Lightspeed OCI & cXML PunchOut Plugin

Lightspeed is a reliable cloud platform built for managing online stores efficiently. It provides a user-friendly dashboard for daily product handling, automated inventory tracking, and straightforward order management. Abeta has developed its own plugin for the Lightspeed C-Series. This allows you to quickly and easily offer PunchOut capabilities directly from your Lightspeed store.

#Why choose the Abeta plugin for Lightspeed?

The benefits of our Lightspeed integration at a glance:

• No pressure on your API limits: Lightspeed enforces strict API traffic limits. Our middleware handles the data flow externally to avoid exceeding these restrictions, keeping your store safely within its limits.
• No maintenance after platform updates: Lightspeed updates automatically, which can disrupt standard plugins. Because our software runs in the middleware, your PunchOut connection always keeps working.
• Expanding B2B functionalities: Lightspeed is built for retail and can struggle with complex B2B requirements. Our plugin solves this: Lightspeed simply displays the products, while the middleware handles the complex PunchOut permissions and data translations in the background.

#How does the Lightspeed OCI plugin work?

The Lightspeed plugin from Abeta connects your online store via the middleware to your customers' procurement software (such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, Spend Cloud and AFAS). Abeta bridges the gap between the online store and the procurement system. This process is completely transparent to the customer, who experiences it as a direct connection to the store.

This process consists of 3 steps:

#1. Authentication / Login

When a customer wants to log in, the procurement system sends a request. This OCI or cXML PunchOut request is received by Abeta and, after verification, forwarded to the Lightspeed OCI plugin. The user is then automatically logged into the online store.

#2. Cart transfer (PunchOut)

Our plugin ensures that the PunchOut user does not complete the checkout within the online store itself, but transfers the cart data back to the procurement system. The Abeta middleware can select the correct data mapping or apply necessary adjustments and translations to the data during this step.

#3. Purchase order receiving (optional)

The purchase order can be sent directly back to the Lightspeed online store or an underlying ERP system. The middleware ensures that orders from different procurement systems are correctly delivered into your Lightspeed environment.

#Get started

Would you like to learn more about the capabilities of our PunchOut plugins? Or do you want more information about the Abeta plugin for Lightspeed? Please contact us. We are happy to demonstrate how your customers can order via OCI and how Abeta can support your business.