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Customer:
Bowman International Group
Industry:
Manufacturing, Engineering
Products:
ERP integration, Shopify, ShipStation, SAP Business One, SAP HANA Cloud
About Bowman International
Bowman International is a global engineering and manufacturing company specializing in bearings and motion control products. Alongside its ERP-driven operations, Bowman supports a growing ecommerce presence that requires tight coordination between order management, shipping, and fulfillment systems.
To support both ERP and ecommerce workflows at scale, Bowman relies on accurate, real-time data flow between SAP Business One, its ecommerce storefront, and shipping platforms. This integration is critical to ensuring orders move efficiently from purchase through shipment without manual intervention.
The Challenge
Bowman International needed a reliable way to connect SAP Business One running on SAP HANA with its ecommerce and shipping systems to support daily operations. Orders originating from its ecommerce storefront needed to flow seamlessly into SAP Business One, while shipment execution and tracking data needed to be accurately synchronized across systems.
Without a stable integration layer, maintaining consistency between ERP, ecommerce, and shipping created unnecessary complexity. Shipment processing required careful oversight, and limitations in the previous setup made it difficult to scale ecommerce order volumes while maintaining accuracy and reliability across fulfillment workflows.
Bowman required an integration solution that could connect ERP, ecommerce, and shipping into a single, dependable flow that operated continuously throughout the day.
The Solution
Alluvia implemented an automated integration layer connecting SAP Business One, Shopify, and ShipStation, enabling end-to-end data flow across ecommerce, ERP, and shipping operations.
Ecommerce orders placed through Shopify are automatically synchronized with SAP Business One, ensuring order data remains accurate and consistent. Shipment information is then sent from SAP Business One to ShipStation, where labels and carrier processing are handled. Once shipments are completed, tracking and shipment data is automatically returned to SAP Business One.
This automated flow ensures Bowman’s ecommerce, ERP, and shipping systems remain fully aligned without manual handling. The integration runs continuously throughout the day and supports every shipment processed, including high-volume FedEx shipments.
Alluvia was selected based on its proven track record with these platforms and a direct recommendation from ShipStation, giving Bowman confidence in both performance and long-term scalability.
Bottom Line
By automating the connection between SAP Business One, ecommerce, and shipping systems, Bowman International significantly improved efficiency across its fulfillment operations. Orders flow cleanly from ecommerce into ERP, shipments are processed reliably, and data is synchronized automatically across all platforms.
The result is meaningful time savings, improved workflows, expanded courier flexibility, and a more reliable shipping operation compared to previous software.
“Alluvia has become a critical part of our daily operations, seamlessly connecting SAP Business One with Shopify and ShipStation. It handles every shipment we process, saving us significant time while delivering a more efficient and reliable workflow.”
– Charles Martin-Bassett, Global Systems Engineer, Bowman International
Why Alluvia
For Bowman International, Alluvia provides more than point-to-point integrations. By serving as a centralized integration layer between ERP, ecommerce, and shipping systems, Alluvia enables Bowman to operate with confidence as order volumes scale.
Alluvia’s stability, platform expertise, and hands-on support ensure integrations remain dependable as requirements evolve. With SAP Business One, Shopify, and ShipStation fully synchronized, Bowman can focus on operations and growth rather than integration maintenance.
