{"id":7416,"date":"2023-11-07T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.online.ch\/success-story\/b2b-store-with-erp-connection-and-pim-functions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:44:23","slug":"b2b-store-with-erp-connection-and-pim-functions","status":"publish","type":"success_story","link":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/success-story\/b2b-store-with-erp-connection-and-pim-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"B2B store with ERP connection and PIM functions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WESCO AG digitizes sales with our Portal4Industry solution.<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead bd-9toxrgpimi61n55vjqej3seko7rf0h wp-block-bd--- wp-block-bd-block-624\">The Swiss specialist for ventilation &amp; air filtration replaces the existing system with a holistic eCommerce solution. Customers and specialist dealers can thus access the right product information more quickly and WESCO saves time in data management.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A business platform as a central system for all product information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data maintenance with PIM functionalities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connection to the ERP Navision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IDM export for kitchen builders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language management through online translator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ProductFinder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generate energy labels and product data sheets on the fly with the supplemented additional information from the backend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comparison and favorites list as well as order history<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MyDevice functionalities (record devices, display spare parts, order with a click, purchase warranty extensions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download area with search function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How WESCO AG benefits from the new B2B Shop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Order thanks to central data management and time savings thanks to interface connection to ERP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quick overview of the assortment and historical data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Process savings for customers and retailers thanks to 24\/7 online services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data basis available with simple means for external platforms such as ComNorm or IDM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time saving in the management of assets (images, documents)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"onbox bd-8dwgmcafrddrnrh06cfj9rt76o6oet wp-block-bd--- wp-block-bd-block-1375 bd-resizeobserve\"><p class=\"bd-0yf56vja20h0ixeh5qo1bjqsdxrcsj\">&#8220;Thanks to the business portal, we have a platform that maps our entire product world, an online shop for our B2B and B2C customers and a dealer search &#8211; all connected to our ERP for simplified process handling.<br>I have always found the cooperation with Online to be very serious and at eye level. The needs of WESCO AG are taken seriously and solutions are professionally developed, presented and implemented.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"bd-tm1tjrn4bjl3j4e9ftard2js1tnvo8\">Vanessa Paladin<\/p><p class=\"bd-3rekxr7mpfb5v8uosfop4fte9192pf\">Online Marketing Manager, WESCO AG<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6767,"template":"","categories":[89,128],"class_list":["post-7416","success_story","type-success_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecommerce-pim-customer-portal","category-industry-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story\/7416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/success_story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}