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Integrate our catalog into your eProcurement system with Grainger’s punchout catalog solution. With over 200,000 items representing multiple product categories, you will be able to quickly find solutions for your facilities maintenance challenges. Punchout is a shopping method that gives you the convenience of Grainger.com within your existing eProcurement system. It leverages your company’s investment in procurement technology and initiatives by helping improve visibility into facilities maintenance spending.

Accessed via your eProcurement system 200,000 items available Updated daily Multiple search capabilities

Personal Lists Product comparison Item details MSDS sheets

The punchout shopping method is also known as "tap-out" or "round trip." Our punchout catalog is working today for hundreds of customers. It is hosted by Grainger's award-winning website. Grainger has the capability to handle punchout catalogs including cXML, OCI, and OBI through multiple versions. The punchout shopping experience is very similar in nature to the Grainger.com experience. Consistency with Grainger.com provides a very easy transition for a customer to convert from the Grainger.com environment to the Grainger punchout catalog in support of a procurement initiative. The punchout catalog allows a buyer to place items on a requisition form and submit the requisition for approval back within the buyer’s procurement system.

Buyers access the same tools available on Grainger.com, including our Selection Guides, Manufacturer / Brand search, Product Index and Keyword search, along with the ability to create Personal Lists, access Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and look at item technical specifications, required accessories and other valuable information.

Electronic Content File

A couple of key limitations about electronic catalog files are important to note. First, a content file is a shopping aid, not a contractual obligation to pricing or availability. Pricing terms and conditions are documented in a customer’s contractual agreement, not in the content file. Second, an electronic catalog file is static, updated periodically, rather than the dynamic catalog on Grainger.com that is updated with new products on a daily basis. Grainger electronic catalog file customers receive updated content files three times a year. However, product additions and discontinuations along with pricing fluctuation will occur in between the refresh periods.

Grainger supports EDI and a variety of XML data formats to conduct business with our customers. This system-to-system connectivity minimizes human intervention, ensuring the transactions are processed quickly and accurately. Integrated orders, purchase order acknowledgements, and invoices are all supported transactions through this solution.

As orders flow into Grainger’s fulfillment system, they are processed within seconds. A customer may choose to receive order acknowledgements to confirm receipt of orders. When requested, Grainger can transmit electronic invoices based on predetermined data fields.

Grainger’s dedicated eCommerce team can work with you to determine that the solution put in place meets your specific needs and requirements. Our experience and success over the last ten years has made Grainger the leader in MRO eCommerce. We support most business processes, including the shop-to-pay processes. Grainger supports more than 40 different procurement applications and exchange partners so you can be sure that we can automate many of your manual or paper-based procurement processes.

Let the power of Grainger.com serve as your procurement solution for MRO purchases. Grainger.com can reduce the amount of time, energy, and expense associated with the process of procuring both planned and unplanned MRO items. Grainger.com is available to you on the internet and can be accessed at the office, on the road, at home, or on the job site.

With Grainger’s unmatched product offering, you’ll be able to find the right product quickly, enabling you to keep your facility running smoothly. Grainger.com offers a variety of ways to search for products including keyword, category, product, manufacturer/brand, and a drill-down menu. Once you find the list of products to choose from, compare them side-by-side to fully understand their differences. You can also refine your search or sort your search results to make the selection process even easier.

Placing orders is quick and easy. If you know the Grainger item number, you can enter it in the Order Now section. If you have the Grainger item number stored on a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can copy and paste the item number into the Order Now section.

Grainger.com also provides you the ability to set up Personal Lists, expediting the shopping and ordering process of frequently ordered items. Order information is just a click away with Order History and Status.

Finally, if improving visibility to spend is a priority, you can use Grainger.com as your procurement system for facilities maintenance. Our Order Management System supports a variety of spend management approaches such as order-based spend limits, approvals of purchases higher than a threshold value, and multiple levels of approval based on approval limits. Best of all, it’s free!

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