eProcurement Solutions
MBS provides standalone and connected eProcurement solutions including punchout catalogs and SSO stores for employee purchasing (ie: onboarding).
Punchout Catalogs
A punchout catalog allows buyers to access a vendor's catalog directly from their procurement system. By utilizing our punchout catalogs, customers gain efficiency, accuracy, control, and improved insight into their procurement processes, ultimately reducing costs and improving operational effectiveness.Our punchout catalogs integrate easily into common procurement systems (SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle Procurement Cloud, etc.).
Here are some of the most outstanding advantages of using our punchout catalogs:
- Reduces the need to navigate multiple vendor websites or maintain separate accounts and logins.
- Transactions are captured automatically within the customer’s procurement or ERP system. Punchout catalogs help enforce organizational procurement policies, pricing agreements, and approval workflows.
- Catalog data (pricing, availability, promotions) are updated in real-time by the vendor. Shortens fulfillment cycles, improving delivery timelines.
- Lowers administrative costs and labor associated with procurement processes.
SSO Employee stores
By leveraging an SSO-enabled online store, companies significantly enhance their procurement process, security, operational efficiency, employee experience, and overall productivity. Offering your employees an online store for purchasing computers and tablets with Single Sign-On (SSO) integration provides multiple advantages for the company, including:
- Employees can easily access the online store using their existing company credentials, eliminating the need to manage multiple logins which improves employee satisfaction and allows for consistent application of security policies.
- Enables companies to track and monitor purchasing activity more effectively, facilitating budget management and helping enforce internal procurement policies and guidelines.
- Ensures employees purchase approved, compatible devices that are easier to manage, deploy, and support, thus simplifying the onboarding process and reducing helpdesk requests.
Default CTO Options
All products may include configurable options such as Memory, Storage and/or additional accessories. Some of these options can be enabled by default, in which case, the store will dynamically show the base price plus a options breakdown right below the final price.
Alternatively, some of the product’s options can be configured in such a way that they CANNOT be disabled. This is useful when AppleCare or a bundled accesory should be mandatory with every purchase.
Third Party Products
In addition to Apple products and bundled configurations, MBS stores offer accessories, storage, and video/photo equipment from manufacturers like Moshi, Canon, G-Tech, Sonnet, Western Digital, Logitech, Seagate, Belkin, Bose, Epson and HP among others.
Pre-Configured Departmental Solutions
MBS BYOD stores allow the administrator to group users by position or department, assigning specific product bundles to different groups.
For example, you may want everybody to be able to buy iPads, but only users who belong to the IT department can buy certain iMac bundles.