The most expensive workstation is the clipboard
In almost every company, someone reads data off one screen and types it into another. Orders from the shop into inventory management, hours from time tracking into payroll, addresses from the mail client into the CRM. It costs time every day and produces exactly the typing errors that nobody ever tracks down later.
The reason is rarely a technical one. Usually the systems were introduced at different times by different suppliers, and nobody ever introduced them to each other. An integration closes that gap, and you do not have to replace any of your systems for it.
We start by checking which routes your existing software already offers on its own. Many applications have a documented interface that their users were never told about. Where none exists, there is normally another way through the database, a file exchange or an export.
Typical connections we build
Online shop and inventory management
Orders move into the inventory system automatically, stock levels and prices go back into the shop.
Inventory management and accounting
Invoices, payments and receipts reach your tax adviser or your financial accounting without a detour.
Time tracking and payroll
Recorded hours, supplements and absences reach payroll already checked, with no collective lists.
Shipping and logistics
Labels, tracking numbers and status messages travel automatically between your system and your provider.
CRM and email marketing
Contacts, interests and unsubscribes stay identical on both sides, with no list maintenance by hand.
Odoo and third-party systems
We develop our own Odoo modules and connect them to specialist applications, portals or machines.
Which method fits which case
Which method fits depends less on your preference than on the systems involved. We pick the one that both sides support properly.
Technology and tools
For new integrations we usually work with Python and FastAPI or with Node.js, because both let us build clean, well documented APIs quickly. Existing .NET environments we serve in C#. For Odoo we develop separate modules instead of tinkering with the core, so that updates stay possible.
Integrations
Formats
Data
Operations
How an integration takes shape
Taking stock
Which systems are involved and which interfaces they already offer.
Matching the data
We settle which system is right in case of a conflict and how the fields map onto each other.
Test connection
Set up in a test environment with real sample data, without touching live operations.
Covering the error cases
What happens on an outage, a duplicate transfer or unexpected values. We play that through on purpose.
Go live with monitoring
After the switch the integration runs under observation, so faults show up straight away.
What you gain
What we deliver with it
Technical documentation of the integration in plain language
Logging of every transfer, with a search function
Email notification when a transfer fails
Repetition of failed transfers without any loss of data
Credentials and keys kept apart from the code so they can be swapped
Frequently asked questions about integrations
Usually yes. Even when the manufacturer offers nothing official, there are often export functions, scheduled reports or read access to the database. We check the options and tell you honestly if a route is technically possible but too shaky in the long run.
A simple connection between two systems with good documentation is often finished in two to three weeks. It gets more demanding when data structures do not match or many special cases have to be covered. The larger part of the work almost always sits in the exceptions, not in the normal case.
We build integrations so that they cope with smaller changes, and we log every transfer. If something drops out, you get a message instead of noticing it weeks later through a wrong stock figure. For larger version jumps we check the integration as part of maintenance.
Both are possible. Orders from a shop we normally transfer straight away, so the goods can go out quickly. Master data or reports often run at night, because minutes do not matter there and the systems stay free during the day.
Transfers are encrypted, access rights are limited to what is needed and are kept apart from the application code. With sensitive data we transfer only the fields that are actually required. On request we document this for your record of processing activities under the GDPR.
Yes. We look at what is already there, add the missing logging and monitoring, then take over the upkeep. Older integrations are often still working, but nobody notices when they stop. That is exactly what can be put right with a manageable amount of effort.
Which two systems should finally talk to each other?
Tell us which applications are involved and which data matters. We can often say in the first conversation whether it will be simple or demanding.