Closing the Gap in B2B e-Commerce

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Closing the Gap: Creating B2B Ecommerce with a B2C Experience Jack Bolous路 Senior Application Development Consultant 路 Dunn Solutions Name 路 Title 路 Dunn Solutions


Today’s Agenda Introduction to Dunn Solutions Ecommerce Growth

B2B Ecommerce Challenges SAP hybris - Meeting the Challenges Demonstration Questions


Dunn Solutions is a full-service IT consulting firm founded in 1988

Minneapolis Delivery ďƒ— Training

Chicago Delivery

Raleigh, NC Delivery ďƒ— Training

Bangalore, India Delivery


Practice Areas

Application Development

Analytics

Solutions

Training

Frameworks

Analytics & BI Platforms

Certified SAP/Liferay

Accountable Care Orgs (ACO’s)

Data Warehouse & Data Integration

Classroom, Onsite, Computer Based & Virtual

Corporate Legal

Higher Education

Optical Shop

Portals

eCommerce & Content Managed Websites

Mobile App Development

Custom App Development

Predictive Analytics

Mentoring & Custom Training


SAP Partnership 1995

Classrooms Minneapolis

Raleigh, NC Present

SAP Gold Partner

Top level, partner since 1995

National coverage

Authorized Education Partner since 1995


Selected Clients


Agenda Introduction to Dunn Solutions Ecommerce Growth

B2B Ecommerce Challenges SAP hybris - Meeting the Challenges Demonstration Questions


Ecommerce Growth – U.S. Projections • U.S. Ecommerce sales will grow to $414 billion in 2018 according to Forrester • eMarketer predicts ecommerce sales to grow to $491.5 billion by 2018

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B2B Ecommerce Growth – U.S. Projections • U.S. B2B Ecommerce sales will exceed $1.13 trillion by 2020 according to Forrester • U.S. B2B Ecommerce sales will grow to nearly $1 trillion by 2018, more than twice the $414 billion in B2C Ecommerce

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B2B Ecommerce Growth Factors • 74% of B2B buyers research 50% or more of their purchases online

• 30% of B2B buyers purchase online 50% or more • Forrester expects 56% of B2B buyers to purchase online 50% or more by 2017

• 60% of B2B buyers spend more overall when they can buy through online and offline channels

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Agenda Introduction to Dunn Solutions Ecommerce Growth

B2B Ecommerce Challenges SAP hybris - Meeting the Challenges Demonstration Questions


Current B2B Ecommerce Challenges • Customers want an individualized company pricing

• Customers are seeking the ability to request quotes and negotiate prices • Customers want Integrated Self-Service Management

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Customers want an individualized company pricing • Customers often have individually established prices on various products

• Customers may often have individualized prices for bulk orders

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Customers are seeking the ability to request quotes and negotiate prices

• B2B Customers often need the ability to request quotes. • Additionally these customers want the ability to negotiate these quotes

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Customers want Integrated Self-Service Management

• Customers want the ability to manage who has access

• Customers want to setup rules and limits for their employees • Customers want the ability to review and approve submitted orders

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Agenda Introduction to Dunn Solutions Ecommerce Growth

B2B Ecommerce Challenges SAP hybris - Meeting the Challenges Demonstration Questions


SAP hybris • Omni-Channel ecommerce platform • • • •

Provides similar customer experience across multiple channels Online, mobile, point-of-sale, call center, social media and print Launched in 1997 Acquired by SAP in August 2013

• Strong Product Content Management capabilities

• Customized catalogs and pricing per customer or segment • Supports products with multiple characteristics

• Complete Order Management capabilities • • • • •

Order approval rules and workflows Payments Fraud Checking Warehouse Integration Punch-Out Support

• Integration with SAP systems

• 50% of B2B customers use SAP

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How We Can Support Unique Customer Prices • Able to create custom catalogs for customers • Able to create Secure Customer Portals Cog Widget Spinner Driver

$45 $69 $20 $109

Company A Cog Widget Spinner Driver Whatsit

$50 $79 $29 $129 $75

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Rules

Master Catalog

$50 $79 $29 $129

Company B Cog Widget Spinner Driver Whatsit

$40 $69 $19 $119 $75

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How Can We Support Quotes with Negotiation • Allow customers to select products using a shopping cart

• Establish allowed thresholds for quotes to be requested • Ecommerce Managers can review and offer a quote with new prices • Allow customers to accept, decline or request a requote.

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How We Can Enable Integrated Self-Management • Allow customers to setup custom approval processes hierarchy of employees and roles

• Allow customers to create rules, cost centers and permissions • Establish limits to cost centers and employees

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Our Ecommerce Platform Needs these Important B2B Features • Custom Catalogs and Pricing

• Content Targeting for Customers • Self-Service Account Management • • • • • •

Assign rights to employees Setup individual purchasing limits Configure approval rules and workflows Manage cost centers and budgets Auto-replenishment of orders Request Quotes

• Multi-Channel • Order offline, online, and mobile • Customer experience is similar across all channels

• Secure Customer Portal

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Agenda Introduction to Dunn Solutions Ecommerce Growth

B2B Ecommerce Challenges SAP hybris - Meeting the Challenges

Demonstration Questions


Summary • Creating a successful Ecommerce strategy is critical to growing your B2B business

• Companies face numerous challenges to successful B2B Ecommerce • Creating Individualized Experience • Different Terms & Contracts • Increased Service & Convenience • Special Approvals • Rising Costs of Smaller Customers • Products Available Online & Offline

• Implementing a full-featured ecommerce solution, like SAP hybris provides B2B features needed to be successful • • • •

Custom Catalogs & Pricing Content Targeting for Customers Self-Service Account Management Multi-Channel

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Questions & Answers Jack Bolous¡ Senior Application Development Consultant

Dunn Solutions jbolous@dunnsolutions.com


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