ERP integration for your online store: orders, prices and stock levels in sync
- ERP integration moves orders, prices, products and stock levels between your online store and ERP automatically.
- It eliminates manual copying errors and frees up hours every week.
- Plan the integration one data flow at a time: orders first, then stock levels and price lists.
ERP integration connects your online store and your enterprise resource planning system so that orders, product data, price lists and stock levels move between them automatically. Without integration, someone copies every order into the ERP by hand and updates stock levels back to the store. It’s slow and error-prone, and the errors eventually reach the customer: a sold-out product gets sold, or the price is wrong.
What data does the integration transfer?
| Data | Direction | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Orders | Store → ERP | Orders go straight into processing with no manual copying. |
| Stock levels | ERP → store | Customers see accurate availability, and sold-out items aren’t sold. |
| Prices and price lists | ERP → store | B2B customers see their own contract prices. |
| Product data | ERP → store | New products reach the store without duplicate work. |
| Delivery status | ERP → store | Customers get tracking information automatically. |
What does integration save?
The benefit is simple to calculate: how many orders a month are transferred by hand, and how long does each one take? With hundreds of orders a month, manual work easily adds up to dozens of hours. On top of that come fixing errors, handling complaints and customer wait times.
At least as important is the benefit that doesn’t show up in timesheets: when stock levels and prices are right, customers trust the store and come back. In B2B commerce, this is often the single most important feature of the whole store.
Good integration is invisible. Nobody notices it, because nothing needs fixing.
Lemonsoft and WooCommerce in practice
We build a lot of integrations between Lemonsoft and WooCommerce. In a typical setup, products, price lists and stock levels sync from Lemonsoft to the store on a schedule, and orders move to Lemonsoft right after purchase. Customer-specific price lists and VAT handling for EU business sales are the areas we plan with extra care.
How an integration project works
- Discovery: what data moves, in which direction and how often? What APIs does the ERP offer?
- One data flow at a time: we usually start with orders, where the savings are biggest, and move on to stock levels and price lists.
- Testing with real data in a test environment before going live.
- Monitoring: the integration logs every transfer, and errors trigger an alert before the customer notices anything.
Integration isn’t a one-off project. The ERP and the online store both get updated, so integration maintenance is part of the same package. Read more about our integration services and about how an e-commerce project should be built.
FAQ
What is ERP integration?
ERP integration is an API connection between an online store and an enterprise resource planning system. It moves orders, products, prices and stock levels automatically from one system to the other.
Can WooCommerce be integrated with Lemonsoft?
Yes. Typically, products, price lists and stock levels sync from Lemonsoft to WooCommerce on a schedule, and orders move to Lemonsoft right after purchase.
How much does ERP integration cost?
The price depends on the data being transferred, the ERP system’s APIs and special requirements such as customer-specific price lists. After discovery you get a fixed quote and an estimate of what the integration will save.
