Decoupled Solutions For Implementing Your New ERP

You have decided to put a new enterprise resource planning, or ERP, system in place. Great! Have you considered how to make it work best with your other systems? This article will explore why you may want to decouple your ERP and how to make it even more powerful for your operations.

Why decouple your ERP?

There are a few essential benefits to decoupling your entire architecture, not just your ERP. 

• Speed of innovation — with decoupled development, you can build new features outside the ERP system and connect access to the data it houses once the feature is ready. 
• Improved operational efficiency — an increased ability to innovate increases your organization’s operational efficiency, business agility, and ability to respond to changing needs quickly.
• Reduced dependencies and downtime — Decoupling also increases resiliency as downtime on one platform does not affect the other. 

According to Infosys, experts agree that almost 75% of custom functionality can be decoupled and moved to the cloud, reducing technical debt, decreasing custom development and increasing the speed of deployment. 

These benefits make it a solid case for implementing your new ERP in a decoupled setup if it suits your current and future needs.

How to integrate ERP and ecommerce systems

The first step to integrating your ERP and commerce platform is designing the decoupled architecture you want to create.

In the above illustration, we have built a dual-core decoupled setup where the content management system and the ecommerce platforms share data from multiple systems, including an ERP, a CRM and an external supplier connection.

Alternatively, if you use a cloud-based ERP, like Acumatica, there is a more direct path. You can have an application programming interface, or API, integration built to connect your ERP with your commerce platform directly. 

Building an API connector eliminates manual swivel chair processes

• To update product pages 
• To manage customer accounts and orders
• To update pricing for accounts with specialized discounts
• To fulfill orders
• To manage stock

We recently started work on an API connector for our client Accurate Industries that allows Acumatica and Drupal Commerce to communicate bi-laterally.

Check out our case study to learn how this integration will help Accurate Industries streamline its operations, remove swivel chair processes and optimize its online customer experience.

Acro Commerce specializes in developing integrations that enhance business efficiency, regardless of your chosen system. 

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