VARStreet Inc., the leading provider of integrated sales quoting and eCommerce software for VARs (Value-Added Resellers), MSPs (Managed Service Providers), and other technology solution businesses, has completed its SAP Business One integration. The recent integration is a testament to VARStreet’s commitment to providing the best eCommerce management solutions that would streamline operations of small and growing VARs or large companies with multiple locations.

VARStreet is a known premier provider of a hosted B2B, B2G, and B2C advanced sales quoting and eCommerce solution for IT and office supplies VARs, system integrators, and solution providers in the US and Canada. The company, which also has a subsidiary in Pune, India, has been investing in intelligent integrations, products, and solutions that would enable VARS to enhance its procurement and selling processes. 

Since 1999, VARStreet business management platform VARStreet XC has been employing continual upgrades to match the changing needs of the market and its customers. VARStreet’s business management software integrates with all major ERP, accounting, and CRM software such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Great Plains and Nav, NetSuite, Oracle, Connectwise, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Zoho, and DocuSign to support VARs business growth. Aside from shipping, freight, and tax integrations, VARStreet also has catalog integrations with over 45 distributors in the United States and Canada.

VARStreet and SAP Business One eCommerce Integration

Today, the integration of VARStreet’s modern SME business management software with SAP Business One strengthens the eCommerce platform’s capabilities by focusing on critical enterprise data points such as customer information, shipping and billing details, product information, pricing, inventory information, fulfillment, among others. These data are synchronised between SAP Business One and VARStreet back office and the frontend eCommerce, sales quoting, and CRM applications– streamlining the management of business tasks regardless of simplicity or complexity.

“These integrations increase the efficiency of the sales process and provide VARStreet users who also use SAP, a best-in-class experience by seamlessly connecting business-critical applications and allows them to focus on what matters most, which is, increasing customer satisfaction, revenue and growth!” highlighted Shiv Agarwal, Director, VARStreet Inc.

SAP Business One is a single, integrated solution that captures all critical business information for immediate access and company-wide use. The SAP ERP solution boasts of its modularity and flexibility having more than 500 add-on solutions, custom-made to industries, or special functions.

The integration of VARStreet’s eCommerce platform and SAP Business One delivers a unified approach to all processes, transactions, and inventory, which significantly improves businesses’ response time in attending to customers, vendors, and clients’ needs. The centralised data repository promotes efficiency by enabling salespeople to make smarter decisions in a shorter amount of time. The integration drives united financial operations, which brings speed to transactions and improvement in cash flow.

Following the SAP Business One integration, VARStreet also completed a Workday PunchOut integration to streamline procurement for large companies and build efficiencies and transparencies in their internal operations. Workday, trusted by top global companies like Netflix, AirBnB, TripAdvisor, and Keywest, offers a complete set of cloud spend management solutions that help businesses streamline operations and control indirect spend. 

With the Workday PunchOut integration, Agarwal stressed that VARStreet continues to support its users by leveraging technologies that streamline processes, improve operations, maximize productivity, enhance customer experience and expand their business.

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California Pellet Mill (CPM), a leading supplier of process equipment and systems serving commodity and value-adding producers with presence across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, has successfully implemented FocusPoint B2B eCommerce for SAP Business One. As a result, CPM subsidiaries can now optimise the single platform for full B2B eCommerce capabilities with deep and seamless integration to their SAP Business One ERP systems. 

Focused Impressions’ four-week project with CPM went live in March 2020 to support the latter’s continued growth by replacing its previous eCommerce platform in Europe. FocusPoint satisfied the essential requirement of CPM in adopting a new solution for global implementation and that is the capability for a seamless SAP Business One integration.  

Lonnie Williams, Global ERP Administrator at CPM said:

“We vetted a number of eCommerce platforms and FocusPoint was the only one that met our requirements – especially with regards to deep process integration with Business One.” 

“From blueprinting to global deployment in just four weeks – our FocusPoint project was an amazing experience that exceeded all of our expectations,” he added.

Williams also commended the delivery team of Iowa-headquartered Focused Impression. He stated:

“While FocusPoint’s tight integration with SAP Business One certainly makes for a speedy deployment, the Focused Impressions delivery team has an impressive degree of professionalism and Business One subsidiary expertise, which was a big plus that ensured our project’s success.” 

Craig Stockmal, Founder and CEO of Focused Impressions, shared that they are able to deliver the deepest, fastest, and lowest-cost integration with SAP Business One in the market because they utilise SAP integration tools to connect to SAP Business One. This ultimately cancels the need for third-party connectors or custom coding.

“Combine this with the FocusPoint non-proprietary, open architecture and full B2B eCommerce capabilities — we give SAP Business One customers and SAP Resellers a solution that fuels eCommerce transactions and sales while improving the ROI in SAP Business One. Given the times we are living in, the ability to jumpstart eCommerce businesses for SAP Business One users is a real game-changer,” Stockmal explained.

Taking CPM to the Cloud

The cloud-based version of FocusPoint deployed by CPM offers an unlimited number of mini-portals and customisable micro-sites accessible to B2B dealers, partners, and distributors from CPM’s corporate website. Almost instantly upon setting up, users can access these portals and microsites that offer a rich selection of design templates and pixel-perfect product customisers for a personalised and enhanced eCommerce experience.

With FocusPoint, SAP Business One users are able to optimise one platform with multi-channel capabilities, incorporating eCommerce, sales, marketing, and Point-of-Sale (POS) – all fully integrated with SAP Business One and SAP Business One 4/HANA. It enables CPM and its subsidiaries the complete B2B eCommerce life cycle whether on-premises or in the cloud. 

CPM can leverage the following capabilities of FocusPoint B2B eCommerce platform:

• Supports 260 languages and multi-currency localisation
• Real-time SAP Business One updates
• 30 payment methods
• Self-service portal for immediate invoicing and payment from Order History to Open Invoice to Payment by credit card
• All versions of SAP Business One 9.1 and up including SQL
• Fully integrated Point-of-Sale with SAP Business One (pricing, inventory, SKUs)
• Bi-directional connectivity with SAP Business One mapping to any SAP or user-defined field
• Inventory management capabilities, and credit card processing
• Automated bulk order processing, localised sales tax, and shipping

Moreover, CPM can optimise FocusPoint’s B2B multi-channel marketing capabilities in cascading marketing communications through out its 26 locations across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. FocusPoint, an SAP Business One cloud solution for B2B and B2C eCommerce and marketing, aggregates marketing content and vendors in a single place to streamline campaign execution across communication channels. In one platform, CPM can now conveniently deliver marketing communications, events, and social media campaigns via multimedia, digital, email, print, and podcasts channels.

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According to Morgan Stanley, India’s e-commerce market value is projected to grow by 30 per cent annually to a total of US$200 billion by 2026.

Shamsuddin Jasani, managing director, Isobar India, said, “E-commerce in India has exploded. By launching the Isobar Commerce in India, we will not only be able to offer the best development capabilities, but also to partner with our clients on their entire e-commerce journey and delivering solutions across the board powered by our offering across Isobar and Fractal Ink.”

The new practice in India will join Isobar’s Global Commerce of more than 1000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and the Asia-Pacific, including the company’s Commerce centres of excellence and offshore delivery centres.

In addition to being a SAP Hybris Partner and Value added Reseller, Isobar is also a Platinum Salesforce partner, a Global Alliance Partner with Adobe, a Microsoft Managed Partner, an Oracle Business Partner, an Apple Strategic Partner, and is Asia-Pacific Leader for Magento.

The Indian practice will have 150 e-commerce specialists, as well as 450 other professionals, in areas from design to marketing and media.

On the launch, Jane Lin-Baden, CEO, Asia Pacific, Isobar, said, “Commerce is no longer about optimising the ‘last mile’ – it’s now the space where people interact and experience brands. By establishing Isobar Commerce in India, Isobar can offer clients higher commercial value and customer satisfaction by leveraging our customer experience design, data intelligence, and technical commerce solutions.”

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