PunchOut (also known as Supplier PunchOut) is a technology designed to facilitate online procurement by simplifying item selection and ordering. WorkPlace PunchOut/cXML is based on cXML (commerce eXtensible Markup Language), the industry standard for PunchOut that ensures real-time compatibility with all cXML-compliant vendors.

WorkPlace PunchOut/cXML enables a requisitioner to select items for purchase directly from a vendor’s website.

WorkPlace users select the PunchOut vendor with a single click from the WorkPlace Requisition page to be taken directly to the customer specific site.  All browsing, shopping, real-time inventory availability and pricing are done from the vendor’s website and their catalog.  After shopping the site, when the user checks out, all of the items are populated as requisition line items in WorkPlace to complete the process of account code distribution, shipping information, approving and creating purchase orders.  Once the purchase order is created, it will be automatically sent to the vendor via cXML to complete the transaction.

Requisitioners can shop multiple vendors' online catalogs, and online purchases honor all existing approval processes.