Manufacturing ERP integration and the systems behind it

For manufacturers we do the integration work behind the business: getting order, inventory and production data into the systems that run it. Usually the data already exists; it just stops at the spreadsheet or the ledger.

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What that means in practice

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Production reporting from real sources
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ERP connected to Salesforce and your storefront
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Engineers added to your team

A diagram of the work: the systems behind a plant, joined at one agreed place for each number.

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What manufacturing ERP integration involves

Manufacturing ERP integration connects the ERP to the other systems so each figure is entered once.

Why it matters: Orders, stock and counts are often re-keyed between the ERP, a spreadsheet and the storefront.

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We do not replace your ERP. We connect it to the CRM, the storefront and the reporting around it, after agreeing which system owns each record.

Integration and platform people can also work inside your team for a go-live, so your own staff keep the plant running. See IT staff augmentation.

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ERP and back-office integration
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Production reporting from real sources
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Engineers added to your team

Where does the data stop?

At the spreadsheet, the ledger or the storefront. Tell us where.

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Where manufacturing data gets stuck

Data stops in spreadsheets, re-keyed orders and counts typed into the ERP by hand.

Why it matters: Most firms record more than anyone reads, and the gap is plumbing, not analytics.

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Before anything is called a dashboard, something has to record the number reliably. Often that record does not exist yet, and we would rather say so than sell a pilot.

What you get: A list of the data that exists today, where it stops, and the cheapest way to extend it.

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Name the source: ERP, spreadsheet or storefront
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Agree one place the number is read
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Report from it weekly before building more

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One customer record across ERP and CRM
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Orders flow from the storefront after checkout
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Syncs that report their own failures

Connecting ERP to Salesforce and your storefront

Orders, customers and stock should read the same in the ERP, in Salesforce and on the storefront.

Why it matters: We have built an unnamed SAP-to-Salesforce sync, and the Phantom Arcades order flow runs from store to back office.

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The sync client is unnamed, so we describe the pattern only: which system owns each field, what happens when a record changes in both, and how a failure is reported. The Phantom Arcades flow takes a configured order from the WooCommerce store into the back office.

We make no plant claim for either. See custom software development.

Product sites with a configurator

We built the Phantom Arcades arcade configurator on WooCommerce, with a 3D view of the product.

Why it matters: It is a product-configuration build we can show you, not a plant we have run.

A configurator that builds the order
WooCommerce checkout behind it
Search visibility measured on the case study

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Phantom Arcades is a client of ours. Organic clicks rose 92 percent year on year and non-brand clicks 231 percent, read from Google Search Console. We report no revenue.

A manufacturer with a configurable product has the same problem: the choices have to become a clean order.

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A build we can show

One product-configuration build, with the result we are allowed to print.

Arcade configurator

A 3D product configurator on WooCommerce that turns choices into an order.

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Organic search, measured in Google Search Console.

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Where our manufacturing experience stops

We have not delivered a plant-floor, SCADA or OT security project.

Why it matters: A plant manager should hear that from us, not discover it in a statement of work.

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We are not an MES or a quality-management product, and we do not resell one. We have published no manufacturing case study and will not imply one. The useful conversation is a specific one: which system, and what happens today when two of them disagree. Who you would work with is on the about page.

Bring one report someone builds by hand

We tell you what would feed it and whether it is worth connecting.

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How the work runs

Four stages, and the same people in each.

Map the systems, agree who owns each record, build and test it, then stay on: hypercare first, then 24/7 support.

Manufacturing by the numbers

Census counted 284,452 manufacturing establishments in 2023, employing 12.3 million people.

284,452Manufacturing establishments (NAICS 31-33)

12,335,234Employees

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Manufacturing questions buyers ask

What is ERP integration?

ERP integration connects the ERP to the other systems around it, such as the CRM, the storefront and reporting, so that each figure is entered once and read the same everywhere. We agree which system owns each record, then build and monitor the sync.

Can you integrate our ERP with other systems?

Yes, in principle. Integration is scoped per pair of systems, and we start with the two that disagree. We check whether each has an API or only an export, agree which system wins for each field, and report sync failures to a person.

Custom software development

Do you replace our ERP?

No. We connect what you run and do not resell ERP software. If a replatform is genuinely the right answer, we will say so plainly, but the usual job is making the ERP, the CRM and the storefront agree rather than swapping any of them out.

Do you do SCADA or OT security work?

No. We have not delivered a plant-floor, SCADA or OT security project, and we hold no OT credential. If that is what you need, we will say so on the first call and tell you it belongs with an OT specialist.

Do you build manufacturing websites?

We build websites and product sites with configurators, such as the Phantom Arcades build. We have not built a site for a manufacturing company and make no such claim. Tell us what the site must show and we will say whether we fit.

Website development

Do you offer manufacturing marketing or industrial SEO?

Not as a specialty, and specialist agencies own those searches. We offer SEO as a general service and can show one measured result, Phantom Arcades, where Google clicks rose 92 percent year on year. We have no manufacturing marketing proof.

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Can you build a product configurator?

Yes. We built the Phantom Arcades 3D configurator, which turns a customer's choices into a clean order on WooCommerce. The effort depends on how many options interact, and we scope it in writing before work starts. The Phantom Arcades build is our reference example, and its blog case study shows how it works.

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What drives the cost of an ERP integration?

The number of systems, whether each has an API, the data quality, the volume to reconcile and how often the rules change. You get a written scope before any work begins, and a number only after we have seen the systems on both sides involved.

How long does an integration take?

It depends on the systems and the data, and we set a plan only after discovery. Tell us the two systems that disagree and we will say what we would check first, what could slow the work, and how we would report progress.

Can you add engineers during a go-live?

Yes. Integration and platform engineers can work inside your team for the go-live or longer, so your own staff can keep the plant running. We agree the role, hours and end date in writing first. Your own staff keep the plant running while ours handle the integration work.

IT staff augmentation

Sources for this page: Updated October 31, 2026