Best practices for ERP & eCommerce integration

In the age of cut-throat competition, no one wants to stay behind in the hoard. We all want to be the shark of the tanks, no matter if we are born from a fish-egg.

In this battle of commerce, costing and budgets play a prominent role. There are times when there is a need for additional human resources, who can lend a hand in the completion of tasks under the given time frame. But adding more people to the team would only mean increasing the expenses and gradually increasing the costs, which, on god’s green earth, no one would be favourable to.

At these desperate times, there rises the need for ERP and eCommerce Integration. Now we know that it may be an expensive affair, but believe us when we say that its benefits outweigh the cost by a lot of scales. 

We don’t just have the words, but we are armed from toe to neck with the instances where our advanced practices reaped fortune for the businesses. 

Have a look at the blog below to know how we can help your business.

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A quick note on the ERP system and eCommerce store

ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning System is a collection of softwares which a business can use to manage their routine business activities like accounting, management of the chain supply chain, project management, risk management, etc., 

It helps the businesses to manage their everyday business which needs very less or no human resource requirement. It has a centralised data repository which means that everyone in the firm from the highest levels to the lowest level has access to the same data for management, uniformity and efficiency. 

On the other hand, an eCommerce Store is a store which sells the products online through either a website or an application. Customers order their products on the phone or the web and get their products on delivery; the payments are made either through the electronic means or through the cash on delivery option. 

These web stores are built on various platforms like Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce, Big Cartel or other eCommerce Platforms.

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Challenges in ERP-eCommerce integration

• Integration with clear intentions

You should always have an apparent reason for the integration. The expectations from the former should be drafted before the task is done, and these expectations should be able to be assessed in the quantitative terms rather than the qualitative terms. The business should have a bigger picture of integration in mind and should be able to figure out the effect it could have on its sales and turnover. 

• Ambiguous requirements

It has been noted many times that the client doesn’t spend much time with the developer, due to which the conditions are not clear, and it ends up increasing the costs of the acquisition along with reducing the total sales. 

Hence, the requirements must be precise at the start of the project so that the thought process of the developer and the client is always in sync with one another.

• Selection of business process

Business integration is a complex process with a lot of ways of completion. Each process is different from one another and suits different businesses. Hence, one needs to have proper knowledge of the process so that the right process could be tagged to the company, and there is no occurrence of future problems.

• Customization

Broadly speaking, there are two ways of integration. One is with the package of all our services, and the other one is the basics, making everything from the scrap. But one needs to make sure that customisations are done in a limit only, else, it won’t support many of the functions and commands. And create a mess out of the masterpiece. 

• Inadequate testing

Due to the complexity of the task, it has always been noted that the projects get prolonged than the expected time. And due to the same, proper testing takes the back seat. 

The thing to note is that through testing, many loopholes are taken care of, and scope of betterment is also seen. Now without proper testing, the final product is made full of loopholes and continuous crashes. It not only reduces the efficiency of the business but also creates a sense of frustration in the employees of the company. 

• Adaptation to new integration solutions

Once the system is made, the employees of the company have to adapt to the changes. They have been working on conventional means for a long time. Shifting to new ways is not an easy task. It is time-consuming and vulnerable to a lot of costly mistakes. 

• Coordinating with the teams

Since the integration has the centralized data repository, so all the teams across the company have to organised on the same platform for the task initiation. Their work might be on different levels, but the context has to remain the same.

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Best practices of ERP followed at MagnoStack

Allow us to tell you how MagnoStack can help you reap the fortune for the businesses. Here is a list of some of our ideal ways of working which guarantee the positive returns in the future.

• The building of perfect strategies

As said before, the integration task consists of a lot of complexities and may put a hole in the pockets. So one needs a proper plan for the integration. 

Well, we have the counsellors along with us who specialise in analysing the business situations and can help with the planning of the strategies to be followed post-integration of the ERP and eCommerce.

• Planning of integration points

After analysing all the challenges while the integration, it is of utter importance to plan out the integration points of the business where there is the most significant need for the centralised help.

We, at MagnoStack, can help you think of that. Our counsellors are not just the business analysers, but are the great advisors and are always ready to help your business grow out of the graphs. Let us help you in analysation and mark out the essential parameters for the company.

• Making realistic goals 

Allow us to help you set the realistic goals which are quantitative and which we see through our practical approach. The goals established with our aid have proper reasoning behind their being, and we promise, that whatever we determine is practically achievable if the integration is done with perfection. 

• Having the skillful team

Integration of ERP and eCommerce is a complex task which needs to be done artistically with perfection. If you have concerns about the quality of the task execution, you should leave your worries at bay as MagnoStack has a skilful team working in the same sector for the past many years. 

We have served the multiple industries of business with similar requirements, and now, we are the one guaranteeing the precision of our work. 

Contact us and let us show you what expertise we work with.

• Delegating authority and responsibility

A task always reflects perfection when it is commissioned to the right person. We have a specialised human resource for each step so that we give attention to the details. 

The total project is delegated within the teams in packets. Each unit has a responsibility for the task and a considerate authority to carry on the work. 

By this, the management ensures efficiency and the team provides the effectiveness and quality.

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Conclusion

Though ERP-eCommerce Integration is a complex solution, yet if done with perfection, can reap the fortune for the business. You need to find the right place and your work is done.

Our experience, our client reviews and our workings have witnessed the expertise we carry, and with this, we invite you to try us. We are pretty sure; your business can leap fortune after we have sprinkled our magic over your workings. 

Get on the call with us now!