ZUGSEIL P2P Hub

Our Catalog Hub is a product which helps to onboard suppliers or customers which are not participating in b-op concept or are using products of competitors like SAP Ariba.

Supplier onboarding functionality

It allows these functionality

Simple Integration

For suppliers which are not digital and are not willing to go digital

• Standard ZUGSEIL catalog Import - this is a standard catalog format offered by ZUGSEIL allowing to import products manually. The products can be manually imported from the Catalog Hub UI into a supplier digital or directly into the customer as articles of a "manual supplier"
• Import CIF catalogs - this is a catalog format developed by SAP Ariba ("Catalog Interchange Format"). The products which are part of the CIF-File can be manually imported from the Catalog Hub UI into a supplier digital or directly into the customer as articles of a "manual supplier"
• Email orders - if orders are placed with products of a "manual supplier", the supplier shall recieve an order email.

Automated Integration Scenarios

Commerce XML (cXML)

cXML is published based on the input of many companies (and is controlled by SAP Ariba). cXML is a protocol that is published for free on the Internet along with its DTD. With the ZUGSEIL Catalog Hub product you can configure file exhange locations and rythm. Once this is done you can integrate with "manual suppliers" through these methods.

• Import cXML catalogs - the catalog hub will monitor a specific location for new catalog files and check then for differences (price changes, added articles, dropped articles and other changes). If they exist, it will download and import them into the specified supplier for review and acceptance in the catalog management ui.
• Export cXML orders - the catalog hub will monitor for Purchase Orders towards manual suppliers. If they exist, it will create a cXML order (per order or as bulk order) and upload these order files to the specified interface location. These orders can be tracked through the catalog management ui.
• Import cXML bills - the catalog hub will monitor a specific location for new bills and will import them into the ZUGSEIL, map them to the orders and display it in the Inbound Bills Clearance monitor.

Customer onboarding functionality

It allows these functionality:

• Export cXML catalogs
• Import cXML orders
• Export cXML bills