B2B procurement platform built for how businesses buy
Use Clarity Ventures for a B2B procurement platform that lets business buyers order approved products at their negotiated prices, request quotes, and stay within their purchasing rules.
Punchout, quote carts, spending limits and re-ordering run on Clarity eCommerce as one B2B purchasing platform, and Clarity Connect moves the orders into your ERP.
What a B2B procurement platform does
B2B e-procurement is ordering, purchasing and requisitioning goods and services online. A B2B procurement platform puts the steps on one site: requisition, authorization, purchase order, receipt and inspection, payment and invoice approval, and the record kept for tax, audits and warranties.
Built for procurement
- cXML punchout
- Quote carts
- Spending limits
- Approved catalogs
- Shopping lists
- ERP integration
Punchout from the buyer's own procurement system
Large buyers often order from inside their procurement system: they open your catalog from it, see their negotiated prices, and send the cart back as a requisition for approval. Clarity eCommerce uses cXML punchout and integrates with systems such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Jaggaer (formerly SciQuest) and Unimarket. SAP's OCI is a different protocol, so ask your largest accounts which one they need.
Quotes and RFQs without email
Quote carts let buyers request a quote on the site, attach files from 2D artwork to 3D schematics, and come back for your answer. Simple requests can get an automatic price from preset tiers; the rest go to your team. The quote cart integrates with your ERP, CRM or PIM.
Approved products, spending limits and fast re-ordering
Buyers can be grouped by buying profile, spending limit and ordering category, including UNSPSC and NAICS codes. Built-in contracts and spending limits stop users ordering items or quantities they aren't authorized for, while authorized buyers see their company's negotiated prices on your catalog pages.
Clarity eCommerce has seven re-ordering options out of the box, including shopping lists that add every saved item to the cart at once.
Orders that land in your ERP
Clarity Connect, Clarity's own integration platform, moves orders, invoices and status updates between the site and ERPs such as SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, Epicor and Infor, using pre-built connectors where they exist and custom API work where they don't.
Talk to an integration specialist
Walk through how orders, pricing and customer data would move between your store and your ERP.
Questions
What is the B2B procurement process?
Requisition, authorization, purchase order, receipt and inspection, payment and invoice approval, then documentation for tax, audit and warranty purposes. The platform automates the hand-offs, so each approver is notified when it's their turn.
Do we need punchout?
Your customers decide. If your largest accounts buy through Ariba, Coupa or SAP procurement, their spend controls may only allow punchout; if you sell mostly to small businesses paying by card, you may not need it. Ask your ten largest accounts.
See it on your own catalog
Tell us which procurement systems your buyers use and which ERP you run. We'll show punchout, quotes and approvals on your catalog in a demo.
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