ERP Integration
We connect operational data with ERP systems to close the loop between plant and management, synchronising production orders, consumption and manufacturing data between the shop floor and the company management system.
ERP and production integration, in short
In most factories two versions of reality coexist: the ERP, updated by hand at the end of each shift, and the shop floor, where machines know exactly what was produced and consumed. Our ERP integration service closes that gap. Work orders flow from the ERP to the plant data layer and real execution data flows back: order progress from machine counters, actual material and energy consumption, downtime events and traceability.
We never wire machines to the ERP point to point. Plant data first reaches a common layer, built on our PLC connectivity and MQTT integration work, and the ERP connects to that layer. Replacing a machine or upgrading the ERP no longer breaks the integration, and the same layer also feeds dashboards and analytics.
Within Captia, Connect owns the plant data side, while the ERP business layer, with Odoo as the reference platform, is covered by our Service unit (see Odoo for industrial SMEs). Other ERP systems are integrated the same way as long as they expose an API. Projects start with one concrete flow, typically order progress on a single line, and grow incrementally from there, so work orders end up reflecting what the plant actually did.
How it connects to the system
Connect enables data flow to AI and Energy and supports execution that Service digitises in the business layer.
Key concepts
Other solutions
- Edge Ingestion
We capture data at the edge of the operation, where it is generated, without depending on central connectivity. We deploy edge ingestion software on plant equipment that reads signals locally, holds them through network outages and forwards them once the connection is restored.
- PLC Connectivity
We connect PLCs from any manufacturer and protocol to the Captia unified data layer, making control-layer information reliably available to the rest of your systems, from process historians to dashboards, without altering the control programs.
- OT/IT Integration
We build the bridge between the operational world (OT) and the information systems world (IT): a data layer that reads plant information and delivers it to business systems, with an architecture designed not to interfere with production.
Frequently asked questions
- What does integrating the ERP with production mean?
- It means the data the plant generates (parts produced, material consumption, downtime, work order status) reaches the ERP without anyone typing it in manually. The order flows from the ERP to the shop floor and the real execution data flows back, so management and production work on the same information.
- Which ERP systems do you integrate with the plant?
- The connectivity layer we build is ERP-agnostic: machine data is published to a common layer and connected from there to the management system the company already uses. We work with Odoo, where our Service unit also covers the business layer, and with other ERP systems that expose an API or a data exchange mechanism.
- Do we need to replace the ERP or the plant equipment to integrate them?
- No. The starting point is the systems that already exist: PLCs, sensors and machines on one side, the ERP in use on the other. Our work is the intermediate layer that translates between both worlds. Only if the current ERP offers no integration path at all would alternatives be considered, and that is a business decision, not a technical prerequisite.
- Which plant data is usually connected to the ERP?
- The most common are work order progress, production counters, real material and energy consumption, and downtime or incident events. With that, the ERP stops working with theoretical consumption and manual end-of-shift entries and starts reflecting what actually happened in each order.