SAP Integrations Explained!

Manual transfer of data usually becomes a very difficult job for a company due to incompatible data templates between heterogeneous systems and the high possibility of human errors. ERP Integrations allow companies to exchange their data in an auto-mode which is far more protected and saves a lot of labour costs.

Fintech SAAS startups usually need to integrate with ERPs to receive base financial information and provide desired output to their clients. Offering ERP integration to prospective clients along with their platform enables fintech startups to reach a wider market and onboard their client to the web platform in a much more efficient and faster way.

Various consulting assignments done by professional firms also require data to be extracted from the ERP, having a standard ERP integration cockpit program allows to save time and effort in tasks like data extraction & transformation. Professional firms can reuse the integration cockpit for multiple clients where they are offering similar services and have the same data requirement from an ERP.

We at Sepfust solutions specialize in integrating SAP ERP with any 3rd party application by providing a custom developed SAP cockpit solution. We have experience of over 200+ SAP ERP integrations with 3rd party applications. We integrate all types of SAP ERPs-

1. SAP ECC
2. SAP S/4 HANA (Private cloud)
3. SAP S/4 HANA (HANA cloud)

Mechanisms which we use to integrate SAP ERP are as follows:

1. API based integration - we integrate SAP ERPs through REST or XML APIs exposed by the 3rd party application. RFC is a popular mechanism to do API based SAP integrations.
2. sFTP/FTP or EDI based integration - we also integrate SAP ERP via file-based data transfer and scheduling cron jobs in the 3rd party application. Popular file formats for FTP based integration are csv, xml & json files.
3. SAP PI/CPI based integration - we also offer SAP ERP integrations through SAP PI/PO or CPI middleware. We can consume secured APIs or files via the SAP PI/CPI middleware.

Our expert techno-functional team has deep expertise in SAP integrations and covers a wide range of use cases. Some of the functional areas where we have already done SAP integrations are as follows:

1. Tax (direct & indirect tax) compliances
2. Fintech startups (SAAS platforms)
3. Supply chain-based platforms
4. Employee data-based platforms
5. Financial information exchange requirements
6. E-Invoicing and GST return automation
7. Digital signing of the documents
8. MIS & dashboarding platforms