Isolated system of record
The ERP holds the truth but does not share it, so staff bridge the gap manually.
Make your ERP talk to everything else
ERP Integration
Connect your ERP to everything else your business runs on, so data flows automatically and your team stops re-keying it between systems.
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Overview
What ERP Integration means for your business
Your ERP is the system of record for how the business really operates — inventory, orders, finance, procurement. But too often it sits in isolation, and people become the integration: exporting spreadsheets, re-typing orders, reconciling numbers by hand. That manual bridge is slow, error-prone and impossible to scale.
We connect your ERP to the CRM, ecommerce platform, finance tools and custom applications around it, so information moves automatically and stays consistent everywhere. The result is one reliable view of the business and a lot less manual work.
At a glance
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Manual re-keying between systems
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Consistent view of the business
Real-time
Sync where it matters
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Fewer reconciliation problems
ERP integration is the work of connecting your enterprise resource planning system to the other applications in your business so data flows between them automatically, reliably and securely. The value is straightforward but significant: when your ERP, CRM, ecommerce store, warehouse and finance tools are integrated, an order placed online flows into the ERP, updates inventory, triggers fulfilment and posts to finance without anyone touching a spreadsheet — and every system shows the same truth. When they are not integrated, staff spend hours re-keying data, numbers drift out of sync, and decisions get made on stale information. Integration is deceptively hard to do well, because ERPs are complex, business-critical systems where a bad write can have real consequences. We treat that seriousness with care. We map the data and processes that need to move between systems, design integrations around your ERP's supported interfaces and APIs, and build them to be resilient — with validation, error handling, retries and reconciliation so data stays trustworthy and failures are visible rather than silent. Where real-time sync matters we build event-driven integrations; where batch is more appropriate we schedule it. We handle the messy realities too: field mapping between systems that model the world differently, data cleansing, and the edge cases that only show up with real volume. Whether you run SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Odoo or a custom ERP, we connect it to the rest of your stack and automate the processes that span it — safely, and in a way you can maintain.
Your ERP is the system of record for how the business really operates, yet in many organisations it sits in isolation while people act as the integration — exporting spreadsheets and re-keying data by hand. That manual bridge is slow, error-prone and impossible to scale. Proper ERP integration connects it to the systems around it so information flows automatically and every system shows the same truth.
Integration is deceptively hard because ERPs are complex, business-critical systems where a bad write has real consequences. We treat that seriously: working through supported interfaces, mapping fields between systems that model the world differently, and building in validation, retries and reconciliation so failures are visible and recoverable rather than silent.
The business case
The challenges erp integration solves
The manual work and limitations that quietly cost your business time, money and momentum — and the opportunity to remove them.
Re-keying and drift
Data typed into multiple systems drifts out of sync and undermines decisions.
Slow month-end
Manual reconciliation between the ERP and finance consumes days and invites error.
Upgrade-fragile hacks
Unsupported integrations break on upgrades and put the ERP at risk.
Capabilities
What we deliver
The building blocks of our erp integration practice — combined and tailored to your business.
System-to-system sync
Keep ERP, CRM, ecommerce and finance in agreement automatically, in real time or on schedule.
Order & inventory flow
Orders, stock and fulfilment move between systems automatically, with no manual re-entry.
Resilient & validated
Validation, retries and reconciliation keep data trustworthy and surface failures instead of hiding them.
Field & data mapping
We map fields between systems that model the world differently and cleanse data as it moves.
Finance automation
Invoices, payments and postings flow into finance accurately, cutting month-end effort.
Any major ERP
SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, NetSuite, Odoo or custom — connected through supported, safe interfaces.
How we deliver
A clear path from idea to impact
Map data & processes
We identify exactly what needs to move between systems and where the current manual bridges are.
Design the integration
We design resilient, safe integrations around your ERP's supported interfaces, real-time or batch.
Build & validate
We build with validation, error handling and reconciliation, and test thoroughly against real data.
Monitor & maintain
We monitor the integrations in production and handle the edge cases that appear at scale.
Use cases
Where it delivers
- Sync online orders into the ERP to update inventory and trigger fulfilment automatically.
- Connect CRM and ERP so sales and operations work from the same customer and order data.
- Automate invoice and payment posting between the ERP and your finance system.
- Give ecommerce real-time stock levels straight from the ERP.
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Business outcomes
Expected ROI and typical timeline
Return on investment
ERP integration removes manual re-keying, gives the business one consistent view of orders, inventory and finance, and cuts reconciliation effort — while reducing the costly errors that come from systems disagreeing. The value grows as more processes run cleanly across the connected systems.
Typical project timeline
A first ERP integration is typically live in four to eight weeks, depending on the systems and data involved. We sequence the work so the highest-value flows — often orders and inventory — land first, then extend to finance and other systems.
Industries served
Where we apply this
A capability across your whole stack
This service is part of our wider automation, integration and cloud practice — so what we build connects cleanly to the rest of your operations.
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Implementation examples
Representative engagements that show how this works in practice — problem, approach, implementation and outcome.
ERP Integration
Connecting ecommerce, ERP and finance for a retailer
Problem
Online orders were re-entered into the ERP by hand, stock levels lagged reality, and finance reconciled figures manually at month-end — slow, error-prone and hard to scale through peaks.
Technical approach
We chose real-time integration for the flows that needed it (orders and inventory) and scheduled batch sync where that was simpler, working only through the ERP’s supported interfaces.
Architecture overview
Event-driven integrations connect the store, ERP and finance system for orders and inventory in real time, with a validation-retry-reconciliation layer ensuring data integrity and surfacing any failures for action.
Implementation
We built resilient, validated integrations between the store, ERP and finance system, with retries and reconciliation so data stays trustworthy and failures surface instead of hiding. Orders now flow through to fulfilment and finance automatically.
Implementation steps
- Chose real-time for orders and inventory, and batch where simpler.
- Built integrations through the ERP's supported interfaces.
- Added validation, retries and reconciliation for data integrity.
- Automated order flow through to fulfilment and finance.
- Tested thoroughly against real data before cutover.
Business outcome
Manual re-keying between systems was eliminated, inventory stayed accurate in real time, and month-end reconciliation effort dropped significantly — with every step traceable.
Lessons learned
Integrating a business-critical ERP demands care: validation, retries and reconciliation are what separate a durable integration from a fragile one.
Future expansion
Extend real-time sync to procurement and supplier systems on the same reconciliation foundation.
Invoice Automation
Accounts payable automation for a logistics operator
Problem
Supplier invoices arrived in many formats and were matched to purchase orders and keyed into finance by hand. The process was slow, prone to duplicate payments, and difficult to audit.
Technical approach
We mapped the accounts-payable process, baselined its cost and exception rate, and rebuilt it so the common path is automatic and only true exceptions reach a person — with a complete audit trail throughout.
Architecture overview
An intake layer captures supplier invoices, an AI extraction layer structures the data, a three-way matching engine reconciles invoice, purchase order and receipt, and an approval-and-posting layer routes exceptions and writes to finance, with every action logged for audit.
Implementation
We automated invoice capture, AI data extraction, three-way matching against purchase orders and receipts, approval routing, and posting to the finance system, with every action logged for audit.
Implementation steps
- Mapped accounts payable and baselined cost and exception rate.
- Built invoice capture and AI data extraction.
- Implemented three-way matching against POs and receipts.
- Automated approval routing and posting to finance with audit logging.
- Rolled out with duplicate and mismatch detection.
Business outcome
Processing cost and cycle time fell, duplicate and mismatched payments were caught before approval, and finance gained a clean, audit-ready trail on every invoice.
Lessons learned
Automating a whole process — including exception handling and audit logging — delivers far more value than automating the single step of data entry.
Future expansion
Add supplier self-service and cash-flow reporting on the structured invoice data.
Representative, anonymised engagement scenarios that illustrate our approach and typical outcomes — not named client case studies.
Best practices
Implementing erp integration well
What separates automation that lasts from a stalled proof of concept — the practices, trade-offs and safeguards we bring to every engagement.
Best practices
Work through supported interfaces, map fields carefully, and build validation, retries and reconciliation from the start.
Common mistakes to avoid
Using unsupported hacks that break on upgrades, and syncing everything in real time when batch would do.
Technology selection
Choose real-time integration for orders and inventory, and scheduled batch where simpler and equally effective.
Integration considerations
Define which system owns each field so data stays consistent and conflicts resolve predictably.
Security considerations
Scope ERP credentials tightly, encrypt data in transit, and keep an auditable record of every write.
Future scalability
Build reusable integration foundations so connecting the next system and process is faster and safer.
Questions
ERP Integration — frequently asked questions
Clear answers to the questions business leaders ask most before getting started.
The major platforms — SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Odoo — as well as custom and legacy ERPs. We work through each system's supported interfaces so integrations are safe and upgrade-friendly.
Not necessarily. Real-time is ideal for things like inventory and orders; for others, scheduled batch sync is simpler and just as effective. We choose per data flow based on what the business actually needs.
With validation, error handling, retries and reconciliation. Integrations are built so that bad data is caught and failures are visible and recoverable, rather than silently corrupting your system of record.
We work through supported APIs and interfaces and test carefully, so integration adds capability without destabilising the ERP or complicating future upgrades.
Yes — integration and automation go hand in hand. Once systems are connected, we can automate the end-to-end processes that run across them, like order-to-cash or procure-to-pay.
Yes. Once the ERP is connected through its supported APIs, we can automate the processes that run across it — such as order-to-cash and procure-to-pay — and apply AI to the unstructured steps like reading documents.
No. We work through supported APIs and interfaces and test carefully, so integration adds capability without destabilising the ERP or complicating future upgrades.
Yes. Syncing online orders into the ERP to update inventory and trigger fulfilment, and giving ecommerce real-time stock levels, are among the most common integrations we build.
A first integration is typically live in four to eight weeks, with the highest-value flows delivered first and others added incrementally.
Yes. We automate invoice and payment flows between the ERP and finance system, cutting month-end effort and improving accuracy with a full audit trail.
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