Glossary
Six terms that come up again and again when a shop is connected to procurement systems, explained briefly and factually: what they mean, how they work and how they relate.
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SAP OCI
SAP OCI (Open Catalog Interface) is an interface defined by SAP through which a procurement system such as SAP SRM or SAP S/4HANA calls a supplier's online catalog and gets back the cart filled there.
cXML
cXML (commerce eXtensible Markup Language) is an XML-based protocol for exchanging procurement documents between procurement systems and suppliers.
Punchout
Punchout is an e-procurement procedure in which a buyer opens a supplier's online shop from within their procurement system, fills a cart there and returns it to the procurement system as a purchase requisition.
IDoc ORDERS05
IDoc ORDERS05 is the basic type in which SAP systems exchange purchase orders as an IDoc (Intermediate Document), SAP's own format for business documents between systems.
openTRANS
openTRANS is an open XML standard for exchanging business documents between companies, such as the order, order confirmation, dispatch notification and invoice.
IDS Connect
IDS Connect is an interface through which trade software opens a wholesaler's online shop, searches for items there, checks prices and availability and takes the cart into the software.
