Trimit integration: The 5 biggest mistakes you need to avoid

Trimit ERP integration

Trimit is an ERP system that holds an incredible number of possibilities. Especially when you start creating integrations between Trimit and other key points in your eCommerce. The opportunities for greater efficiency are enormous, and as they say: time is money.

Unfortunately, that is also one of the reasons why many eCommerce businesses fall into the biggest traps there are when integrating Trimit. You get eager, because the possibilities are overwhelming. That is why you are reading this article. It is here so that you do not fall into the traps. Read along here and get it right the first time.

Let’s dive into it.

A missing needs analysis

The problem many fail to spot until it is far too late is that an in-depth analysis is needed. An analysis that makes you absolutely clear on why, what and how things should be integrated.

If you do not carry out a needs analysis, you can quickly experience these things:

• Huge unforeseen errors in your solutions
• An incredible amount of time wasted on fixing the errors
• Frightening extra costs (though not with us; we work on a subscription)

These three things often end up with people taking the easy way out in the end, in order to avoid the expensive bills.

If, on the other hand, you are clear on your needs from the start, you will experience:

• That your integration will be developed faster and more easily
• That you will need minimal time for testing and errors
• That the transition from development to operation goes smoothly.

The benefit of avoiding the mistake is that you cut out major costs. Both in terms of time and money.

A lack of training for those who are going to use the integration

Your integration can be the smartest one out there, but if the people who are going to use it are not on board with the idea of using it, then it is worthless.

Often a decision to integrate is made from the top. Unfortunately, many fail when it comes to informing the people who actually have to live with the integration. To many people it can feel like an ambush.

That can lead to:

• Inappropriate use of the integration
• Errors in the data the integration creates
• The integration gathering dust

That is money out of the window.

If, on the other hand, you bring the users along from the start and involve them in the development, you get:

• An integration that is as close to reality as possible
• Highly motivated users of the integration
• A foundation for further development

Integrations may well be digital tools, but quite often it is really about the people around them.

Errors in data migration and validation

Are data migration and data validation words that send a chill down your spine along with a feeling of reluctance?

Then you are not the only one, because it is in fact one of the mistakes we see most often when we create integrations. Namely that people do not get their data migrated correctly, and therefore end up with a useless data set.

That can:

• Create fundamental errors in your integrations
• Waste time on troubleshooting and further migration
• Give the finance department a shock.

When you are building integrations it is very much about doing the whole thing as correctly as possible the first time.

If you make sure to migrate your data correctly the first time and validate it, you will experience: – That you are up and running with your integration faster, without major errors

• That you avoid the piercing looks from the finance department
• That your father was right when he said “well prepared is half done”. So bite the bullet. You will not regret it.

Far too much customisation

Yes, it may sound a bit funny that customisation can be a mistake, but there is actually a reason.

Integrations can be adapted to most things, right down to an ultra-specific and niche level. That is one of the great things about integrating. The problem is when far too much in your system gets integrated and thoroughly customised.

Far too much customisation can in fact mean:

• Unnecessarily high maintenance requirements for integrations
• An over-complication of your data
• Large downstream costs

You do not want that.

Instead, we encourage you to find a balance between customisation and standardisation. Integrations that are too generalised are quickly outgrown, but the far too complicated ones are ones nobody understands.

Find the golden middle way.

A lack of support and maintenance

After the final handshake has been given and the bill has been paid, many companies hand their integration over to operations. Then some time passes, and bang. Then the error occurs.

A change has happened in the processes, which means the integration has to be corrected. Who knows how to do that? Make sure you have a plan for maintenance and support.

If you have a plan, you will experience:

• That your integrations remain functional
• That your business maintains an efficient flow
• That you save money, because you do not constantly have to start up new partnerships. …

Pssst. We work on a subscription. Free support.

Rounding off

There are many mistakes you can make when building integrations, but now you know which holes to step around.

So to summarise, you need to:

• Make sure to carry out an in-depth needs analysis
• Involve the users in the development
• Focus on data migration and validation
• Find a good balance between customisation and standardisation
• Have a plan for maintenance and support

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