B2B e-commerce platform for industrial supply & MRO distributors

Many small orders, a lot of keying

A maintenance tech needs a box of 3/8-in. x 1-in. Grade 5 hex bolts ($18.40), ten 4-1/2-in. flap discs ($23.90) and nitrile gloves ($9.75 a box). Small basket, real handling cost – and every typo ends up in the ERP.

Contract pricing lives in the ERP, not with the buyer

Contract prices per plant, price lists and quantity breaks are maintained cleanly in the ERP – but the buyer only sees them by calling, or when the outside rep stops by.

Procurement wants punchout, EDI – or another supplier

Larger accounts want to order from SAP Ariba, Coupa or Jaggaer through a punchout catalog, or send an EDI 850 and get an 855 back. If you can’t, the next RFP goes elsewhere.

What changes when the plant orders online?

Your ERP stays the system of record. The CS Order Suite reads items, inventory, contract prices and ship-to addresses from it and writes orders back – every reorder, whether typed, scanned or punched out, lands as a clean sales order without a phone call.

Plants order at their contract price, per ship-to. Inside sales stops keying. And when procurement asks for punchout or EDI, the answer is yes.

The ERP leads, the store follows

Items, inventory, prices and orders stay in the ERP. The store synchronizes through an adapter architecture – a ready adapter for SAP Business One, other ERPs per project over REST, OData, SOAP, database or file exchange.

Contract pricing and price lists per plant

After login, each account sees its contract prices, price lists and quantity breaks – a 1/2-in. carbide end mill at the price negotiated for that plant, not list. No double maintenance in the store.

Scan-to-reorder at the point of use

Your customers scan the barcode on the bin, crib shelf or label – Honeywell-class handheld or phone, browser-based, no app – and the reorder is placed in seconds. Order guides and quick order by SKU cover the rest.

Punchout catalog and EDI for procurement

Buyers punch out from SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer or Oracle (cXML) and SAP SRM/S4 (OCI) into your catalog and bring the cart back at contract prices. EDI 850/855/856/810 for plants that order by PO – often the condition for keeping the account.

Verified accounts, ship-to per site

Plants register, you review and approve – only then are prices visible and ordering possible. Several buyers and ship-to locations per account, one bill-to, net terms from the ERP.

One installation, several storefronts

Separate storefronts per customer group, brand or region from one installation – say, one for end-user plants and one for resellers – maintained centrally.

Does the CS Order Suite fit fastener, cutting-tool and MRO distributors?

Yes. It is built for exactly this ordering pattern: large catalogs, high order frequency, contract pricing per account from the ERP, and plants that reorder the same consumables week after week. Items, inventory, prices and orders stay in the ERP – ready adapter for SAP Business One, other ERPs via a project adapter. What a B2B online store should cover in general: see our requirements checklist.

How do plants reorder C-parts and MRO consumables without searching?

By scan-to-reorder: the tech scans the barcode on the bin label with a handheld or phone, confirms the quantity, and the order is placed at that plant’s contract price. Or via order guides, quick order by SKU, or previous orders.

Can our larger accounts order through SAP Ariba, Coupa or Jaggaer?

Yes. The CS Order Suite supports punchout catalogs via cXML (SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, Oracle) and OCI (SAP SRM/S4). The buyer punches out to your store, builds the cart at negotiated prices and returns it for approval and the PO.

Do you support EDI for accounts that require it?

Yes. EDI 850 (purchase order), 855 (acknowledgment), 856 (advance ship notice) and 810 (invoice) via an EDI provider or directly, integrated per project. Punchout and EDI often go together for large plants.

How are contract prices, ship-to locations, net terms and sales tax handled?

Prices, price lists and ship-to locations come from the ERP; each order routes to the right plant and bill-to. Net terms (e.g. Net 30), credit card and ACH run through your payment provider (Stripe, Authorize.net), US sales tax through Avalara or TaxJar – integrated per project.

Does the online store replace our inside sales team and outside reps?

No. It takes routine reorders off their plate: those flow into the ERP digitally, inside sales keys less, and outside reps get time for site visits and new business. Customers who prefer to call can keep calling.

How would this look with your catalog?

In a live demo we walk through the CS Order Suite with your requirements in mind – catalog, contract pricing, ERP integration, scan-to-reorder and punchout. Pricing is something we cover personally.

Your contact

Christian Stockerl

Managing Director
CS Management & IT-Beratung GmbH