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E-Catalog
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Definition
A digital catalog of approved products and prices that buyers order from within a procurement system.
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Explanation
E-catalogs channel buying to negotiated items at agreed prices, cutting maverick spend and speeding requisitions. They may be hosted internally or accessed via punchout to the supplier's own site, with content and pricing controlled by contract.
Example
Staff add pre-approved laptops from the e-catalog and the correct contract price flows straight onto the requisition.
Related terms
- Hosted Catalog — A supplier catalog whose item and price data is loaded into and stored within the buyer's procurement system.
- PunchOut — A connection that lets a buyer leave their procurement system, shop on a supplier's live website, and return the cart for approval and PO.
- Guided Buying — A buying experience that steers users to compliant, preferred choices with a simple, consumer-like interface.
- Catalog — A curated, priced list of items available for purchase, from which buyers requisition without needing a fresh quote.
Related concepts
- Procure-to-Pay (P2P) — The end-to-end operational buying cycle — from requisition and approval to purchase order, receipt, invoice matching and payment.
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What is E-Catalog?
A digital catalog of approved products and prices that buyers order from within a procurement system. E-catalogs channel buying to negotiated items at agreed prices, cutting maverick spend and speeding requisitions. They may be hosted internally or accessed via punchout to the supplier's own site, with content and pricing controlled by contract.
Can you give an example of E-Catalog?
Staff add pre-approved laptops from the e-catalog and the correct contract price flows straight onto the requisition.
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