
Benefits of ERP system integration
Superior data synchronization
Streamlined internal processes
Enhanced customer experiences
Key ERP system integrations
- CRM: For sales and marketing teams to automate certain tasks, as well as track inventory, order fulfillment, and shipping, they must connect their ERP to their CRM. With access to accurate, real-time data, salespeople can move prospects through the sales process much faster and more efficiently.
- eCommerce: For businesses that sell products online, syncing their ERP and eCommerce platform plays a crucial role in delivering positive customer experiences. This enables real-time order updates for the customer, as well as reliable inventory monitoring—so that, for instance, sold items are not displayed as in-stock to live online shoppers.
- Human resources (HR): HR departments deal with a high volume of information related to employee management, documentation, onboarding, and training. Effective ERP integration with HR tools and processes leads to smoother workflows and more accurate data reporting in this domain.
How ERP system integration works
- Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS): This cloud-based technology is designed to help businesses build middleware with flexible coding and low costs, making it the preferred solution for young organizations that don’t require an on-premise ERP system.
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB): ESB software provides an architecture that allows data from systems with different programming languages to be translated into one consistent format. Unlike iPaaS, ESB solutions are intended for on-premise ERP systems, making them less ideal for lean startups with a wide variety of third-party applications.
- Point-to-point integrations: This is a simple method where a specific integration is built out between two systems, such as a business’ ERP and CRM. While this may be the most straightforward and necessary solution in certain situations, it’s not the most scalable approach, since the middleware can only be used to synchronize data between those two systems.
- Technical resources: What level of in-house and/or third-party technical support will you need to build out and maintain these integrations? And what are the technical constraints that the new integrations must abide by?
- Training: What new processes will be implemented as you roll out the new middleware? And how will you train your team and new employees to ensure maximum efficiency moving forward?
- Security: What kind of security measures do your third-party vendors take to safeguard business and client information? Are there any data security concerns associated with connecting certain applications?
- Custom integrations: What pre-built integrations does your ERP system offer? And what middleware will you need to develop from scratch?
- Budget: How much of your budget can be allocated to ERP system integration? And what is your expected ROI?
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