Connect systems
Netsuite Integrations are one of the most obvious automations that can be deployed. Automating the transfer of data between your customer facing storefront and your Netsuite system is a great example. Another example is automating the transfer of information between your systems and your suppliers systems. Understanding the potential of integrations is an important first step in defining the approach.
Each system that is being integrated is typically customized and hence the integration will need to be customized as well. Because of this, we favor approaches backed by full programming languages that enable us to tailor the integration logic to match the business logic. Easy to use typically is a false promise for us, integration is a complicated job with big implications and getting that last 1% perfectly accurate is critical.
Integration on it's own is relatively straightforward. Where it gets complex is managing the traffic and keeping the integrity with the business processes. Because of this, in our experience you are much better off just building the integration using a flexible approach that gives you the support of a full programming language.
Every integration is different because every customer is different. We've integrated most of the big names and many more. From a few records a day to several a minute, there are approaches for each scenario.
Price, scalability, and logic processing all come into play. When we can, we just drive the whole integration out of Netsuite and we've done thousands of orders a day using this approach.
As the environment becomes more complex, we may use a combination of middleware like Airflow and Event Bus systems like Kafka to keep the environment quiet.