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How To Integrate PunchOut With Sage 100

July 19, 2018 by Wayne Schulz

What is PunchOut?

PunchOut is a method for a corporate purchasing agent to buy from a supplier’s website from within the buyer’s own procurement application.

A PunchOut website is a standard e-commerce website with the special ability to communicate directly with a procurement system through cXML (an industry standard protocol used in many applications) and return a pending purchase order back to the buyer so they don’t need to enter product information in the procurement system.

PunchOut allows a user to shop a supplier’s catalogs based on the items and pricing that have been negotiated with the supplier.

A user punches out to the supplier’s website, selects from the list of available items to build a shopping cart and then checks out. Upon checkout, the selected items will populate a requisition which is then submitted for approval within the procurement application.

Who Provides PunchOut Integration To Sage 100 and Sage 100cloud?

Once the approval is complete and a purchase order is created it will be sent electronically to the vendor to complete the transaction and ship the items.

 

On the vendor side, companies like CIMcloud by Website Pipeline use this technology to let their e-commerce customers provide individualized catalogs for their B2B customers.

The orders placed in the catalog can flow into the CIMcloud customer’s Sage 100 system, while also being passed to the buyer’s procurement system for approval, payment, etc.

 

On the buyer side, purchasing agents can shop the catalogs right from a Sage-integrated procurement solution such as Paramount WorkPlace. They have access to all up-to-date pricing and product information from the vendor’s e-commerce site, including their approved products and negotiated pricing. It streamlines the procurement process and ensures that all parties are in agreement on purchasing terms.

 

Who Uses PunchOut?

Traditionally PunchOut vendors have been larger national suppliers for items such as office supplies and healthcare related as these are industries where pricing and products can change frequently.

Some PunchOut Partner Vendors Include:

  • Amazon
  • Dell
  • Staples
  • Burke Supply
  • Evos Office Products
  • Fisher Scientific
  • HD Supply
  • Office Depot
  • PC Connection
  • Office Max
  • McKesson
  • CDW
  • Cardinal Health

 

However, as more suppliers and customers recognize the benefits of PunchOut the popularity and availability of PunchOut have grown significantly.

The benefits of PunchOut for customers/buyers include:

  • Catalog Maintenance Eliminated: PunchOut eliminates the need for your buyers to update and maintain in-house catalogs: your vendors take on the responsibility of maintaining catalog product data
  • Faster, More Accurate Requisitioning: Users access a vendor’s catalog with a single click and requisition fields are automatically populated after shopping, speeding requisition entry and reducing errors
  • Catalog Is Always Current: Vendor updates to pricing and on-hand inventory are immediately visible, and requisitioners have access to current pricing and catalog information

The benefits of PunchOut for suppliers include:

  • Customer Satisfaction due to:
    • The quick and easy ordering process
    •  Shorter delivery times
    • Up to date items and pricing
  • Customer Retention because:
    • Easy to do business
    • Order accuracy
    • Faster payment due to the accuracy of the PO and electronic submission of information
    • Visibility to the ordering process that can facilitate additional selling opportunities to your customers.

There is a great business case for customers and suppliers of all sizes to recognize the benefits of PunchOut. It can truly be a win-win situation for all parties with a reasonable and affordable effort based on the value that you will receive.

 

For more information on using Punchout to order from your suppliers – see Paramount Workplace

 

For more information on building  our your own company website for Punchout compatibility – see CIMcloud

 

 

Filed Under: Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: cimcloud, cxml, edi, paramount workplace, punchout

MAPADOC EDI Conference – October 17-18, 2013 – Last Chance Registration

October 15, 2013 by Wayne Schulz

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Reminder: Your last chance to register for the MAPADOC EDI conference being held Thursday and Friday, October 17-18, 2013 in Chicago, IL.

 

MAPADOC EDI CONFERENCE AGENDA

WHAT:

MAPADOC’s 1st Annual Customer Conference

WHEN:

Thursday, October 17, 2013 (Central Time)

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Optional Sage 100 and 500 Training: Best Practices

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Welcome Reception & Vendor Expo

Friday, October 18, 2013 (Central Time)

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Opening session and presentations
Trading Partner Intelligence – Presented by David Novak, Executive Vice President, Sales & Business Development at SPS Commerce.
Mr. Novak is focused on developing new markets and establishing strategic relationships with logistics and transportation partners, channel partners, alliances, and integrated solution partners for SPS Commerce. He has over 21 years of industry experience in business development and sales leadership roles at companies such as Oracle, Siebel, Sterling Software, and Accenture. He has also contributed to the success of several startup companies such as nQuire Software and Information Advantage. Mr. Novak has a history of managing high-growth businesses in North America and the Pacific Rim. He most recently served as the Vice President of Sales, North America Business Intelligence for Oracle. Prior to Oracle’s acquisition of Siebel, Mr. Novak was Vice President of Sales at Siebel, running the Western US and Asia Pacific for the Business Intelligence division.

What’s New in MAPADOC
Customer Panel: Best Practices
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Networking Lunch

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Vendor Expo Open

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Breakout session options:
Hosting your ERP Software “In The Cloud”: Everything you didn’t know you need to know.
Extending Your ERP Solution with Warehouse Management: Benefits of Integration.
Integrated Shipping Automation: How much time and money would you save?
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Round table Options:
Product Enhancements: What do you want to see in the next versions of MAPADOC
EDI for Food & Grocery: Discuss best practices and learn from our industry experts
EDI for Retail: Join the conversation with other users and our customer experts
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM: Wrap Up and Give-a-Ways

WHY:

  • Network with other MAPADOC customers, the MAPADOC team and 3rd party solution providers.
  • Learn Best Practices for MAPADOC users in our optional training classes, from the industry experts on our Customer Panel presentation, and join in the Round Table discussions.
  • Discover what’s new in the MAPADOC world, about other solution options, and get the latest and greatest on “Trading Partner Intelligence”.
  • Let your voice be heard about future MAPADOC enhancements.

 

Register online

Filed Under: MAPADOC EDI, Sage 100 ERP, slider Tagged With: edi, mapadoc

Amazon Marketplace Integration to Sage 100 ERP (with or without EDI)

May 31, 2013 by Wayne Schulz

sage 100 amazon integration

Are you using the online retailing power of Amazon.com to sell your products directly to customers? The Amazon Marketplace Connector for EDI Advantage gives you the ability to automatically integrate Amazon Marketplace orders with your Sage 100 ERP system.

sage 100 amazon selling

 

The Amazon Marketplace Connector for EDI Advantage brings Amazon Marketplace orders right into Sage 100 and notifies Amazon when orders have been fulfilled (so you can get paid). It can be automated or initiated on demand.

  • Automatically downloads Amazon Marketplace orders
  • You receive orders in your Document Express inbox
  • Integrates orders into Sage 100 ERP as Sales Orders
  • Automatically sends shipping acknowledgement to Amazon.com
  • Includes connectivity services, training, and support

Want more information – Contact Us

Filed Under: Kissinger Associates, Sage 100 ERP, slider Tagged With: amazon, edi, order entry, sales order

MAPADOC EDI Embraces Sage 100 ERP 2013 Visual Process Flows

January 16, 2013 by Wayne Schulz

mapadocEDI

Visual Process Flows are a new feature in Sage 100 ERP 2013 which was released in December 2012. This graphical menu system allows companies to simplify the Sage 100 ERP menu structures and reduce learning times for new employees by placing the most commonly used tasks into graphical menus. Process flows may also be exported and imported for easy sharing between Sage 100 ERP systems.

EDI developer SWK Technologies have just released a MAPADOC update which includes several Visual Process Flows which integrated directly into the latest Sage 100 ERP 2013 release.

 

Visual Process Flow for EDI Orders

The EDI Orders visual process flow is an interactive workflow diagram that shows the steps to complete for processing inbound EDI purchase orders.  All of the MAPADOC tasks to process purchase orders are show as well as links to Sales Order Data Entry, Sales Order Printing, and Picking Sheet Printing.  This visual process flow also contains links to all of the reports related to incoming purchase orders and links to the MAPADOC cross reference setup tasks that may be needed during processing.

mapadoc edi orders flow

 

Visual Process Flow for EDI Invoices

The EDI Invoices visual process flow is an interactive workflow diagram that shows the steps to complete for sending outbound EDI invoices. All of the MAPADOC tasks to process invoices are show as well as links to AR Invoice History Inquiry and Invoice History UDF Maintenance. This visual process flow also contains links to all of the reports related to outgoing invoices and links to the MAPADOC cross reference setup tasks that may be needed during processing.

mapadoc EDI Invoices flow

 

 Visual Process Flow for EDI ASNs

The EDI ASNs visual process flow is an interactive workflow diagram that shows the steps to complete for capturing ASN packaging information, printing labels, and sending outbound EDI advanced ship notices (ASNs).  All of the MAPADOC tasks to process labels and ASNs are show as well as a link to ASN History.  This visual process flow also contains links to all of the reports related to outgoing ASNs and links to the MAPADOC cross reference setup tasks that may be needed during processing.

mapadoc EDI ASN flow

 

For more information – see MAPADOC EDI

Filed Under: MAPADOC EDI, slider Tagged With: edi, mapadoc

MAPADOC EDI Now Available For ERP Sage MAS 200 SQL 4.45

January 11, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

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SWK Technologies, a Sage Business Partner located in Livingston NJ announces the availability of their MAPADOC EDI processing for the newly released Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL 4.45.

According to SWK Technologies they are the only fully integrated EDI solution currently available for Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL 4.45. The company participated in the Sage beta program as a Gold Development Partner which gave them a head start to releasing the new version.

Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL 4.45 licenses are the same price as the Sage ERP MAS 200 client server. There is no additional Sage ERP MAS charge for the SQL version of the product. Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL is available for new license sales only with version 4.45. Current Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 customers, and Sage ERP MAS 200 for SQL 3.xx customers, will be able to choose to move to the SQL option with the 4.5 release, which will offer tools and a product-assisted upgrade path. 4.5 is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2011.

MAPADOC’s EDI Solution Beats Competition to Market with Total Integration for New Sage MAS 200 SQL Version 4.45

LIVINGSTON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MAPADOC EDI by SWK Technologies, Inc., an integrated Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) software solution built specifically for Sage MAS 90, 200 and 500, is now available for the new Sage MAS 200 SQL Version 4.45. The announcement was made by Gary Berman, vice president of EDI for SWK.

“Our relationship with Sage, and our status as a Sage Software Authorized Business Partner and Sage Gold Development Partner enabled us to participate in the Sage Beta Program. This gave us the head start we needed to finish programming MAPADOC for SQL Version 4.45 in record time.”
“Based on our research, MAPADOC is the only fully integrated EDI solution currently available for Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL 4.45,” says Berman. “Our relationship with Sage, and our status as a Sage Software Authorized Business Partner and Sage Gold Development Partner enabled us to participate in the Sage Beta Program. This gave us the head start we needed to finish programming MAPADOC for SQL Version 4.45 in record time.”

According to Sage, 4.45 combines the features, ease of use and powerful customization of Sage ERP MAS with Microsoft SQL Server’s efficiency, scalability and flexibility. SQL provides IT professionals with their familiar Microsoft SQL Server environment for ad-hoc reporting, backup, data integrity and design tools. Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL offers product line stability and two decades of customer-driven enhancements from tens of thousands of installations. 4.45 includes the flexibility of highly customizable modern architecture, and the benefits of the established Sage ERP MAS ecosystem.

Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL 4.45 licenses are the same price as the Sage ERP MAS 200 client server. There is no additional Sage ERP MAS charge for the SQL version of the product. Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL is available for new license sales only with version 4.45. Current Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 customers, and Sage ERP MAS 200 for SQL 3.xx customers, will be able to choose to move to the SQL option with the 4.5 release, which will offer tools and a product-assisted upgrade path. 4.5 is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2011.

Full release

Filed Under: mas200, Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: edi, mapadoc, swk

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