We connect your existing business systems — an ERP, a portal, older software or an in-house tool — to the software we build for you.

Few businesses start from a blank page. There is usually an ERP that finance will not give up, a portal customers already use, or old software that still holds years of records. Rather than forcing everything to move at once, we connect the new system to what you have, so data flows between them and each system can be kept or retired on your own timeline.

What we build with it

  • Two-way data exchange with an existing ERP
  • Feeding a customer or supplier portal
  • Migrating from and running alongside legacy software
  • Connecting a private or in-house system

How it works

  1. We assess the existing system: what connection methods it offers — an API, database access, file exports or message queues — and whether they are authorised and dependable.
  2. We agree a data contract: which records move, in which direction, how often, and which system wins when both change.
  3. We build the connection against a test environment with realistic data, including error handling and a log of every exchange.
  4. After testing with your team, the connection goes live, and exchange failures are reported so they can be fixed quickly.

Data exchanged

  • Whatever is agreed in the data contract — typically masters, transactions and status updates

What is needed to set it up

  • The external system providing an authorised and technically usable connection method
  • Documentation or access to determine its data model
  • An agreed data contract, sync direction and conflict-resolution rule
  • A test environment with representative data

Good to know

  • Some systems have no official way to connect. We will say so plainly rather than rely on fragile workarounds, and suggest alternatives such as scheduled file exchange.
  • Writing directly into another vendor's database can breach your licence or support agreement, so we check with you before taking that route.
  • Matching codes between systems — customers, items, ledgers — takes more effort than the technical connection, and is best agreed early.