The GSA Advantage program is an eProcurement system run by the U.S. Commerce Department. The GSA Advantage program allows many government departments to purchase from their suppliers from a direct catalog. By utilizing a Punchout Catalog U.S. Government buyers can...
Another piece to the puzzle that is e-Procurement and Punchout Catalogs are units of measure or UOM. Units of measure are used by e-Procurement and Punchout Catalogs to identify the item being ordered. Common units of measure are EA for Each, BX for Box and CS for...
The UNSPSC (United Nations Standardized Products and Services Code) was developed by the United Nations to classify products and services. Many e-Procurement systems use the UNSPSC to classify goods and services. If you are familiar with NIGP codes, please note that...
For the customer that fully embraces e-Procurement, cXML and order automation the next natural step in the world of Punchout Catalogs is the cXML Order Confirmation Messages. When a Purchase Order is transmitted to your order processing system the purchase is received...
When an item is listed in a Punchout Catalog it is assumed to be in stock and ready to be delivered. But some customers want to know real-time stock information for individual items. In this case you need to setup cXML pricing and availability requests. A pricing and...