For IT and ERP teams
Every supplier integration you build, you also maintain.
Point-to-point supplier interfaces are cheap to start and expensive to keep. Kelqio gives you one integration on the enterprise side and absorbs the variability on the supplier side.
CIO · ERP Manager · Integration architecture
The interface count is the real cost driver.
A supplier interface is rarely difficult. The difficulty is that there are eventually forty of them, each with its own file format, its own schedule, its own failure mode and its own person who understood it. The maintenance load grows linearly while the team does not.
A connectivity layer changes the growth curve. Your side is integrated once and stays stable. When a supplier changes their export, the change is absorbed in the mapping rather than in your ERP interface.
02How it works
Where the interfaces actually sit.
The architectural claim is narrow and checkable: the number of interfaces your team owns stops growing with the number of suppliers.
- 01Your systems
One interface to the ERP
Master data out, orders back — specified once, against one contract.
What your team builds
Built with your team, on your standards, with your security review.
What your team stops maintaining
No second ERP interface when the next supplier arrives with a different format.
- 02Your systems
One interface to the procurement platform
Catalogs and carts exchanged with the system your buyers already use.
What your team builds
The platform keeps its process and its users; only the supply of data changes.
What your team stops maintaining
Per-supplier catalog loading scripts stop accumulating on the platform side.
- 03Kelqio
Suppliers connect to the layer, not to you
Each supplier connects with whatever it can operate; the mapping lives on the connection.
What your team builds
Adding a supplier is a configuration, reviewed rather than developed.
What your team stops maintaining
Every supplier-specific parser, cron job and exception handler you would have owned.
- 04Kelqio
State is observable per connection
Method, scope and last successful exchange, per supplier, without opening a log file.
What your team builds
Level-one support can answer “is it us or them?” without escalating.
What your team stops maintaining
Silent failures found at month end, once someone noticed the numbers were wrong.
- 05Governance
Authority stays where it is
The ERP remains the system of record; Kelqio holds the connection, not the truth.
What your team builds
One system to review, one data model to document, one boundary to secure.
What your team stops maintaining
Any argument about which system owns supplier master data. It is still yours.
03Architecture
Point-to-point versus a connectivity layer.
Both work at small scale. They diverge sharply as the supplier count grows.
Point-to-point
- One interface per supplier, each with its own contract
- Every supplier change is a change on your side
- Failure modes are per-interface and discovered late
- Knowledge concentrates in whoever built each one
- Cost grows with the number of suppliers
Connectivity layer
- One integration on the enterprise side
- Supplier changes are absorbed in mapping, not in your ERP
- Connection state is observable in one place
- Onboarding is a repeatable operation, not tribal knowledge
- Cost grows with capability, not with supplier count
What stays yours
- The ERP remains the system of record
- Master data governance stays where it is today
- Your security model and access control still apply
- You keep the ability to read and write directly through the API
- No forced migration of your procurement platform
Named connector and protocol support is published only once verified. [TO BE CONFIRMED]
04Operability
Integrations you can monitor without opening a log file.
The first question in any incident is which side stopped. Connection state per supplier answers it before anyone opens a ticket.
- Admin
- Connections
| Supplier | Method | Scope | Last exchange | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordwerk Industrie | API | CatalogPricingAvailabilityOrders | 00:02 | Connected |
| Ferralux SAS | Catalog file | CatalogPricing | 06:14 | Syncing |
| Vantage Labo | Supplier workspace | CatalogPricingOrders | 00:47 | Connected |
| Meridian Tools | Web catalog session | CatalogAvailability | 00:11 | Connected |
| Kessler Technik | Catalog file | Catalog | 31:22 | Needs attention |
| Aumont Équipement | Supplier workspace | Catalog | — | Onboarding |
Downstream systems
Where the standardized flow is delivered
- ERPPurchase orders, supplier master data
- Procurement platformCatalogs, carts
- Kelqio ApproveRequisitions, approvals
Connection methods shown are illustrative. Supported protocols are published only once verified.
- 01
Per-supplier method and scope
What is connected, how, and for which data — visible rather than documented in a wiki that drifted.
- 02
Last successful exchange
The single most useful field in any integration, surfaced per supplier.
- 03
Onboarding state
Suppliers mid-connection are visible, so partial rollout is a state rather than an unknown.
- 04
Downstream delivery
Where the standardized flow is being delivered, so the blast radius of a change is knowable.
Questions from architecture reviews.
- Does Kelqio become a system of record?
- No, and that is a design constraint rather than a current limitation. Kelqio moves and standardizes catalog, cart and order data. Your ERP keeps authority over master data and purchase orders.
- What happens if we stop using Kelqio?
- Your ERP and procurement platform still hold their own data. Exit terms and data extraction are part of the contract discussion. [TO BE CONFIRMED]
- Which ERPs and procurement platforms are supported?
- Kelqio is designed to connect through APIs, ERP connectors and procurement platform integrations. We publish named vendor support only once verified, so ask us directly for the current list.
- Where is data hosted?
- Hosting regions and data residency options are documented as part of the security review. [TO BE CONFIRMED]
Next step
Bring your supplier list. We’ll show you the flow.
A working session with our team, using your systems and your supplier mix — not a generic slide deck.
- 01
Where your suppliers sit today: connected, semi-connected, or not at all
- 02
How each channel would route through Kelqio into your ERP and procurement platform
- 03
What connecting the next twenty suppliers would actually involve
Enterprise integration product. No credit card, no self-serve trial — a conversation with someone who knows procurement systems.