The customer typed their address once. Why is your team typing it three more times?
Before connecting software, decide which system owns the truth.
Map the data before the tools
- Where is the information first captured?
- Which systems actually need it?
- Which system owns each field?
- What happens when two systems disagree?
- What counts as the same customer?
A clean version of the workflow
CaptureCollect the information once.
ValidateCheck required fields and obvious errors.
MoveSend only what the next system needs.
LogRecord whether the handoff worked.
ExceptionSend ambiguous records to a person instead of guessing.
What not to do
Do not attempt to keep every field in every system perfectly synchronized just because the API makes it possible. Bidirectional everything is how a small integration turns into a hobby.
Measure the right thing
- Manual entries per customer or job
- Duplicate-record rate
- Transfer errors
- Exception rate
- Time from first capture to usable record downstream
Sometimes the best integration is deletion
If two spreadsheets exist because nobody trusts either one, the first job may be deciding which one can disappear.
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You do not need to know the technology. Start with what is taking too long or falling through the cracks.
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