buyer. Subsequently, this is a key factor for retaining satisfied loyal customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certainly, a punchout catalog is considered a robust, affordable solution that offers great flexibility to both suppliers and buyers. To clarify, punchout catalogs make it much easier for buyers to search, browse, compare, and buy products from supplier eCommerce stores; without leaving the controlled environment of their procurement or ERP application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are going to shed some light on some of the key benefits of punchout catalogs for buyers and suppliers in handling their B2B business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits For Buyers: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n