B2B Integration Services

Imagine having one portal used for the majority of your spend activities! A portal that helps you manage your budget, improve reconciliation, consolidate your vendor base and control maverick spending. VWR can bring a new level of automation and efficiency to your purchasing activities to help control costs and increase productivity.

Our key differentiator is our seasoned team of business-to-business experts—people who can offer extensive process insight. Through a team approach, they deliver the skills, ingenuity and breadth of experience to fully support your integration, even prior to software selection. Each of our technically adept and experienced project managers has experience with industry-accepted integration protocols and utilizes standard integration procedures to assure optimal results.

Contact:
B2B@vwr.com

VWR has completed B2B integrations with all major e-procurement platform providers and ERP systems. With over 1000 live customer integrations with 100+ different B2B applications, you can trust the VWR team to deliver:

  • Speed to Value for your End-Users & Sites
  • Realization of your e-Procurement Goals with Electronic Controls
  • Technical Consultation on B2B Integration Best Practices
  • Efficiency Gains to your Order Process

VWR can support a variety of system integration options using standard, industry-accepted protocols:

Standard Punch-Out Level II Punch-Out Hosted Catalog Hosted Catalog + Live Pricing Transaction Support
  • Punch-out to VWR.com from your e-procurement application (Store Level)
  • Real time price & availability
  • Customizable store
  • Access to Ordering Features such as Shopping Lists and Custom Catalogs
  • Live Chat Support
  • Rich Product Content (Updated Daily)
  • Access to Order Status & Quotes
  • Reduced Reconciliation Issues
  • Search “your” hosted catalog locally
  • Punchout to vwr.com (item level)
  • Real time price & availability
  • Customizable store
  • Access to Ordering Features such as Shopping Lists and Custom Catalogs
  • Live Chat Support
  • Rich Product Content (Updated Daily)
  • Access to Order Status & Quotes
  • Reduced Reconciliation Issues
  • One catalog interface for all your supplier’s products
  • Pricing based on periodic updates (e.g., quarterly)
  • One catalog interface for all your supplier’s products
  • Real time pricing via webservice search results
  • Electronic (EDI or XML) or e-Mail
  • Support for POs, Order Acknowledgements, Advance Ship Notices, Invoices
  • EFT - Electronic Bank Transfer

Our experienced, professionally trained Project Managers follow a proven methodology to ensure problem free integrations that position our customer’s e-commerce initiatives for success. Your VWR Integration Project Manager will coordinate and facilitate all project related activities and VWR resources necessary throughout the life of the project.
Each Phase of the Project Lifecycle has important deliverables, all of which are carefully managed and documented in accordance with a mutually agreed upon Project Plan.

Training

VWR offers cost-free technical support for our e-business solutions, which includes both training services and help desk support. A variety of hands-on and classroom-style training and training tools (user guides, quick-reference material) can be provided to ensure rapid user adoption.