Resources and insights
The latest industry news, interviews, technologies, and resources in B2B eProcurement integration.
AI Agents: What It Means for PunchOut
Discover how AI is reshaping eProcurement in our new 5-part series built for suppliers and buyers driving the next era of B2B growth.
What is cXML? Everything You Need To Know
Learn about the cXML data format, the role it plays with PunchOut catalogs, and how cXML PunchOut catalogs can help your B2B business to offer a superior eCommerce experience.
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What the UK Procurement Act Means for B2B Suppliers: From Bid Readiness to Transaction Readiness
Learn what the UK Procurement Act means for suppliers selling into the public sector and why transaction readiness, supplier enablement, and eProcurement Integration matter more than ever.
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Manual Order Intake: How Suppliers Can Reduce Rework and Speed Up Processing
Manual order intake creates rework before fulfillment starts. Learn how suppliers can reduce friction, automate order capture, and process orders faster.
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How to Measure Actual PunchOut Usage and Why it Matters for Adoption
PunchOut go-live does not equal adoption. Measuring actual usage helps suppliers see whether buyers are truly ordering through the enabled path.
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How Suppliers Standardize Order Acknowledgements and Status Updates
Inconsistent order updates create customer frustration and extra work. Standardizing acknowledgements, status events, and exception handling helps suppliers reduce follow-up, improve visibility, and support a cleaner order-to-cash process.
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TradeCentric Introduces UPOP to Help Enterprises Prepare for Secure Agentic Commerce
Universal PunchOut Platform (UPOP) is being developed as a governed integration infrastructure for AI-enabled B2B buying, with design partners invited to help shape the product.
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In-House PunchOut Integrations: Where Order-to-Cash Friction Shows Up and How to Reduce It
The hardest part of an in-house PunchOut integration is rarely go-live. It is what happens after, when acknowledgements, order updates, invoicing, and exception handling start creating manual work across teams.
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Invoice Reconciliation and the Payment Reconciliation Process
Learn how the payment reconciliation process works in enterprise environments and how integration-led automation helps reduce discrepancies, improve visibility, and support faster financial close.
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PunchOut Adoption for Suppliers: How to Close Platform and Integration Gaps
PunchOut adoption often stalls because the process around it is fragmented, not because the connection is missing. When onboarding, support, and catalog ownership vary by customer, every launch starts to feel custom.
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