PunchOut catalog for PremierConnect
We recommend PunchOut as the best-practice solution due to these many benefits:
- Hosted and maintained by Dell
- Dynamic catalog - Your standard products and pricing are updated in real time
- Multi-currency, multi-country*
- Globally available 24/7
- Virtually eliminates duplicate data entry
- Orders placed via PunchOut catalogs are more streamlined and provide more accurate purchase orders
- eQuotes can be configured and saved for subsequent retrieval
- Provides real-time configurability
- Catalogs and products are customer-defined
- Virtually eliminates duplicate data entry
- Dell supports industry-standard cXML and OCI protocols for PunchOut in addition to customized solutions.*
* Some restrictions apply
The shopping and ordering experiences are also more customer friendly in PunchOut:
Direct PunchOut to Dell Premier store from customer’s ERP/procurement system
Ordering using a catalog that's stored on the customer's system
Here is a precise walkthrough of how a PunchOut experience integrates with your purchasing system:
1
Customer Purchasing System
- Access your purchasing system.
- Click on the Dell link to open your customized online catalog.
- This will initiate the “PunchOut” or “roundtrip” process.
2
Dell PunchOut Catalog
- Dell “hosts” and maintains customer product information in a secure environment.
- This customized online catalog contains your standards and pricing.
- This catalog contains a configurator, allowing customers to select and configure products.
3
Order Requisition
- Add products to your basket.
- Click “Submit Order Requisition” button.
- A B2B Cart ID is stored at Dell to uniquely identify your basket or “B2B quote.” Your procurement system receives an Order Requisition with this unique B2B Cart ID, product and pricing for approval.
4
Approval / PO Process
- Your procurement system receives the Order Requisition and routes it through the workflow approval process.
- When the Purchase Order is approved, it is electronically routed to Dell via an industry standard protocol.
- Orders can be submitted directly from your procurement system, via a third-party intermediary, or supplier network.
5
Dell Order Fulfillment
- After your electronic order is received, Dell systems validate required fields.
- The order is electronically processed through our Order Management system.
- The order is fulfilled.
