Legacy ERP? Two Keys to Integrate
Rob Neumann
Solving complex problems for B2B, D2C and B2C through Digital Transformation
Having a need to modernize their eCommerce sales channel, Bane-Welker Equipment needed to integrate their legacy ERP with a PIM, a CRM and a app tool for their sales team connected to all aspects of the sale and inventory.
Like many industries, the farm equipment market has unique standard practices, contracts and designations. And like others, it has its own industry specific ERP, not SAP or Oracle based. Because of the uniqueness, it also doesn't have APIs written for a lot of what we needed to access for Bane-Welker.
In addition, they didn’t have ports available for us to access. To solve the issue, we created an RPA (Robotic Process Automation) that allowed us to access this information and to be able to put it into the message queue and get information back and forth even though it was not available through their DIS system.
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Traditionally, we could connect to some of the data through the back-end system through APIs into the database. When that is not available, how do you do it? You mimic the user. The user goes in, pulls the information manually and that is what RPA does.?It is a robotic automation of what the user would do on the keyword and pulls the information that way.?
We have done this for a lot of customers with similar problems.?We pull everything we can by API but we don’t stop at the API layer when it comes to integration.?If the client needs more information, we help pull the information via this RPA so there’s really no system that we can’t fully integrate in your environment.?
RabbitMQ
Messaging queuing with RabbitMQ also makes it a whole lot easier.?Once we have a hold of the information, we aren’t rebuilding APIs into every single system.?We’re able to deliver it directly.?A lot of benefits that we bring to bear that are unique to the way we do things and the partnerships that we put together.?More on RabbitMQ here.
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About Bane-Welker Equipment
Bane-Welker is a 100% employee-owned distributor of farm equipment based in Indiana with locations in Ohio. They offer a wide range of affordable and high-quality farming equipment, including Farmall tractors, used combines, and Case IH parts. On-Farm or In-Shop Services of our technicians are extensively trained to service a broad line of machinery including Tractors, Combines, Headers, Planters, Sprayers, Tillage Equipment, Lawn Mowers. www.bane-welker.com.
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