With a field-tested method, move stock, accounts, and prices automatically from your ERP to the portal, and push orders and payments back to the ERP with no manual effort. A practical bridge spare parts sellers have relied on for years.
In the spare parts and wholesale trade, the real cost most firms overlook is keeping the same information alive in two separate places. A price is updated in the ERP but stays old on the site; stock runs out but the portal still says 'available'; an incoming order is keyed into the ERP one more time by hand. Every repetition eats time and quietly opens a new door for mistakes. Once you join your ERP and B2B channel with a solid bridge, that vicious loop ends at its root.
The work begins with discovery. Which data goes in which direction is agreed up front: stock counts, customer cards, account-specific prices and discounts run from ERP to portal, while orders and payments run from portal to ERP. In this round we review your ERP version, field names, and your own business rules together. A properly done discovery is what keeps the following steps free of surprises.
In the second step, a small bridge program called the ERP Agent is placed on the ERP side. This piece runs on your own server, talks securely to your ERP database, and sends outward only what is required. There is no need to open your ERP to the internet; the agent takes on passing data through a single controlled, encrypted line.
The third step is mapping the fields. Fields in the ERP such as stock code, unit, VAT rate, price list, and customer group are tied to their portal counterparts. Every firm uses its own coding scheme, so the mapping is built around your working habits. Getting this right is the ground on which all the later automatic flow stands.
The fourth step is the trial. Before going live we run the flow end to end with a small piece of real data: does a price change reach the portal properly, does a trial order land in the ERP in full, is a payment written to the correct account. Thanks to this scaled rehearsal, you meet no unexpected situation once live.
The fifth and closing step is switching to live. The flow is opened, watched closely for the first few days, and nudged with small adjustments if needed. From now on price and stock run from a single center, orders post themselves to the ERP, and your team looks to selling rather than typing. These five steps close double data entry for good, never to return.