9 Ways Acumatica's Cloud ERP Integration Tools Promote Growth

Learn How Acumatica's Open ERP Architecture Enables Fast Cloud ERP Integration

In the past, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) integrations were too expensive and difficult to manage with every upgrade. Thankfully today, Acumatica's modern API and open architecture, cloud ERP integrations are affordable and simple to manage for growing small and midmarket companies. ERP solutions are intended to integrate all business processes necessary to run a business. This includes finance, operations, distribution and all the other specialized functionality that's needed to efficiently operate in synch.

The challenge many companies face running outdated ERP systems is that a simple ERP integration ends up being too costly to build and too expensive to maintain. A solution like Acumatica helps avoid these obstacles because it includes the building blocks for rapid integrations and data transfer. Download a copy of this 7-page brief below "9 Ways Acumatica’s Rapid Integrations Promote Digital Transformation" to learn how to save time and avoid costly integrations with Acumatica.

Simplifying Integration

The challenge of integrating multiple systems to run a business is not new. Acumatica Cloud ERP is a game-changer with the ability to rapidly and easily interconnect your various systems. Acumatica’s easy-to-use and flexible integration services are built right in so you can efficiently exchange data without programming.

You'll be able to incorporate a new or legacy system into your centralized tech stack. The Acumatica platform offers easy ERP integrations enabling connections to third-party applications, industry-specific systems, as well as hardware like printers, scanners, and robotics without requiring extensive coding.

The Technical Side

Acumatica’s open-source standards allow you to build interfaces and transfer data with web-based systems. It uses REST or SOAP APIs to connect people, information, processes, equipment, and ideas with modern technologies, such as cloud computing, big data, robotics, artificial intelligence with machine learning, and the IoT (Internet of Things).

The modern REST and SOAP APIs help you build integrations with external systems that are less difficult than the XML-based interfaces. Acumatica also supports industry standards, including OAuth 2.0, for authorizing external applications.

Integrate and Stay Integrated with Software Updates 

Since Acumatica deploys contract-based default APIs, it ensures upgrades (minor or major) will not affect the integration. Each web service API is fixed and does not change during system customizations, localizations, or enhancements. That means no more broken integrations the day after any software updates. Also, users can extend default APIs to include various data elements, like custom fields, to support specific needs. Web services APIs and webhooks facilitate real-time data connectivity and bi-directional data exchange with web-based systems.

Keep Your Data Consistent

Acumatica utilizes two primary mechanisms to facilitate data transfer. Data transfer strategies include Web Services Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Data Exchange Services. Both techniques use common Acumatica business logic to ensure data consistency no matter how data is entered or transferred from external applications.

Unlike manual imports, Acumatica’s Data Exchange Services maintain data integrity by intelligently consolidating and validating information while removing redundant data and error-prone processes. They also enforce the same business logic when users manually enter data through a browser-based interface.

Data Exchange Services support batch data migrations. Import and export scenarios perform one-time or scheduled migrations. By transferring large batches, these services efficiently insert new acquisitions into the centralized platform without coding. Data Exchange Services can also perform periodic data imports, such as when you receive updated vendor catalogs.

Integrations In the Box

Acumatica made it even easier to integrate your third-party and industry-specific systems by offering more than 80 native integrations, including e-commerce and shopping cart software. Acumatica is constantly adding, maintaining, improving, and testing these native integrations so you can have confidence in your connections and that they won’t break after an update.

Trust the Integration Experts

We have Acumatica experts ready to help guide you on your digital transformation journey and ensure your interconnectivity supports your company’s growth. Nothing replaces a live presentation so please reach out to us to schedule a demonstration for your business. Please call us at 800.331.8382 or send us an email at info@cfbs-us.com today.