About the author

Anders Thue Pedersen
Anders is Business Unit Manager in our Web and E-commerce department, where he daily helps customers create successful E-commerce and Web solutions.
Title:
Business Unit Manager, Web & E-commerce
Phone:
+45 53 75 40 00
Email:
atp@abakion.com

Anders Thue Pedersen
With his more than 20 years of experience as a Software and Business Developer, Anders has completed numerous successful E-commerce projects. An experience that he today primarily uses to deliver innovative B2B Plug-n-play e-commerce solutions to our Business Central customers.
Anders ‘strength lies in process understanding and software development, primarily in Web and E-commerce, where he is passionate about helping customers implement shop solutions that strengthen customers’ business and earnings. Anders was originally educated as a Civil Engineer at DTU, but his experience includes both being the CEO of his own software company and currently Coach, also as self employed. A palette of competencies that Anders always uses in his meetings with customers.
How do you avoid getting locked in to a B2B ecommerce vendor?
Once you have chosen a B2B ecommerce solution, you typically get locked in to it, because the cost of switching to something else later can be high.
What criteria should you check before choosing a B2B ecommerce solution?
Before you choose a B2B ecommerce solution for Business Central, check how flexible it is on a set of 10 concrete points.
Give customers access to your data with punch-out and API access
Two very common requirements are a punch-out solution, and access to your price lists through an API. Abakion B2B Ecommerce supports both.
Avoid having one order number on the webshop and a different one in ERP
It costs time every time a customer refers to the web shop order number and you have to find the ERP order number.
How can Abakion B2B Ecommerce fund your upgrade to Business Central?
The savings on the B2B-ecommerce side can help fund the Business Central upgrade itself. You can skip the separate B2B upgrade project.
Which type of B2B ecommerce solution should you choose?
There are 3 types of B2B ecommerce solutions: pure data-viewing portal, classic B2C webshop solution, and pure B2B ecommerce platform.
Why are companies looking for a new B2B ecommerce portal?
There are typically 3 reasons why companies consider getting a B2B customer portal: ERP-project, customer self service and agents.
Comparison of Dynamicweb and B2B Ecommerce
In this article, we compare Dynamicweb and B2B Ecommerce for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP solution.
Comparison of Sana Commerce and B2B Ecommerce
In this article, we compare Sana Commerce and B2B Ecommerce for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP solution.
How to handle data for e-commerce today
Data can be extremely annoying when working with e-commerce. But currently, I experience a clear trend for companies to gather data in a certain way.