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B2B distributor portal glossary

B2B distributor portal — essential terms

What you need to know about a B2B ordering portal for customers: PunchOut cXML/OCI, credit limit, live stock availability, contract pricing — with examples.

What this cluster covers

A B2B distributor portal lets your customers (shops, HoReCa, small retailers) place orders 24/7 with their contract prices, live stock and credit limit applied automatically. The terms below describe the key functions.

Each definition includes a concrete example and links to the Azuvio B2B portal.

11 terms in this cluster

B2B Portal — An online platform where business customers (distributors, retailers, HoReCa) place orders 24/7 at their contract prices.
Self-service ordering — The model where the B2B customer places orders online themselves, without going through an agent or back office.
PunchOut (cXML / OCI) — A mechanism where the buyer browses the supplier catalogue directly from their own procurement system.
Multi-level approvals — The flow where a B2B order passes through several internal approval levels before it is placed.
Quick order lists — Templates of frequently ordered products a customer can reuse to order in seconds.
Contract pricing — Individually negotiated per-customer B2B prices, different from list price, applied automatically at order time.
Live stock availability — Real-time display in the B2B portal of available stock and estimated delivery date per product.
Order history & reorder — Customer access to past orders with the option to quickly reorder them, fully or partially.
Credit limit & balance — Commercial exposure control: the portal checks the customer's credit limit and balance before accepting the order.
Personalised B2B catalogue — Assortment and product content displayed differently per customer, by contract, region or segment.
Bulk order upload (CSV/Excel) — Uploading a many-line order from a CSV/Excel file, instead of manual line-by-line entry.