Ordering platform & OCI
Ordering Platform & OCI Punchout for Promotional Products
Your employees order merchandise and promotional products directly from SAP SRM – with budgets, approvals and cost centres. In the customer portal you see stock, call-offs and invoices live.
Merchandise and promotional products belong in the procurement process like any other order – with approval, cost centre and invoice. With our ordering platform your employees order directly from SAP SRM via OCI punchout; we store and ship and provide you with the figures.
Order promotional products like any other purchase
In many companies, promotional products are still handled via e-mails, spreadsheets and collective orders. That takes time and hides costs. Our platform maps your organisation: companies, locations and roles with their own ranges, budgets, approvals and cost centres. If you use SAP SRM, you order via OCI punchout without a second login – this integration is live with numerous of our customers.
- 100+
- Web shops in live operation
- SAP SRM
- OCI punchout live with numerous customers
- 12 noon
- Order cut-off for same-day dispatch (as a rule)
What the platform does
OCI punchout from SAP SRM
Authorised staff jump from SAP into the shop, add items to the basket and return it to SAP. Purchase requisition, approval and purchase order run through your usual process.
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Roles and ranges per company
Each company, location and role sees the right range – from the apprentice starter pack to the board gift.
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Budgets, approvals, cost centres
Budgets per person, team or cost centre, approval workflows for larger orders and a clean allocation of every order.
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Customer portal with live stock
Stock per item and batch with stock value, alerts when minimum stock is undercut, goods receipts, call-offs and invoices – visible at any time.
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AI-supported analytics
Demand forecasts with seasonal patterns, recommended minimum stock levels, reorder suggestions per item for approval and detection of slow movers.
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Fulfilment and returns
Picking, shipping to locations or individual addresses, returns via a returns portal – from our warehouse.
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- Start in SAP: The authorised user opens our catalogue in SAP SRM.
- Selection in the shop: They see exactly the range approved for their company and role, including sizes and variants.
- Return to SAP: The basket is transferred to SAP with item numbers, quantities and prices.
- Approval in SAP: Your existing approval routes apply, and the order comes to us.
- Shipping from our warehouse: We pick and ship to a location or an individual address; stock and call-off are immediately visible in the customer portal.
Customer portal: stock and costs at a glance
In the customer portal you can see at any time what is in stock, what it is worth and where it is running low. We derive minimum stock levels from your actual call-offs and suggest reorders per item – you review, adjust and approve. Reports with a freely selectable period go down to the individual invoice, and an AI analysis summarises risks and recommendations in plain language. You manage access for your team yourself, with roles and two-factor authentication.
Part of our full service
The ordering platform is one building block of our full-service promotional products: range and design, sourcing and finishing, warehousing and fulfilment, kitting and welcome boxes and reporting from a single source. How OCI punchout works technically is explained in our guide OCI punchout explained; what matters when setting one up is covered in setting up an employee store.
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Order, approval and invoice run through your SAP SRM and your existing approval routes.
Access without a second login
With punchout, employees start from SAP. Integration with your identity provider, such as Microsoft Entra ID, on request.
Roles and two-factor authentication
In the customer portal your team manages access itself; financial data is protected by two-factor authentication.
Reporting per cost centre
Monthly report on stock, call-offs and costs per company and cost centre.
Data protection
Data processing agreement under the GDPR for all personal data in the platform and in shipping.
German and English
Platform and portal in two languages for international teams.
Companies and institutions that rely on UNICUM
Frequently asked questions
What is OCI punchout?+
OCI (Open Catalog Interface) is an interface through which a procurement system such as SAP SRM opens an external shop. The user selects items there, the basket is returned to SAP and processed there as a purchase requisition.
Which systems does the integration work with?+
OCI punchout from SAP SRM is live with numerous customers. We are happy to check with your IT whether your procurement system fits.
Do our employees need a separate login?+
Not with OCI punchout: they start from within SAP. Staff without SAP access get their own accounts; integration with your identity provider is available on request.
Can different companies see different ranges?+
Yes. We control ranges, budgets and approvals per company, location and role.
What do the AI analytics show?+
A demand forecast based on your call-offs and seasonal patterns, recommended minimum stock levels, reorder suggestions per item that you review and approve, and alerts for items that hardly move.
Who stores and ships the goods?+
We do. Orders received by 12 noon usually leave our warehouse the same day. On request we pre-finance the stock or work with consignment stock.
Can we start without SAP?+
Yes. The ordering platform also works as a stand-alone web shop with roles, budgets and cost centres. OCI integration can be added later.
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