Increase
your Base of Large Customers
Unlike B2C customers, large companies and government
buyers commonly use an Ariba procurement system to conduct online transactions.
Now as a supplier, you can turn them your customers if you provide an easy way
to connect their procurement application with your website. You can achieve
this by offering Ariba PunchOut functionality
to your customers. It provides seamless integration and makes it easier for customers
to purchase via the procurement system. No wonder, this functionality is
considered to be one of the best ways to attract and keep your B2B customers
loyal.
Easily
Make Changes in your Catalog
With CIF, you know how difficult it can get to make changes
in your catalog content. Even for a small change, you have to create and upload
the entire CIF catalog, which is tedious and time-consuming. If you are making changes
up to 4 times a year, it is acceptable. However, if your business requires you
to make several updates per year, it is time to switch over to Ariba PunchOut.
It provides a hassle-free way to update product
information. Whether it is changing price or description of any product, you
can do it effortlessly. Also when your product catalog is huge, it doesn’t make
sense to use CIF technology.
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Maintaining Catalogs for Different Customers
AribaPunchOut solution reduces the complexity in B2B transactions. This
is because it eliminates the need to maintain multiple catalogs for different customers.
There is just one supplier catalog that you have to maintain. Just show the
product range along with the pricing from that catalog for that specific
customer. You have to only maintain a separate PunchOut configuration so that
every customer views only those items and services that are applicable to him.
Real
Time Availability
Ariba PunchOut protocol is specifically designed to enable your customers
view changes in real time. So when you modify the price or product availability
status in your supplier catalog, these catalog changes are immediately
available to the customer. Unlike CIF catalog, your customers don’t have to
wait for hours or even days to view the changes. This certainly helps to
improve communication between you and your customer.
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