SolutionsERP integration & interfaces
Entered once.
Up to date everywhere.
The order is in the ERP, shipping retypes it and accounting waits for an export. We connect your systems so data reaches the right place. Which transfers can be automated depends on your systems. We clarify that first.
A handover log with five rows - order, delivery address, tracking number, invoice and incoming payment - each with the time, the route between two systems and the status “handed over”. The tracking number coming back is highlighted: it was retried automatically. Below, the total: five handovers, none open.
Typical situations
When an interface pays off
Wherever someone copies data from one system to another today.
The same order is created twice
Once in the ERP, once in the CRM, and the mismatch only shows at invoicing.
Shop, warehouse and accounts know three stock levels
Until someone has worked out which is right, you have sold what is not there.
A large customer demands EDI
They want to exchange orders and invoices electronically, and your system cannot do it.
Someone is waiting for a figure from another system
Chasing it costs more time than the work itself.
Every report starts with three exports
By the time it is ready, the figures are already old.
Every interface is a one-off
Developed over the years by different people, and nobody dares to change anything any more.
Examples
What we typically connect
We check access, data formats and rules - besides direct interfaces, also file imports or read access.
Web shop and ERP
Orders, customers and stock levels arrive without anyone re-keying them.
ERP and shipping
The orders go out, tracking number and status come back.
ERP and accounts
Invoices go to accounting, incoming payments come back - without a manual export.
EDI with customers and suppliers
Orders, dispatch advice and invoices run electronically, in both directions.
Specialist programs and portals
Customer data and status between CRM, specialist software and portals, where access allows it.
Warehouse, scanners and ERP
Movements are booked where the goods actually move.
Not what you are dealing with? Let us talk about your processes. Book a call
In practice
Connections that run today
Audit firm
Stocktaking app for field work
Out in the field things are recorded without a network connection, and the handover to the main system runs through an interface.
- Recording without a network connection, reconciled later
- Interface to the main system
Built with ElbDeskPrepress business
Replacing an old system in a production business
The new ERP exchanges data with the production software in real time, which the old system could not.
- Real-time data exchange with the production software
- A clean data model underpinning the connection
Sports industry
Event management connected to Mailchimp
The event tool links testers with borrowed equipment and connects Mailchimp for follow-up.
- Match testers and equipment in the event tool
- Connect Mailchimp for follow-up communication
„Unser komplexes MVP - Dating-Matchmaking plus Echtzeit-Buchungen und Real-Time-Chat - wurde in kürzester Zeit on-budget geliefert. Transparente Demos, schnelle Antworten und echte Zeit fürs Zuhören gaben uns jederzeit volle Sicherheit.“
Julius Nielsen · Managing Director, LocalLike GmbHApproach
One connection at a time.
And none of them left to chance.
You commission each step separately - so the risk stays manageable.
Map the systems
We establish which system owns customers, orders and stock and how changes are passed on.
After this you have
An overview of your data flows and a sensible order for the interfaces.
Connect and test
We develop and test transfers using typical requests and failure cases.
After this you have
Interfaces that run in everyday work, with matching documentation.
Monitor and extend
We keep an eye on the transfers and add the next connection only once the first runs reliably.
After this you have
Clear responsibilities, a log of every handover and a fixed point of contact.
Let us talk about which handover to connect first.
Book a callWhen a process is missing between the systems
If an application for approval, costing or mobile recording is missing between two systems, we usually develop it on ElbDesk, the foundation we build on. If you have an ERP, it stays. Accounts and warehouse keep running there. A pure interface between two existing systems we develop as a standalone connection.
Contact
Where is data still being re-keyed?
Briefly describe which details are entered twice today. We will tell you which connection we would tackle first.
Tobias Kietzmann
Managing Director · Your permanent point of contact
Send an enquiry
Tell us briefly where things are stuck. We will get back to you personally.
Thank you, your message has arrived. We will reply personally to discuss the next step.
A short description is enough. We will work out the details together.
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