No thought-leadership filler. Each post comes out of a delivery where the baseline was measured.
Integration · 2026-05-14 · 9 min
How we cut FMCG partner onboarding by 60% with an API-gateway pattern
Onboarding a sub-distributor took 5–7 weeks because master data was rekeyed into three systems. The fix was not more automation scripts — it was one door in, with a contract behind it.
SAP ↔ DMS: three integration patterns and when each one breaks
File batch, synchronous API, and event-driven. Each is correct somewhere. Choosing by fashion instead of by failure mode is how distribution programmes lose a year.