Active Hub – How it Works
Cloud-based computing provides the means for data to flow from one application to another over the internet. The means to connect and transfer data is enabled via an API (application programmer interface). An API gives a software solution the hooks or connectors for sharing data. The video here shows a physical example of a connector that enables a hosepipe to connect into the a device, enabling hydrogen to flow.
For example, HubSpot provides an API to share customer data with a company's main computer system (it's ERP System), if it is cloud-based..
Active Hub is an app that connects Acumatica (ERP system) with the cloud-based ecommerce platform BigCommerce. It turns a BigCommerce website into a business-to-business [B2B] portal.
A connector enables the flow of hydrogen; this is similar to software connectors provided by an API that enable the flow of data
Active Hub not only connects the two systems, but it also transforms the BigCommerce website from a 1-person, 1-buying decision experience to a multi-person workgroup experience. Active Hub provides the screens for a team to see each other's quotes, orders, product history, invoices, and more.
Active Hub can be installed into a customer's existing design, or a customer can order a custom website design.
The business customers of our app-owners can have a hierarchy from Corporate headquarters to Regional Managers to Workgroups to individuals. A B2B portal needs to support the needs of these different responsibility levels.
More and more larger companies are also using spend management software which needs to connect with their vendors. Active Hub supports a TradeCentric-BigCommerce solution for punchout, orders and invoices.
In addition to connecting Acumatica and BigCommerce, Active Hub can also accommodate other integrations because it too has an API.
The following provide more ways to learn more about Active Hub:
When your company is ready, you go to our Active Hub subscription page here to start a monthly subscription. You will need to fill out our Configuration Form so that we have the information we need to configure your instance of Active Hub so that it meets your needs. Our team needs to do the installation. We ask for a week to accomplish this.
