Payment Hub for Industrial Supply & MRO: Portal, Posting, and Level II/III Savings
A self-service B2B payment portal for industrial supply, MRO, fastener, and safety distributors — integrated with Epicor P21, Eclipse, Eagle, Acumatica, and NetSuite.
Payment Hub for Industrial Supply & MRO: Overview
Clarity Payment Hub is a B2B self-service payment portal engineered for industrial supply and MRO distributors. Your plant accounts, contractor customers, and field-operations buyers log in, see live open invoices from your distribution ERP, and pay by ACH or card. Every payment posts back automatically to Prophet 21, Eclipse, Eagle, Acumatica, or NetSuite through Clarity Connect.
Industrial supply is a payments-heavy, high-velocity business. A single plant account might have hundreds of invoices open across a month from dozens of POs and release patterns. Payment Hub compresses the cash cycle, hands consolidated payment and branch-level billing without workarounds, and eliminates manual cash app.
Branch managers, AR teams, credit managers, and inside-sales reps use Payment Hub daily. Plant maintenance teams, procurement buyers, and field accounts use the portal to reduce the friction of paying you.
The AR Problem in Industrial Supply & MRO
MRO and industrial supply distribution runs on relationships and responsiveness. A plant orders a gasket today, it ships today; the invoice follows; payment arrives days or weeks later depending on how easy you make it. The good news is that industrial buyers want to pay faster — nobody likes AP chasing POs and reconciling invoices. The bad news is that the payment process often depends on emails, faxes, and phone calls that no one has time for.
Industrial distributors with strong self-service payment typically enjoy lower DSO, higher ACH adoption, and cleaner cash app. Those running manually usually pay more in card interchange than they need to, and lose days of DSO to process friction alone.
Hundreds of invoices per account per month means cash app is a grind. Misapplied payments create friction with credit holds and reorders.
Plants and multi-location contractors want to pay at a branch, division, or corporate level. Manual handling leads to misapplications.
Without Level II/III data, card payments on industrial volume hit the highest tier.
Without real-time account visibility, buyers hit credit holds at the counter mid-order with no warning.
Plant and contractor buyers have no online way to view and pay invoices — the path of least resistance is delay.
How Clarity Payment Hub Solves It
Payment Hub gives your plant and contractor customers a branded portal where they see every open invoice from P21, Eclipse, Eagle, Acumatica, or NetSuite. They pay by ACH or card, one invoice or many, at their branch/plant/corporate level. Every payment posts back automatically as applied cash against the right invoice.
The portal surfaces credit limits, aging, and account balances in real time so buyers know their position before they hit a credit hold. Level II/III data passing and gateway flexibility keep card costs as low as possible on a payments-heavy MRO business.
Plants and multi-location contractors pay at the branch, division, or corporate level with cash splitting correctly.
Payments post to P21, Eclipse, Eagle, Acumatica, or NetSuite automatically against the right invoices.
Buyers see credit position, aging, and account balance live — reducing credit-hold surprises at the counter.
Enhanced data passing unlocks the lowest B2B card interchange tiers on industrial-volume transactions.
Buyers save cards and ACH accounts for fast repeat payment, tokenized at the processor.
Gateway- and branch-flexible. Payment Hub integrates with Epicor Prophet 21, Epicor Eclipse, Epicor Eagle, Acumatica, and NetSuite through Clarity Connect. Consolidated and branch-level billing patterns are supported natively. Level II/III data is passed on every qualifying card transaction.
Common Industrial Supply & MRO Scenarios
Here are a few representative situations we see across industrial supply and MRO distributors and how Clarity Payment Hub addresses each:
Multi-location MRO distributor on Epicor P21
Fastener and safety distributor on Epicor Eclipse
Industrial supply house on Acumatica
Benefits for Industrial Supply & MRO Companies
Industrial buyers pay faster when payment is self-service; 5–10 day DSO improvements are typical.
Enhanced data passing saves 0.5–1.0% on B2B card volume.
No more keying hundreds of payments per day into the distribution ERP.
Plants and contractors pay at the hierarchy level they actually operate at.
Buyers and your credit team both see real-time credit position — fewer surprises.
Keep your processor or negotiate better rates, without rebuilding the portal.
Branch managers, AR teams, credit managers, and inside-sales reps all reclaim hours. CFOs and controllers see cash position improve. And your plant, contractor, and field-operations buyers — purchasers, maintenance leads, and AP staff — get a modern self-service billing experience that matches the pace of their own operations.
ERPs We Integrate With for Industrial Supply & MRO
Industrial supply and MRO distribution runs on a concentrated set of ERPs. Payment Hub integrates with all the major platforms through Clarity Connect.
The dominant industrial distribution ERP. Payment Hub plugs into P21 AR for self-service and automatic cash app.
→ Epicor EclipseCommon in electrical and HVAC MRO. Payment Hub supports Eclipse customers with consolidated pay flows.
→ Epicor EagleFor hardware-adjacent industrial and specialty MRO. Payment Hub integrates Eagle AR cleanly.
→ AcumaticaCloud-native ERP popular with modern industrial distributors.
→ NetSuiteFor larger industrial operations on Oracle NetSuite.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Payment Hub handle branch-level or corporate-level payment?
Yes. Multi-location buyers can pay at the branch, plant, division, or corporate level, and cash is split and applied correctly against the right branch invoices in your ERP.
Which ERPs are supported?
Epicor Prophet 21, Epicor Eclipse, Epicor Eagle, Acumatica, and NetSuite are all directly supported through Clarity Connect, each with a battlecard available.
Will we save on card interchange?
For most industrial distributors, yes — Level II/III data passing saves 0.5–1.0% on B2B card volume.
Do buyers see credit limits in the portal?
Yes. Live credit position, aging, and balance visibility are standard, reducing credit-hold surprises.
How long does deployment take?
Most industrial distributor deployments go live in 48 hours of sandbox-credential access.
Is card data stored on our servers?
No. Tokenization keeps raw card data at the processor, minimizing PCI scope.
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