It’s seamless:
Once PunchOut is set up with your eProcurement software, you won’t even notice that it’s there. There’s no need to switch between your system and ours, or spend time transferring product data to spreadsheets so it can be bought and paid for. Just shop like you would on any other site.
Real-time product information:
You’ll be buying through our live site, so stock and pricing will always be up to date. No more sorting through static catalogues and crosschecking with the website.
Faster approval and purchase:
Because the whole process is streamlined and automated, your purchase time is much quicker. Once you’ve finished adding items to your cart, they’ll automatically go to the correct colleagues for approval, and on to finance for payment.
Using PunchOut automates most of the steps of the procurement process to make approval and payment faster, easier and more accurate.
Improved budget management:
There’s no need to work out budgets on the fly with PunchOut. Because it works within your existing procurement platform, it’s easy to shop our range with pre-approved budgets. So there’s much less chance of accidental overspending.
Better compliance and control:
PunchOut works through your existing eProcurement system. This means everything procured through PunchOut stays within your organisation’s procurement policies. It also reduces the risk of maverick spending.
Fewer order errors:
You don’t need to switch between systems, share links with your procurement team or try to save everything into a spreadsheet. With PunchOut everything is automated, which significantly reduces the chance of manual entry or communication errors.
Better reporting and analysis:
By removing all intermediary phases, and centralising procurement in one system, PunchOut gives you much better visibility. This allows for better, more accurate budgeting and forecasting, and supports supplier performance analysis and auditing.
Customised catalogues:
Converge tailors your PunchOut experience to your organisation. So, you’ll only see items that are relevant to you, and are available to purchase.
Contract rates are also applied automatically, so you know immediately how much you’ll be paying for something. You don’t need to find the item you want then scour through old emails to see how much it will actually cost. And, you’ll land on a customised homepage, branded for your organisation.
Saves time and money:
By reducing the admin costs of manual procurement, PunchOut saves you money. It also frees up your procurement team to spend time on more fruitful labours, like strategic procurement planning. And, by accelerating the procure-to-pay process it helps you to get the products you need, faster.
