ERP integration moves data between the shop floor and your business system. Operations recorded on site, weighing transactions, quantities produced, vehicle movements, flow up automatically. Reference data flows the other way, which saves you maintaining two lists of products or business partners that slowly drift apart.
The connector adapts to whatever system you already have. It assumes no change of ERP, and no rebuild on the business side.
Why re-key something your ERP already knows
An order is created in the ERP. The site then re-enters the customer, the product, the quantity or the haulier. After the operation, someone re-keys the actual weight or quantity back into the ERP, again. Every re-entry adds time, delay and a chance to get it wrong. The principle behind integration is simple: data is entered once, where it’s created, then flows automatically to whichever systems need it.
How it works
PILOT exchanges data with the ERP or existing business applications through the interface mechanism chosen for the project.
The information operations need is retrieved: orders, reference data or other business data.
Data is adapted to the format and reference set PILOT expects.
Truck flow management, access control, the weighbridge, MES software and the other functions draw on whatever the operation requires.
Results actually observed on the shop floor are sent back to the business system whenever the process calls for it.
Exchanges are tracked so completed transactions and any interface faults can be identified.
Three real-world situations solved by this function
Loading orders get re-keyed into the shop floor software
The situation: The order already exists in the ERP, but has to be recreated for operations.
With PILOT:
- The expected operation retrieved automatically
- Made available to operations
- Matched against the operation actually carried out
- Results returned according to the process defined
The benefit: Double entry between the business system and operations disappears.
The real weight only reaches the ERP at the end of the day
The situation: Yet the transaction is known the moment the vehicle crosses the weighbridge.
With PILOT:
- The weighing transaction retrieved automatically
- Checked and enriched within PILOT
- Sent through to the business system
The benefit: Your information system reflects what actually happened on site much sooner.
Every application keeps its own reference data
The situation: The same product, piece of equipment or business partner carries a different code in every system.
With PILOT:
- Reference data matched across systems
- Formats transformed
- Interface rules centralised
The benefit: Applications talk to each other without operators needing to know every system’s technical codes.
ERP integration functions
ERP, PILOT and plant control: who does what?
| System | Main role |
|---|---|
| ERP | Orders, sales, purchasing, stock, invoicing and business management |
| PILOT solution | Execution, digitalisation and traceability of shop floor operations |
| PLCs / SCADA | Real-time control and supervision of equipment |
| ERP interface | Moves the information these environments need between them |
Where this function delivers the most
Factories, logistics platforms, warehouses, port terminals, sorting and waste facilities: what determines the fit is the structure of the flow and the number of stations, not the industry.
Case studies
The other functions
L’interfaçage ERP partage son référentiel avec les autres fonctionnalités. Chacune s’active séparément, sur le même socle de données.
