ECOMMERCE PLATFORM

tradeit™ Punchout Connect

Enable enterprise customers to buy from you through their existing procurement platform while shopping your tradeit™ catalogue.

Introducing Punchout Connect

Punchout Connect integrates your tradeit™ ecommerce platform with leading procurement systems using industry-standard punchout protocols, including cXML and selected OCI-based integrations.

Buyers launch your catalogue directly from their procurement platform, browse and shop on your tradeit site using live pricing and product information, then return their basket into their procurement system for approval and purchase order generation.

This removes procurement barriers, reduces manual order re-keying, improves order accuracy and gives your customers a more consistent buying experience.

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Why Punchout Connect

Support enterprise procurement requirements
Many organisations require suppliers to support punchout purchasing before they can transact electronically. Punchout Connect helps remove this barrier by connecting tradeit with procurement systems such as BirchStreet, Coupa, SAP Ariba, Workday and Jaggaer.
Use your existing tradeit catalogue
Buyers shop from your existing tradeit catalogue. Product data, pricing, imagery and account settings continue to apply during the punchout session.
Reduce manual work and errors
Punchout Connect helps eliminate manual order re-keying and reduces order errors by returning basket details electronically into the buyer’s procurement workflow.
Support customer-specific pricing and catalogues
Customer-specific pricing, account rules, product visibility and availability are applied through the tradeit experience.

Managed by Red Technology

Once configured, Punchout Connect operates as a managed service. Red maintains the connector infrastructure, helping your team focus on customer onboarding and fulfilment rather than procurement integration management.

How Punchout Connect works

Buyer launches your catalogue

The buyer opens your catalogue from within their procurement platform.

Buyer shops on your tradeit site

They browse and shop on your tradeit site using your live product information, pricing, availability and account rules.

Basket is returned

When ready, the buyer returns their basket to their procurement system automatically

Approval and purchase order creation

The procurement system creates a purchase order based on the returned basket, then transmits it electronically ready for fulfilment

Supported procurement platforms

Punchout Connect includes pre-built connectors for the most widely used enterprise procurement platforms, including:

BirchStreet
Coupa
SAP Ariba
Workday
Jaggaer

Punchout Connect uses the cXML standard, so it can also support other procurement platforms that support cXML. If a buyer uses a platform not listed, Red will review the requirement as part of the scoping process.

Customer shopping experience

Buyers interact with your tradeit catalogue during the punchout session, so there is no need to maintain a separate procurement catalogue, duplicate product data or manage separate pricing files. Your customers can see:

Current products
Live pricing
Contract pricing where applicable
Real-time availability
Customer-specific product visibility

Purchase Order Automation

For organisations that want to automate the flow of approved purchase orders, PO Automation can extend Punchout Connect by receiving, validating, routing and acknowledging orders electronically. This can reduce administration, improve accuracy and support a more automated procurement ordering process

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