Situated in California, United States, employing over 1400 employees, Pelican Products specializes in the design and manufacture of protective case solutions and advanced portable lighting systems. Their product line includes coolers, phone cases, flashlights, and drinkware, to travel gear, and even backpacks. Devoting focus and resources to being sustainable, Pelican Products cases and lights are recyclable and produced to last a lifetime. In their quest to integrate their e-commerce platform with their SAP ERP system, Pelican Products discovered the Alumio integration platform. Apart from bringing over 10 years of experience in developing ERP connectivity to the project, Alumio also helped Pelican Products with its unique Alumio SAP API Plugin solution. The plugin significantly simplifies SAP integrations with SaaS and cloud apps for digital commerce.
Having initially connected their e-commerce platform built on Adobe Commerce with stand-alone accounting software, Pelican Products faced finance and inventory management errors. To tackle this issue and optimize their digital experience, they decided to integrate their e-commerce platform to their ERP, SAP ERP Core Component (SAP ECC). To help with this they brought Corra, a renowned system integrator in the United States, on board.
While researching the most effective way to create the complex e-commerce to ERP integration for Pelican Products, Corra encountered Alumio iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service). They decided that the Alumio integration platform and its powerful SAP API Plugin solution was the best option for them to build the SAP ECC to Adobe commerce integration while ensuring real-time data exchange.
Wie hat das Alumio SAP API Plugin die Integration von ERP und E-Commerce beschleunigt?
In close collaboration, Alumio, Corra, and Pelican Products meticulously approached the project to deliver the integration. Connecting an ERP like Pelican Products' SAP ECC with an e-commerce platform such as Adobe Commerce is challenging. This is because SAP ECC is an on-premises system, and by default, it lacks key B2B & B2C API points or web services required to integrate with SaaS and cloud apps effectively.
Alumio half Pelican Products dabei, ein langwieriges und teures Integrationsprojekt zu vermeiden, das normalerweise maßgeschneidert wäre. Mit dem Alumio API Plugin konnten sie die erforderlichen Webservices direkt und nativ in SAP ECC installieren und so die Integrationsmöglichkeiten verbessern. Nach der Konfiguration des SAP API Plugins war es wesentlich einfacher, die vollständige Integration von Adobe Commerce in SAP ECC über die Alumio Low-Code-Integrationsplattform zu erstellen.
Wie hat die Integration die Handelserfahrung von Pelican Products optimiert?
Die über Alumio iPaaS laufende Integration führte zu einem optimierten E-Commerce-Erlebnis in Echtzeit und gab Pelican Products eine zentrale Kontrolle über seine Daten. Dies führte zu transparenten, zuverlässigen und Echtzeit-Bestandsdaten. Wenn nun eine Bestellung auf der Pelican Products-Website aufgegeben wird, werden die Produktverfügbarkeit und die Preise mit den neuesten im ERP verfügbaren Daten synchronisiert und aktualisiert. Detaillierte Produktinformationen, Einblicke in Echtzeit und Bestandsmanagement sind nur einige der vielen weiteren Vorteile, die sich aus der Integration ergeben. Noch wichtiger ist, dass ein angemessener Bestellprozess geschaffen wurde, der die Lieferung und den Versand in Echtzeit sicherstellt, um den Retourenprozess zu unterstützen und so das Digital-Commerce-Erlebnis für Pelican Products deutlich zu verbessern.
Having successfully established a seamless D2C channel for the US & Canada, Pelican Products decided to expand its digital operations in Europe from Spain. After building their future-proof integration with the Alumio iPaaS, they started working with a local system integrator to connect their EU e-commerce site to their SAP back office.
Endpunkte
- SAP ECC
The SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) is a well-known ERP software solution for managing logistics, sales, finance, marketing, customer service, HR, and product planning. These different systems are linked through a customizable system and run via a database of one's choice, allowing connections to customize third-party applications.
- Alumio SAP API Plugin
The Alumio SAP API Plugin is an exclusive solution, ensuring key B2B or B2C data points are installed into the default SAP ERP. On being installed, these data points help significantly improve the ERP's ability to integrate with e-commerce, PIM, CRM, or other software. Developed as an SAP-certified ABAP stack, the Alumio API Plugin helps instantly provide data points that would otherwise cost significant time and money to create. It ensures faster ERP integrations via the Alumio iPaaS, which also enables real-time data exchange, synchronization, and flexible data transformation.
- Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento)
Adobe Commerce, formerly known as Magento, is a multichannel e-commerce platform based on open-source technology. It enables online merchants to have a flexible shopping cart system and gives them comprehensive control over their online stores' look, content, and functionality. Adobe Commerce, formerly Magento, offers powerful marketing, search engine optimization, and catalog-management tools.
"Der kooperative Ansatz hat unser Interesse an Pelican wirklich geweckt. Sowohl Corra als auch Alumio sind die Integration auf eine kooperative Weise angegangen und haben Antworten auf unsere Anforderungen gefunden, die uns das Vertrauen gaben, dass dieses Integrationsprojekt ein Erfolg werden würde.
Warum Pelican Products sich für Alumio entschieden hat
✓ Verbesserung der SAP-Konnektivität durch eine einzigartige API-Plugin-Lösung
✓ Schaffung eines reibungslosen Kundenerlebnisses
✓ Schaffung eines zukunftssicheren Weges zur Integration von Software und Systemen
