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Your ERP stays where it is
Your ERP remains the system of record for finance, inventory and invoicing. We build the workflow it doesn't cover — and define, system by system, how the two exchange data, only where that's technically viable.
Ways to exchange data
API
Documented endpoints, with authentication and error handling. The preferred path when the system offers one.
Database access
Reading straight from the database, when it's accessible and the vendor allows it. Fine for queries; writing needs extra care, because it bypasses the system's own rules.
File exchange
CSV, XML or fixed-layout files in a folder or FTP. Less elegant, but it works with older systems that have no other way in.
No integration
Sometimes the better answer is to record the data once, in the right place — or to configure what you already have.
What we check before proposing an integration
- Which systems exist today and who owns each piece of information
- Whether there's a documented API, a test environment and request limits that fit your volume
- What your contract with each vendor allows in terms of access
- How fresh each piece of data really needs to be
- What the operation does when a connection fails
- Whether integration is really the cheapest way to solve the problem
Not every system can be integrated
Some systems have no API, a closed database or a contract that forbids outside access. Some vendors charge for an integration module. And sometimes integration is possible but not worth it for the volume involved.
When that's the case, we say so — and design the process so the data is recorded once, in the right place, instead of keeping two records in sync forever.
Related project
In production: an operations system synchronized end to end with a concrete products manufacturer's ERP.
Read the projectWhich systems does your operation use?
List them with a short description of the process. We'll reply by email with what can be connected — and what can't.
Or write to contato@pro9digital.com