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Does your organization need automated E-commerce and ERP integration?

by Vishnu Modi
VP Marketing, i95Dev
Online shopping

We have time and again been asked by businesses how to identify if they need e-commerce and ERP integration. The answer to that depends on how you see yourself or your business - Proactive, Reactive or Inactive. Let's explore some of the practical implications of each approach.

5 Signs you Need Automated E-commerce and ERP Integration for PROACTIVE business owners

1) Your Order Volumes are on a Rise

Your e-commerce store has been a huge success and your order volumes are on the rise. But how can increasing order volumes be a problem?

Increasing order volumes are not the problem, but rather, it is the way you handle the increased volume. The orders received from the e-commerce store have to be transferred back to the ERP system for fulfilment. You might be manually transferring the orders from e-commerce to ERP. That approach might work well for you when the order volumes are low, but as order volumes rise, the manual transfer might become difficult to manage.

2) Your Product Catalogue is Evolving

Is your product catalogue very dynamic?

  • Do you keep adding or removing products?
  • Do you often modify/ update your product descriptions?
  • Does your products' prices change frequently?

If you answer yes to any of the above, then where do you manage these updates - ERP, e-commerce, or a third system? Regardless, you will have to sync updates to all the other systems. While this can also be managed by manual data transfer, the frequent updates might make the process expensive and prone to errors.

3) ...

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About Vishnu Modi

Vishnu Modi is the vice president of marketing at i95Dev, where he is responsible for developing and implementing company's marketing strategy. Vishnu has an Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science and a Graduation Degree in Marketing.

For more benefits of ERP and e-commerce integration, read our e-book 18 Crucial Reasons You Should Integrate ERP & eCommerce.

About i95Dev:

i95Dev's E-Commerce Growth Engine seamlessly integrates multichannel e-commerce with Microsoft Dynamics GP, NAV and AX. It is a feature-rich application suite built on the open source Magento platform that enables Retailers, Manufacturers and Distributors to maximize their online sales and service. In both B2B and B2C scenarios, the E-Commerce Growth Engine opens up a world of opportunities for your company online by enabling real-time access to 1,000′s of third party systems, tools and applications including Multiple Web, Mobile & Facebook stores and Third-party marketplaces, such as Amazon & eBay, in more than 60 languages.

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