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Transform Your B2B Operations: Integrate HubSpot CRM with your ERP

Leah Avner
March 2025

For B2B companies using ERP systems like IBM i / AS400, JD Edwards World, or JDE EnterpriseOne, integrating a CRM like HubSpot can be a game-changer. This integration not only streamlines operations but also enhances customer relationships and boosts online sales.

The Power of a CRM and ERP Integration

Bringing HubSpot CRM together with your current ERP system creates a seamless platform for handling customer relationships and business operations. This integration allows for:

  1. Holistic customer view
  2. Streamlined operations
  3. Enhanced decision-making

Holistic customer view: Combining the financial data from your ERP with the customer interactions tracked in HubSpot, you get a full view of each customer. This integration helps you understand their behavior, preferences, and buying habits, making it easier to create personalized and effective engagement strategies.

Streamlined operations: Automating the data flow between systems significantly reduces manual entry and potential errors. This automation keeps your data accurate and consistent across departments, leading to more efficient workflows and boosting productivity.

Enhanced decision-making: Integrating data offers valuable insights that give you a clearer picture of your business operations and how you interact with customers. As a result, you can craft more informed business strategies, spot trends, and make proactive choices that boost growth and keep your customers happy.

Best Practices for Integration

  • Data Mapping
  • Regular Synchronization
  • User Training.

Data Mapping:  Thoroughly match fields between your ERP and HubSpot to guarantee smooth data transfer. This requires an in-depth examination of both systems to pinpoint corresponding fields and data types. Effective data mapping is essential to prevent discrepancies and data loss, which can result in operational inefficiencies and poor decision-making. By developing a clear mapping strategy, you can ensure that important data is captured and used effectively, improving the overall integration process.

Regular Synchronization: Set up regular, automatic data syncs to keep everything up-to-date across your systems, making sure everyone has the latest info. Regular syncing helps avoid data silos and ensures that any updates in one system show up in the other, keeping everything consistent and accurate. By automating this, you cut down on human error and free up valuable time for more strategic tasks.

User Training: Invest in training programs to help your team learn how to navigate the new system, understand its features, and apply them to their daily tasks. With effective training, your team will be all set to use the integration to its fullest, boosting productivity and efficiency. By offering ongoing support and resources, you can make sure your team smoothly adapts to the new system, encouraging a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Tips for Maximizing CRM Benefits

  1. Utilize Marketing Automation
  2. Personalize Customer Interactions
  3. Implement Lead Scoring
Utilize Marketing Automation: HubSpot's extensive marketing features can really boost your lead generation by helping you connect with potential customers from your online activities. By automating tasks like email campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, you can keep in touch with your audience consistently and on time. This not only frees up your schedule but also lets your marketing team focus on creating engaging content and strategies that truly speak to your audience. Plus, HubSpot's analytics tools offer great insights into how your campaigns are doing, so you can tweak your approach and get the most bang for your buck!
 

Personalize Customer Engagements: Leverage the powerful combination of integrated ERP and CRM data to create messages and promotions that are just right for each customer's unique likes and habits. By diving into data from both systems, you can really get to know your customers' buying history, how they interact, and what they prefer. This lets you craft super-targeted communications that hit the mark with their needs and interests, helping to build stronger relationships and boosting the chances of conversion. Personalized engagement not only makes customers happier but also strengthens brand loyalty, as they feel truly valued and understood.

Implement Lead Scoring: Put your energy into connecting with the most promising prospects by setting up a smart lead-scoring system that looks at behavior and ERP data. By giving scores to leads based on how they interact with your brand—like visiting your website, opening emails, or engaging on social media—you can focus on those who are most likely to become customers. This friendly approach helps your sales team zero in on nurturing the best leads, boosting conversion rates, and making the most of your resources. Plus, by regularly updating your lead scoring based on new insights, you can keep your sales strategies in tune with changing customer behaviors and market trends.

Additional Benefits for Online Sales

For companies engaged in online sales, HubSpot integration offers extra advantages:

  • eCommerce Synergy: Connect your online store with HubSpot to track customer behavior and personalize the shopping experience.
  • Automated Order Processing: Streamline order fulfillment by connecting HubSpot with your ERP system.
  • Customer Portal Integration: Provide customers with self-service options, enhancing their experience and reducing support workload.

Hubspot - ERP Integration Examples

Briteskies has worked with several companies as they took the step to integrate their ERP with Hubspot. Projects have ranged from full-blown integration projects to updating modules or installing API connections.

Module Integrations

  • Company: B2B distributor of residential indoor air quality products
  • Technology: Adobe Commerce and IBM i integrated with HubSpot
  • Project Needs: Additional help to add several modules including Eyemagine.
  • Project Goal: Strengthen customer engagement by synchronizing customer data and automating tailored communications through various channels, including product updates, announcements, newsletters, and promotions.

API Integrations

  • Company: B2B manufacturer of transmission and driveline-related solutions
  • Technology: JD Edwards World with HubSpot CRM using Eradani Connect
  • Project Needs: Enhance data flow through real-time synchronization of companies, contacts, and their associations.
  • Project Goal: Improve the organization and visibility of their accounts, which was challenging under their current setup due to the intricate part/child customer relationship.

Implementation

  • Company: B2C/B2B wire & cable distributor
  • Technology: Adobe Commerce and P21  with HubSpot CRM 
  • Project Needs: A new CRM solution to improve data flow, enhance marketing activities, and improve sales team support
  • Project Goals: Increase account visibility for the sales team by improving workflows. Additionally, it sought to elevate user experience by creating more personalized content through advanced email automation and targeted promotions.

Hubspot - ERP Integration Project Benefits

  • Streamlined marketing efforts: Created a unified platform for managing their marketing activities, including email campaigns, social media, and content creation.
  • ersonalized lead nurturing:  Delivering targeted content to leads based on their interests and behaviors, lends to building trust and credibility with prospective customers.
  • Enhanced data analysis: Integration with Hubspot allows for seamless data syncing, providing both companies to analyze the impact of marketing efforts on lead generation and sales accurately.

Integrating HubSpot CRM with your ERP system can transform your B2B operations, providing a 360-degree view of your customers and streamlining processes. For companies with online sales, this integration becomes even more powerful, enabling personalized experiences and efficient order management. 

Ready to revolutionize your B2B operations? Explore how integrating HubSpot CRM with your ERP system can drive growth and enhance customer relationships. As a HubSpot integration partner, we can discuss your specific needs and start your journey toward a more efficient, customer-centric business model.

 

About Briteskies

Briteskies is a trusted leader in eCommerce and ERP systems, specializing in tailored solutions for B2B and B2C businesses. With over 25 years of experience, we improve operational efficiency and drive growth through innovative digital marketing strategies and seamless technology integration, ensuring our clients achieve lasting success.  

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