Supplier Networks

Cost-effective Integration for Buyers and Sellers

B2B Integration is no longer a point-to-point challenge but one involving many companies and communities that need to communicate and exchange information across supplier networks and marketplaces. As a cloud B2B platform focused on the business process, WebSpan builds business community networks for you and your customers and partners.  By leveraging community-specific interfaces and Hubspan’s strategic partnerships, you can reap strong community integration benefits across both your demand and supply chains.

WebSpan connects you to major supplier networks and industry marketplaces, including:

• Ariba Network
• CNET ChannelOnline Marketplace
• GHX Healthcare Network
• Exostar Aviation Network
• SciQuest Supplier Network
• and many others

Your One Cloud Connection to Multiple Networks and Marketplaces

No matter how many different points of integration or connections you currently have or how complex your communities are, it is possible to consolidate your B2B integration and leverage your existing solutions.  The WebSpan innovative, cloud-based platform delivered as a service speeds cross-enterprise execution while reining in complexity and cost.  A single, transparent WebSpan connection links your enterprise to multiple communities, managing both connections and process via a supplier network or marketplaces as well as direct connections to customers or suppliers. No changes are required to anyone’s internal systems or processes.  WebSpan mediates disparate data formats, validation methodologies, security protocols, routing and service level agreements.

Connect once to the Hubspan B2B cloud to connect and conduct commerce across multiple networks and marketplaces

Interoperable, Scalable Business Community Networks

The goal of B2B integration is to make disparate business systems and processes interoperable. WebSpan is designed to work with a diverse set of standards. You benefit from the platform’s ability to resolve complex integration challenges and facilitate true interoperability. All members of the integration community can send and receive the exact information they need to process transactions through their back-end systems in a frictionless manner.  WebSpan supports all procurement processes and applications – from SAP to Oracle to NetSuite to SciQuest and more.  Additionally, protocols such as XML, EDI and RosettaNet are all supported, including custom forms of XML.