Punchout service

Our goal in implementing Punchout for our clients is to connect their procurement systems directly with eCommerce platforms. This setup automates authentication and simplifies the process of transferring shopping cart orders between our clients' procurement systems and their suppliers' online stores.

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Punchout service

Punchout is an online B2B eCommerce site that buyers can easily access from their own procurement system. Punchout connects eProcurement solutions to eCommerce systems, enabling B2B companies to streamline the shopping process by automating authentication and cart order transfer between buyer and supplier systems.

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Suppliers benefits

Cost savings

Reducing operational costs by minimizing manual order processing and catalog management

Reducing operational costs by minimizing manual order processing and catalog management

Real-Time Pricing and Inventory

Improved customer experience by offering buying organizations real-time, accurate data on negotiated prices and inventory

Improved customer experience by offering buying organizations real-time, accurate data on negotiated prices and inventory

Increased brand recognition

PunchOut integration makes the supplier's brand directly accessible within the customer's purchasing platform, enhancing visibility and recognition.

PunchOut integration makes the supplier's brand directly accessible within the customer's purchasing platform, enhancing visibility and recognition.

Expanded reach to potential customers for new products

Present your products directly in the buyer's procurement system, increasing visibility

Present your products directly in the buyer's procurement system, increasing visibility

Enhanced order accuracy 

which ensures orders are received with valid information to smooth the supplier order fulfillment process

which ensures orders are received with valid information to smooth the supplier order fulfillment process

Faster Implementation with cXML/OCI

Decreased implementation time by using unified integration protocol (cXML or OCI)

Decreased implementation time by using unified integration protocol (cXML or OCI)

Buyers benefits

Greater Accuracy

Orders use up-to-date product and pricing info, reducing discrepancies and improving financial accuracy

Orders use up-to-date product and pricing info, reducing discrepancies and improving financial accuracy

Better Compliance

Ensure purchases comply with company policies and contracts, reducing unauthorized spending.

Ensure purchases comply with company policies and contracts, reducing unauthorized spending.

Cost Efficiency

Automate purchasing to reduce manual work and administrative expenses

Automate purchasing to reduce manual work and administrative expenses

Enhanced Spend Visibility

All purchasing data is in one place, aiding better budgeting and forecasting

All purchasing data is in one place, aiding better budgeting and forecasting

User-Friendly Ordering

Easily select products from supplier catalogs within the SAP interface.

Easily select products from supplier catalogs within the SAP interface.

Faster Fulfillment

Automated orders and direct integration lead to faster order fulfillment

Automated orders and direct integration lead to faster order fulfillment

Our experience

At NSP, we specialize in developing custom solutions for PunchOut integration and procurement processes. As an example our collaboration with major producer of fluid systems located in USA has resulted in many delivered extensions, increasing the functionality and effectiveness of the system.

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Custom development projects
OCI implementationOCI interface is no longer supported OOTB by SAP Commerce, we've implemented custom Open Catalog Interface (OCI) integration to handle as many partners as possible as not everyone can integrate using cXML.
Entitlements
Entitled customers access a restricted product catalog for searching and purchasing, while non-entitled users can view the full portfolio. This way we can control which productts/categories can be purchased by which customers.
Custom return values
Custom return values enhance the PunchOut process by allowing specific customer procurement system overrides for standard catalog values, such as mapping product codes or adding custom fields to the returning payload.
Integrations with e-procurement systems:
SAP Ariba
SAP S/4 HANA
Coupa
Oracle Procurment Cloud

Punchout service

Below is a business process that illustrates the functionality of PunchOut in six steps. This process explains how a buyer uses PunchOut, from selecting a product in the procurement system to generating a sales order.

Business Process

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Reduced unauthorized spending
In the procurement sysem buyer selects suplier catalog and is redirected to the SAP Commerce PunchOut enabled Website

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SAP Commerce Website
SAP Commerce Website authenticated request, PunchOut session is started. PunchOut Catalog is presented to the buyer

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Browsing Catalog
The buyer browses catalog and add selected items to the cart

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Cart Checkout
Buyer cerifies items in the cart and confirms using “Return to requisition” button

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Purchase Requisition
Purchase requisition with all necessary information is sent to the procurement system using cXML or OCI protocol

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SAP Commerce Website
After approval in the procurement system. Sales order is sent back to the SAP Commerce system for the fulfillment

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Your Queries, Our Responses

Frequently
asked questions

In what business areas can NSP support us?

Retail execution management

Create a consistently positive customer experience in your store

Promotion management

Increase revenue and market share - optimize the utilization of tools, strategies, and resources to promote a product

Promotion optimization

Automate and streamline the planning, evaluation, and execution

Pricing strategies

Determine and implement the most effective pricing strategy

Field service management

Digitalize field service and optimize operations

Return and complaint management

Minimize costs and understand customer needs

What technologies are in your portfolio?
  • SAP Commerce Cloud (B2B, B2C)
  • SAP Sales / Service Cloud
  • SAP Marketing
  • SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) Development
  • SAP Business Process Automation
  • SAP S/4Hana
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP CRM
What is the delivery model and what benefits does it offer?

The delivery model involves 4 key points, it is focused on effective communication, continuous improvement, and clear roles and responsibilities.

  • Team Preparation – named and fixed resources dedicated to the project
  • Knowledge Transfer & Alignment – onboarding, getting to know each other, common calendar, common knowledge
  • Service Delivery – SLA, daily standups routine, JIRA ticketing, priorities
  • Retrospective – every 3 weeks joint improvement session
Can I work with you if I’m not a big brand?

Many of SAP products are targeted to medium and large companies, however we do not restrict ourselves with company size and we always treat seriously and professionally any cooperation proposals.

How can I get an estimation of service implementation?

Most projects are estimated individually. Please contact us to request an estimate for one of our ready-to-go packages, or to schedule an assessment phase. The assessment phase includes a workshop to evaluate the development stage and define the project scope, followed by planning sessions for time and cost estimation, and ends with a solution presentation workshop.

How the implementation process looks like ?

Assessment Phase

  • Workshop – to assess development stage
  • Scope Definition
  • Time estimation
  • Cost estimation
  • Solution presentation workshops

Delivery

  • Introduce teams and establish communication channels
  • Discuss project goals, requirements, and timelines
  • Requirements Development

Testing

  • Prepare Test scenarios and Test Cases
  • User Acceptance Tests

Go-Live

  • Move solution from development to other tenants in the landscape
  • Support during deployment to Production

Post-Go-Live

  • Prepare and handover documentation
  • Optional post-go-live support as an additional service
Can I request a proof of concept?

Yes, to request a proof of concept of our services simply fill out the contact form available on our website. Once you've submitted the form, we will schedule an assessment phase where workshops will be conducted, and the functional requirements of the PoC will be discussed.

How can I contact NSP?
  • Make a call: +48 604 279 798
  • Send an email: contact@nsp.biz.pl
  • Contact via LinkedIn with CEO Bartosz Szumiel

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