When will mandatory e-invoicing and e-ledger apply to us?
The binding answer comes from your financial advisor; we are not tax advisers and we will not commit you to a date. The scope widens gradually over the years by revenue threshold and line of business, so being outside it today is not a permanent state. Our job is making sure the software side is ready when your turn comes: the special integrator connection built, tested with real data and reconciled. Doing this preparation early is both calmer and cheaper than doing it against a deadline.
Do we need to replace our current ERP?
No — quite the opposite. Our job is to protect your backbone. Whether it is Logo, Mikro, Netsis or a program written specifically for the company years ago, we build a layer that talks to it through its database or interfaces without touching it. An ERP replacement is both expensive and risky; in most cases integration makes that decision unnecessary.
The marketplaces have their own integrator firms. What's different about you?
Off-the-shelf integrators handle the standard scenario and are enough for most companies. Where you hit the limit is usually this: your variant structure is non-standard, your pricing varies by dealer and customer, the stock coming from production is not real-time, or your ERP is not on that integrator's supported list. We start where the ready-made product ends; where it makes sense, we keep the ready-made integrator in the flow and write only the missing piece.
What happens if the other side goes down while the integration is running?
That is a normal condition the design must expect. A record that cannot be sent is not lost; it waits in a queue and is retried when the other side comes back. So that a retry never processes the same record twice, we mark every transaction with a unique key. If it still fails after a set number of attempts, the system does not stay silent — an alert goes to the responsible person.
Is it really possible to capture data from weighbridges and machines?
In most cases yes, but we will not promise without seeing the device. Weighbridges that output data over a serial port or the network connect directly. For older devices with no output, we either place a reader in between or set up a one-tap entry screen for the operator; both replace the slip written on paper. We give the answer by looking on site, not from a catalogue; for a weighbridge, coming to the OSB to check the device's make, model and output is half an hour's work.
We export. Can the international side be connected too?
It can, but you have to look at what the other side provides. If your customer uses a supplier portal, orders can be pulled from it; if orders arrive as a standard file attached to an e-mail, that file can be read and written into the system; if there is neither, we at least make sure the proforma, weight list and packing list are generated from the same record. The pattern we often see among exporters in Gaziantep is the same order being written twice, in two separate regimes, for domestic and international — that is usually the first target of the integration.
How long does it take, and what does it cost?
We do not quote a figure before the discovery visit, and we suggest treating any proposal that does with caution. Duration and cost depend on how many systems are being connected, whether the other side provides an interface, and how clean your data is. That is why we split the work into single-flow packages with scope and duration written up front; when the first package is done, you see the result and decide for yourself whether to continue.
Who keeps the source code and the accounts for the bridge you build?
All of it stays with you. Integrator, marketplace and courier accounts are opened in your name; we leave no connection running through our own users. The source code, the data mapping document and the installation notes are handed over; if another team wants to carry on, they can. Being locked into a software supplier is precisely the dependency problem you are trying to solve with integration.