External Integration Management

Do you want your business system to...

• Allow customers to email you orders, or place orders over the Internet, without having to recapture the information manually?
• Let trusted suppliers update the status of an order on your system?
• Perform a stock-take with a handheld device?
• Enable web access so that your mobile workforce can query stock and place orders while on the road?
• Integrate an industry-specific application with SYSPRO?
• Be sure you can upgrade to a newer version of SYSPRO without worrying about re-writing custom programs?
• Easily customize SYSPRO's business functionality to suit your specific requirements?
• Use Microsoft Word and Excel to display information from SYSPRO?

SYSPRO Integration Framework enables you to extend your SYSPRO ERP application to work with other systems within the enterprise, and to extend beyond the enterprise. It encourages:

• Integration with other line-off-business third-party products
• Information interchange with external devices
• Access to applications via the web
• Easier collaboration and information sharing with business partners
• Improvements to the user interface

SYSPRO Integration Framework includes three services:

1. SYSPRO e.net Solutions

   Through e.net Solutions you can create applications that meet your organisation's specific needs, as well as use it for integrating SYSPRO with existing third-party business systems, both within your organization as well as external systems.
   Working through the e.net Solutions interface maintains the messaging, security, identity and transaction capabilities in the core SYSPRO ERP system.

   By using e.net Solutions your business can achieve the following benefits:

   • Lowered total cost of ownership
   • Simplified application development environment
   • Reduced development maintenance costs
   • Secure interface to SYSPRO database
   • Version independence
   • Customer-focused applications
   • Reduced network traffic

   "In terms of what we can do with the SYSPRO e.net Solutions, we have no limitations" - Gideon Snyman, IT Manager, Seton, South Africa. Read more...

2. SYSPRO Client Interface

   Using service oriented architectures technology, SYSPRO is able to deliver a powerful and adaptable client interface through:

   • SYSPRO Office Integration (SOI) - enables you to access and query information from the SYSPRO ERP, without SYSPRO being installed on your computer. Once the information has been displayed it can be inserted directly into the current document as simple text or tables. SOI also allows you to synchronize email activities between Microsoft Outlook and SYSPRO Contact Management.
   • SYSPRO Communication Service - has been developed to better support communication and data transfer over the Internet. Through this service your organisation can achieve:
     • Improved network performance
     • Greater control over security and firewall settings for network administrators
     • A richer user experience for SYSPRO users across a cloud infrastructure

3. SYSPRO Document Flow Manager

   Document Flow Manager (DFM) automates the flow of incoming and outgoing documents such as sales orders and purchase orders. These documents can originate from external organizations or from another application within the same organization. Because documents can be processed without operator intervention, DFM provides an automated, global, business-to-business gateway receiving and processing orders and queries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.