What is Punchout?

Punchout is an industry wide standard to transfer data between E-Procurement software / ERPs and E-Commerce websites.

A Punchout Catalog is a website that supports the transfer of data using the punchout specification.

Why Punchout?

1. Automation → Convenience & Efficiency

   1. Obtaining quotations from suppliers can be very time consuming. With Punchout, the need for a quotation is removed as all the required data has been transfered to the system.

   2. Traditionally, a procurement officer has to manually key in data from a quotation back into the organisation's e-procurement system.

2. Real Time Prices

   1. When your organisation uses punchout to obtain quotations, there is no need to update supplier prices as the E-Commerce site already has the latest prices listed on your supplier's website.

How does it work?

There are 5 main parts to a typical punchout session.

1. Punch Out Setup Request (POSReq)
2. Punch Out Setup Response (POSRes)
3. Redirect to E-Commerce site
4. Add to cart
5. Punch Out Order Message (POOM)