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Banana Republic Automates Its Store on Dynamics ERP. Shopify and ERP, in Sync.
/ The engagement
A Middleware System That Syncs Shopify and ERP.
Banana Republic, a lifestyle brand under the global GAP umbrella, offers a diverse range of clothing and accessories. Brainvire integrated its Shopify store with Microsoft Dynamics ERP through a middleware system, automating order and inventory management for fast, on-time deliveries. The system syncs orders from the website to Dynamics ERP with an added security layer and real-time insight into the full process.
/ About the client
Banana Republic, a prestigious lifestyle brand under the global GAP umbrella, offers a diverse range of clothing and accessories for men, women, children, infants, and sports enthusiasts, along with footwear, fragrances, and home decor. As the world embraced the digital age, the brand sought to streamline operations with a Microsoft partner.
The client wanted to integrate its Shopify ecommerce store with Microsoft Dynamics ERP through a middleware system to automate essential operations such as order and inventory management. The system syncs orders from the Banana Republic website to Dynamics ERP, and the team added a security layer with real-time insight into the entire process.
/ The approach
Design, architecture, and features, shipped as one program.
Automated with ERP
Manual ecommerce work slowed the brand, so the team integrated Dynamics ERP and Carriyo through middleware, automating operations and opening real-time order insight from receipt to delivery.
Timed with draft orders
Continuous orders left no time to record stock, so a draft orders mechanism converts status from draft to book once a day, giving the team a window to update inventory.
Updated in real time
Prices and stock were keyed by hand, so the Dynamics integration counts inventory and updates regular and discounted prices in real time.
Chosen by orchestration
The nearest stocked store was hard to find, so an orchestration method identifies it and shares the code with Carriyo for efficient fulfilment.
/ What stood in the way
Four problems, solved without a maintenance window.
Select a challenge to see how it shaped the build.
Manual processes
The store ran on old manual processes. The team integrated Microsoft Dynamics ERP and Carriyo with the Shopify store through middleware, so Dynamics automates the business processes and Carriyo opens real-time insight into order management from receipt to delivery.
A lag in order fulfilment
Insufficient time to record inventory and a stream of new orders caused a lag in fulfilment. The team implemented a draft orders mechanism that converts status from draft to book at a set time each day, freeing the other window to record inventory.
Manual data updates
Inventory and original or discounted prices were updated by hand in the backend. The team integrated Dynamics ERP with the store through middleware, so stock counts and price updates happen in real time and the client always has current data.
Tracking the nearest warehouse
Tracking the nearest store or warehouse for economical, timely deliveries was hard. The team implemented an order orchestration method that finds the closest location with adequate stock and shares its code with Carriyo for efficient fulfilment.
/ Product screens
The delivered experience.
The interface people actually use.
/01Store
/02Orders
/03Inventory
/04Pricing
/05Shipping/ The results
What changed, in numbers.
/ Next step
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