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6 Reasons you Should Support PunchOut Catalog

PunchOut catalog is maintained on the supplier’s side. That means you have to take the full responsibility about everything related to PunchOut solution that you are offering to your customer. So the question that arises is, whether it is necessary to implement PunchOut.

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6 Reasons you Should Support PunchOut Catalog

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  1. 6 Reasons you Should Support PunchOut Catalog VARStreet Inc. Contact Us:- VARStreet Inc. 66 Charles street (Beacon Hill), Boston, MA 02114 781-262-0610 Email Id- sales@varstreet.com Twitter:- @Tweet_VARStreet.

  2. As a supplier, you might often wonder whether your business should be ‘PunchOut ready’. Offering PunchOut capabilities can have several advantages. For instance you can make it simpler for your customers to do business with you. It enables you to better communicate with your buyers. However, the PunchOut catalog is maintained on the supplier’s side. That means you have to take the full responsibility about everything related to PunchOut solution that you are offering to your customer. So the question that arises is, whether it is necessary to implement PunchOut. Following are the factors that you need to consider before you decide to introduce this PunchOut feature. 6 Reasons you should Implement PunchOut Catalog When you are dealing with B2B or B2G Customers Large corporations or Federal, State, and Local governments will prefer to do business with you, only if you are ready to provide PunchOut catalog. In fact, quite a few suppliers are providing PunchOut capabilities in order to retain some of their biggest customers. With a PunchOut, suppliers find it much easier to handle orders placed by buyers. For buyers with Ariba procurement system, the use of AribaPunchOut catalog helps in improving the efficiency of their procurement process. When you have a Dynamic Catalog If you are providing a catalog of static information and fixed pricing then making your website ‘PunchOut ready’ is not required. The buyer can easily import such static catalogs through their procurement system. However, in case you have a dynamic catalog whose content changes rapidly or frequently, it is necessary to make your website PunchOut enabled. This is becausePeopleSoft PunchOut catalogs are dynamic, so any changes in your catalog can be directly accessed by the buyer in real time. In other words, you are able to provide real time price, description and availability of products.

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  4. When your Product Catalog is Huge When your catalog contains a large number of products, updating such a catalog that is in CIF format can be a nightmare. Updating a CIF catalog is a multi-step process and requires a lot of manual work. For instance, adding or deleting a product will require replacement of the entire CIF catalog, which is very time consuming, particularly when you have thousands of products. On the other hand, a SAP PunchOut catalog supports dynamic update means you can make changes in catalog in real time without republishing the entire catalog. When you Offer Highly Configurable Products In case, your business deals with highly configurable products such as IT products, you need to opt for a PunchOut catalog. For instance, in case your buyer selects a laptop, you can offer him options like disk space, monitor size, and memory in order to configure the product. With a SciQuestPunchOut catalog, you can provide your customers the flexibility to specify the configuration before purchasing. When your Catalog Contains Products with Extensive Documentation If your catalog contains product reviews, customer testimonials and user guides for majority of products, you need to implement a cXML PunchOut catalog. Documents enables buyers to compare products and take a decision that best suits their requirements. So if you want to make the document work easily accessible to your buyers, ensure that your website provides PunchOut capabilities.

  5. When you want to ensure Contract Compliance For every B2B customer, you will be having specific pricing agreements. Using a CoupaPunchOut catalog, you can ensure that the buyer will always view the product and pricing that is in compliance with the contract or agreement. No wonder, PunchOut solutions help to improve contract compliance, leaving no scope for shopping errors. For instance, you may want to provide discounts or special offers to a specific customer in accordance with the contract. All this can be easily implemented to offer a personalized shopping experience to every customer. Punchout Catalog Solutions for Suppliers:- Punchout Orders are produced online in a paperless manner for online procurement (e-Procurement) through a buyers purchasing application (Ariba, SciQuest, Coupa, PeopleSoft, SAP Round Trip, Oracle and more).

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