Agentic commerce for B2B

Agentic commerce refers to purchasing through AI agents that search for products, compare prices, and place orders on their own. For B2B suppliers, this means their product data, prices, and ordering functions must be discoverable and orderable for such agents. ECOPLAN implements this through an MCP server.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI agents communicate with business systems. ECOPLAN provides product data, prices, availability, and ordering functions through an MCP server.

The supplier sets the rules itself: which customers, which product ranges, and which order limits apply, and where a person has to approve. The data continues to come from the shop and ERP and is hosted in Germany.

An AI agent does not read a website the way a human does. It needs structured data and clearly defined functions to find products, retrieve prices, and place orders. Without such an interface, such as an MCP server, suppliers cannot be considered for orders placed by AI agents.

Through the MCP server, an AI agent can research products at a B2B supplier, retrieve prices and terms, check availability, prepare quotes, and trigger orders. The scope depends on the rules the supplier defines.

ECOPLAN clarifies with the supplier which data and functions AI agents may use, defines rules and approvals, sets up the MCP server, and integrates the shop and ERP. ECOPLAN then tests access with real AI agents and expands it step by step.