Packaging Environmental needed to move their ERP system from Sage 200 to Sage X3.
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BACKGROUND
LIMITATION OF EXISTING SOLUTIONS
Codeless solutions, or ‘middleware’ were not suitable due to introducing a dependency on a third-party, which would be a step backwards from the existing integration with Sage, which lay entirely within the control of the client.
BESPOKE DEVELOPMENT
Turnkey middlewares were unlikely to handle significant deviations from the usual connection process and business logic.While the format and structure for data at the Magento end was well-known, the data in X3 was still uncertain due to the integration project coinciding with the migration process from Sage 200 to X3 internally. That is to say, both projects were run simultaneously with the aim of finishing within the same timeframe to allow for rollout. It also became clear during the project that there were significant differences between how Magento 2 and X3 handles and processes orders, and especially customer addresses. In other words the business logic itself was uncertain.
OUR PROCESS
Another challenge was how to map and align the very different customer address structures in each system. There was a hard limit on how X3 could be altered due to the client being part of a much larger pre-existing X3 setup, so the changes had to made at the Magento end.. It was crucial that each address in Magento had an identifier which corresponded directly to the address in X3 so that duplicates were not created.
THE SOLUTION
TESTIMONIAL
In addition, Absolute Design created a detailed test plan consisting of various test scenarios, each outlined a by an easy-to-follow step-by-step process, and they assisted in conducting the more sophisticated test scenarios on our behalf. The knowledge and expertise they provided from start to finish helped streamline the planning, building, testing and implementation stages of the project’.
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