The RS website has access to all products with rich product information. Items can then be added to the shopping cart while both applications maintain their connections.
No orders are sent to the supplier when the user checks out from the PunchOut site. Instead, the shopping cart with the selected products and data is brought back to your e-procurement system into an internal requisition.
Once back in the system, the requisition may need approval before being converted to a purchase order and sent to the supplier.