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With Four51 technology, we are now able to explore new industries and really grow the company in a multitude of new directions. 
- Four51 customer
Automate and Streamline with Integration Services
Integration services make it easy to enhance, extend and integrate third-party applications with Four51. Whether you're looking to tie your back-office system to Four51, integrate with a customer's enterprise application or manage your catalog data, Four51 has the solution.
Improve Operations
Four51 integration solutions help sellers and suppliers increase efficiency and improve operations:
Connect to customers' systems – Sellers can enable customers who have their own web sites or enterprise procurement systems to link directly to the seller through the Four51 network. Using PunchOut and single sign-on, buyers can access products and services on the seller's Four51 web site.
Improve order management – By tying back-office systems to Four51, sellers and suppliers can eliminate re-keying of orders, process orders quickly and efficiently, reduce shipment processing time, and introduce consistent processing.
Four51 Offers a Range of Different Services
Order management services – Order management services include order request, ship notice and create PO. These solutions enable sellers and suppliers to automatically download order data into their own systems, send shipment tracking information to Four51 and automate sourcing activities.
Customer integration services – Customer integration services include PunchOut and single sign-on:
- PunchOut allows buyers to use their own procurement applications to access products and services on the seller’s Four51 web site. PunchOut enabled procurement applications include Ariba, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, CommerceOne/PerfectCommerce, Ketera, SciQuest and others.
- Single sign-on integrates the buyer’s user database with Four51 so users move seamlessly from their intranet or extranet to Four51 without reentering their username and password.
Catalog management services – Catalog management solutions include seven web services designed to allow sellers to import and manage catalog data as well as users, groups, cost centers, addresses, custom order fields, products and Pageflex project files.
Shopping cart management services– Shopping cart management solutions include the order validation web service. This service allows sellers to control the Four51 checkout process, performing operations like custom tax and shipping calculation, line item price override, address validation and item purchase validation.
Inventory management services – Inventory management solutions include the Four51 product web service, which allows sellers to update Four51 with inventory metrics from a back-office inventory management system. For sellers who receive orders via Four51 as well as by phone, fax or email, this service allows the seller to keep Four51 inventory data in sync with the seller's own back-office systems.
How Does it Work?
XML enables application interoperability between systems. By exchanging XML data with Four51, sellers and suppliers can send and receive data and information between Four51 and the seller’s/supplier's own systems. This exchange includes importing and exporting specific XML data using business objects called "web services". Inbound XML data is imported and "translated" into a format consistent with the process and procedures of the seller's/supplier's application, while outbound data is translated into XML data and exported to a corresponding XML management system sitting in from of the seller's/supplier's internal application that is set to receive the data.
Getting Started
- Contact your Four51 for more information
- Four51 will assign a solutions specialist to help you get going and provide access to help desk resources to assist with specific problems and issues
For more information, e-mail info@Four51.com or call 952.294.0451.
