Hilton® go live with 'Punchout'

A&D have always led the way in utilising the latest IT developments within the corporatewear market where there is clear added value for the customer.

Hilton® hotel group, who have relied on A&D for many years as their primary corporatewear supplier have adopted Birchstreet® for their supply chain management and have asked its key suppliers to host catalogues which automate the ordering process.

In June 08 A&D launched its Punchout solution for Hilton® and is successfully receiving orders from multiple hotels.

A Hilton® buyer can build a purchase order from multiple diverse suppliers. This single order will then only require one authorisation before being electronically split and sent to the multiple suppliers to be automatically entered into the suppliers system as a sales order. For a garment purchase A&D appear as a supplier. On clicking the link our hosted catalogue of approved Hilton® garments are displayed and using simple selection and clicking images and drop down boxes a virtual shopping cart is crated. When the cart is complete and is submitted a purchase order is created in Birchstreet® and later on approval a sales order created in A&D's X3 system ready for shipment.

This process saves considerable time for both partners and is available for any customers wishing to utilise this service.

For more details please contact David Green ( dg@aandd.co.uk)