ERP integration is the highest-risk phase of enterprise commerce projects. Orders, inventory, and pricing must stay consistent across systems.
Architecture: Use middleware (MuleSoft, custom Node, or iPaaS) — never point-to-point plugins alone for mission-critical sync.
Inventory: Event-driven updates with idempotent handlers prevent overselling during sync delays. Define source-of-truth rules clearly.
Orders: Push orders to ERP after payment capture with retry queues and dead-letter monitoring. Alert ops on failures within minutes.
Pricing: Customer-specific price lists often live in ERP — cache aggressively but invalidate on contract changes to avoid margin errors.
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