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Ecommerce to ERP Order Sync

Shopify, WooCommerce, and Takealot orders flow into Sage Evolution, SAP Business One, Syspro, Odoo, or NetSuite with stock reservation, tax invoices, and COGS, so finance stops re-keying channel checkouts. Also CRM quote acceptance to ERP sales order with stock reservation and pick/pack for product distributors (distinct from storefront checkouts and from quote-to-invoice cash collection).

Xero Integration

Two-way sync of contacts, invoices, payments, and credit notes with Xero, including Xero South Africa with ZAR tax invoices and local bank feeds, plus approved timesheets landing as Xero draft invoices with SA VAT, account codes, and contact matching (distinct from general Time Tracking to Invoice).

Sage Business Cloud

Cloud Sage with a proper API for automated invoicing, customer sync, and VAT-ready tax invoices.

Sage Pastel (Desktop)

On-premise Pastel Partner and Pastel Xpress connected without moving your data off your own server, including multi-system operational sync: CRM deal-to-invoice, e-commerce order posting, inventory journals, and bank matching so finance stops re-keying across every channel.

Sage 50 (Desktop / Peachtree)

Desktop Sage 50 company files bridged to cloud CRM via SDK/COM middleware.

Sage Evolution / Sage 300

Mid-market on-premise ERP with CRM bridges for stock-aware sales orders and VAT-ready invoices. Distinct from Sage 300 People (HR and payroll): we also sync the employee master, leave, and pay-run journals from Sage 300 People into Xero, Sage Intacct, Sage 200, CRM, and SSO so HR data feeds the ledger and daily tools without CSV exports.

Multi-Entity / Multi-Company Billing

Route CRM deals into the correct Xero organisation or Sage company, stamp holding-company and franchise invoices with the right letterhead, VAT number, and bank details from entity masters, and support inter-company invoicing and transfer pricing.

QuickBooks

Automate invoice creation, payment tracking, and customer sync with QuickBooks Online or Desktop.

FreshBooks

Auto-create invoices from won CRM deals and sync client details for small businesses and agencies.

MYOB

CRM sync for MYOB Business and AccountRight with GST-compliant invoicing.

Zoho Books

Go past the limits of Zoho's native connector, or connect a non-Zoho CRM to Zoho Books.

NetSuite & Enterprise ERP

Multi-subsidiary billing, revenue recognition, and multi-currency consolidation in Oracle NetSuite.

Revenue Recognition

Map CRM pipeline stages to IFRS 15 and SA deferred-income rules so revenue recognises on delivery, not on deal close.

Multi-Currency & FX

Capture exchange rates at invoice time, book foreign deals in ZAR, and keep forex gains and losses accurate.

VAT & SARS Tax Invoices

Lock Section 20 fields, map zero-rated and exempt tax codes, and handle withholding tax so every invoice is SARS-compliant, automated SARS VAT number verification against the vendor register during customer and supplier onboarding before tax invoices issue, plus unbroken sequential numbering with central allocation and gap detection across CRM, ledger, and e-commerce, ecommerce checkout tax rules for mixed baskets, zero-rated vs standard-rated goods, B2B exemptions, and export customers on Shopify and WooCommerce with tax lines synced to Xero or Sage, multi-region invoice tax engines with jurisdiction rate tables and product-category logic feeding CRM and ledger lines, and structured invoice/ledger exports that prepare VAT201 eFiling packs with control-account reconciliation, monthly VAT201 draft assembly from invoicing and expense systems with Box totals, exception queues, and draft-to-submit review before the 25th, plus company ITR14 and IRP6 provisional submission packs with live eFiling status sync beyond payroll EMP201 filing alone.

PAYE & EMP201 Filing

Automate monthly EMP201 preparation and submission to SARS eFiling for PAYE, UIF, and SDL, with pre-filing three-way reconciliation that matches payroll totals, EMP201 drafts, and the general ledger so variances are caught before the 7th. Covers dedicated UIF calculation (1% employee + 1% employer, R17,712 ceiling, R177.12 max per side) with a separate UI-19/uFiling declaration track alongside EMP201 remittance, EMP501 annual reconciliation (twelve-month EMP201 rollup, IRP5/IT3(a) matching, and the April to May filing window), automated IRP5/IT3(a) certificate generation and employee distribution, leave-balance sync into payroll so unpaid leave deductions and IAS 19 leave pay provisions stay audit-ready, roster and timeclock hours write-back into SimplePay, Sage, and PaySpace with overtime, Sunday, and shift-allowance mapping (distinct from leave-balance sync and pay-run journals), approved timesheet hours push into payroll (distinct from roster scheduling and timesheet approval workflows), SimplePay, PaySpace (Deel Local Payroll), and Sage 300 People API hubs that sync employee masters into CRM and HR portals and post pay-run journals into Sage, Xero, and QuickBooks beyond native connectors, and automated multi-cost-centre payroll journal posting of salary, PAYE, UIF, SDL, medical aid, and garnishee lines on pay-run finalisation; inbound AI extraction of employee IRP5/IT3(a) certificates and SARS tax forms into payroll systems for year-end EMP501 matching (distinct from generating IRP5s outbound from payroll)

Chart of Accounts Mapping

Map CRM products and line items to the right revenue accounts, tracking categories, and cost centres.

Deal Expense Allocation

Link CRM deals to accounting expenses for true cost-per-deal and deal profitability reporting. Also covers employee expense claim automation with mobile receipt capture, manager approval, policy checks, and posting into Xero or Sage for faster reimbursement and SARS-ready VAT trails (distinct from supplier AP invoice OCR), AI expense receipt categorisation that reads travel, meal, and mileage receipts, extracts amounts and vendors, classifies spend to GL codes, and pre-fills claims so finance only reviews exceptions (distinct from supplier invoice OCR and from claim workflow alone), plus project-coded expense capture with the dual path of staff reimbursement OR client bill-back so project P&L stays accurate (distinct from claim-only automation and CRM deal-expense sync), purpose-built digital expense management platforms that replace shared Excel/Google Sheets with policy enforcement and live Xero/Sage posting (distinct from claim-only automation, AI categorisation, and project bill-back), automated expense policy enforcement that flags out-of-policy claims, missing receipts, duplicates, and limit breaches before approval or payment (distinct from reimbursement-speed workflows and from the full expense platform), and fleet fuel spend posting to cost centres from consumption and anomaly-tracked purchases (distinct from generic expense claims).

Project Costing & Cost Centres

Link CRM projects to accounting cost centres for live project margin tracking, plus approved timesheet hours posting as cost journals with cost centre and tracking-category allocation (distinct from Time Tracking to Invoice billing), contractor invoice matching against approved freelancer hours before payment, and strategic profitability rankings that show which clients and project types actually make money once time, cost, and revenue are combined.

Budget vs Actual Tracking

Join budgets, CRM forecasts, and ledger actuals into one variance view, with live burn-rate alerts from time and expense data so overruns are caught mid-delivery rather than at month-end close.

Line Item Mapping

Preserve CRM deal products as separate invoice lines with quantity, price, tax, and account code.

Project Tool Line Items

Pull deliverables, quantities, and rates from Asana, Monday.com, Jira, ClickUp, or Notion into Xero or Sage invoice lines so project billing stops being a Friday copy-paste job.

Product Catalogue Sync

Keep SKUs, price lists, and tax codes aligned between CRM and accounting.

Billing Plan Catalogue / Subscription Tiers

Manage tiers, add-ons, grandfathered plans, and custom pricing in a real catalogue synced from CRM into billing and the ledger, so plan logic leaves the spreadsheet.

Invoice PDF Generation & Branding

Lock branded, SARS-ready PDF themes on Xero, Sage, and QuickBooks invoices with batch generation, so finance stops reformatting default exports in Word.

Payment Terms Sync

Map CRM customer and deal terms (net-7, net-30, net-60, COD, early-payment discounts) onto accounting invoice due dates automatically so billing never invents the wrong terms.

Discount Sync

Carry CRM quote discounts to accounting invoices so pricing and margin reports stay accurate.

Purchase Order Matching

Pass PO numbers from CRM deals onto invoices so customer AP clears first pass.

Three-Way Matching (PO / GRN / Invoice)

Match supplier invoices against purchase orders and goods receipt notes before AP payment, catching quantity, price, and VAT discrepancies with exception queues, then schedule approved bills for calendar-driven supplier and contractor disbursement into bank rails so early-payment discounts are captured automatically.

Credit Notes & Refunds

Automate credit note creation on cancellation, returns, and resolved billing disputes, match gateway refunds to ledger lines, route approvals, keep SARS Section 21 audit trails, and run bad-debt write-off workflows between CRM and ledger.

Milestone & Progress Billing

Trigger staged invoices from CRM or project-tool milestones: deposits, progress payments, and final invoices, including same-day invoicing when a milestone is marked complete in Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or ClickUp, plus field-service job-completion invoice sync that posts parts, labour, and callout lines into Xero, Sage, or QuickBooks the moment a technician closes the job on mobile (distinct from CRM Closed Won drafts and from project-tool milestone billing).

Deposit & Balance-Due Billing

Raise the deposit invoice on booking or contract sign, then automatically issue the balance-due invoice on delivery or completion, with the deposit credited against the job.

Customer Deduplication

Match and merge CRM and ledger duplicates with fuzzy matching and a master customer record.

Retainer & Monthly Billing

Day-1 monthly retainer invoices from CRM agreements with balance tracking and overage billing, plus hybrid agency runs that compose retainers, fixed-fee milestones, and T&M/ad-hoc lines (including media pass-through) into one month-end invoice.

Usage-Based & Metered Billing

Convert consumption events into cycle-end invoices for API platforms and SaaS.

Trial-to-Paid Conversion

Card capture at signup, prorated first invoice, and failed first-charge recovery.

Pro-Rata / Mid-Cycle Plan Changes

Automate prorated credits and charges when customers upgrade or downgrade mid-billing cycle, so finance stops calculating partial amounts in spreadsheets.

Contract Renewal Invoicing

Renewals triggered from CRM dates with price uplifts, notice-period alerts, and timely invoices.

Signed Contract to Invoice

Raise the first invoice the hour a contract is e-signed in DocuSign, PandaDoc, or Dropbox Sign, and convert accepted CRM quotes into Xero, Sage, or QuickBooks invoices with line-item fidelity, VAT, and account codes preserved so re-keying never starts the payment clock late.

Time Tracking to Invoice

Approved timesheets become invoice line items so billable hours do not sit as WIP, with rate cards, write-off reason codes, T&M expense recovery, and transparent client breakdowns. Also living rate card masters with client, project, and staff-level rates, effective dates, and stale-rate alerts (distinct from applying rates only at invoice time), live WIP ageing by client, matter, and owner with cash-flow forecasts from unbilled balances (distinct from Invoice Ageing Reports for AR), AI cash flow prediction that rolls AR/AP patterns and seasonality into a forward cash position so CFOs act weeks before a shortfall (distinct from WIP unbilled forecasts alone), and automated discrepancy checks between tracked time and issued invoices with wrong-rate flags and forgotten-expense detection (distinct from applying rates only at invoice time and from WIP ageing alone).

Bulk & Batch Invoicing

Generate hundreds of invoices in one run from a levy roll, membership list, or wholesale customer file.

Overdue Alerts & Collections

Friendly pre-due and upcoming invoice reminders a few days before due date, aged-debtor CRM alerts, automated email, WhatsApp, and SMS invoice reminders with pay links, scheduled and on-demand customer statement packs with ageing buckets and PDF/email/portal delivery, dunning sequences, collections escalation, and invoice dispute intake with CRM tickets, finance notify, revised invoice or credit note, and status sync to resolution, plus lightweight custom debtor management system builds for SMEs without a collections team (live aging dashboard, chase status, and DSO reduction workflows distinct from reminder sequences alone).

Invoice Ageing Reports

Live 30/60/90 day AR ageing packs from Xero or Sage to finance dashboards, email, or WhatsApp on a schedule, so CFOs stop rebuilding stale Monday spreadsheets.

Customer Invoice Portal

Branded self-service portal where customers view invoice history, download PDFs, see live balances, and pay outstanding invoices without calling finance, plus WhatsApp first-delivery of invoice PDFs with Pay Now links for mobile-first clients.

Invoice Fraud & AP Controls

Detect BEC-driven supplier invoice fraud with bank-detail change flags and anomaly alerts, plus continuous AI monitoring of bank feeds and AP for duplicate supplier payments, out-of-pattern spend, and weekend EFTs.

Commission Calculation

Automated commission schedules from closed-won deals and confirmed payment data.

Revenue Reconciliation

Explain every rand of variance between CRM revenue reports and P&L actuals, including gateway and bank-feed matching, plus month-end close cycle automation for continuous reconciliations, accrual drafting, and recurring journal workflows that cut close from 8–15 working days toward under 5.

Bank Statement Extraction

Parse FNB, Standard Bank, Absa, and Nedbank statement PDFs or CSVs and match transactions into Xero, Sage, or Pastel so finance reviews exceptions instead of every line, plus AI bank reconciliation that ML-matches split payments, partial remittances, and messy EFT references beyond basic PDF or CSV parse-and-match.

AP Invoice OCR Capture

Extract line items, VAT, and vendor details from supplier PDF invoices and post validated bills into the ledger with confidence-based review, including vision and LLM extraction on unstructured layouts without per-vendor templates.

AI Invoice Categorisation & Routing

After capture, AI codes supplier invoices to the right GL account, cost centre, project, and department, then routes each bill to the correct approver so AP stops hand-coding every line.

AI Invoice Processing

End-to-end accounts payable automation that reads supplier invoices, extracts line items, matches them to purchase orders, flags discrepancies, and routes payment approval so invoices reach payment-ready status without AP clerks chasing every bill (distinct from capture-only OCR, from post-capture GL categorisation, and from three-way matching alone).

Live Financial Dashboards

Always-on executive views joining CRM pipeline with recognised revenue, cash, and aged debtors, live paid/pending/overdue/disputed invoice tracking distinct from scheduled 30/60/90 packs, including ageing report packs for multi-entity finance teams, plus live P&L views of revenue, expenses, and margins that replace month-end Excel packs (distinct from invoice status slices and generic executive KPI panes).

Audit Trail & Compliance

Immutable sync logs, invoice-to-deal lineage, sequential number gap detection packs, and invoice revision versioning with field-level before/after edit history, timestamps, and user attribution for IFRS, SARS, and external audit evidence.

Fixed Asset Registers & Lifecycle

Living digital equipment registers with purchase dates, depreciation schedules, maintenance windows, and assignment history synced to the FAR and ledger, plus procure-to-dispose lifecycle control that clears ghost assets, residual-value checks, and SARS capital-allowance / disposal packs (BGR 7, s8(4)(a), s11(o)) so year-end verification stops being a spreadsheet hunt.

Invoice Approval Workflows

Multi-approver chains with amount thresholds and SLA escalation that hold invoice drafts until signed off before posting to accounting.

Partial Payment & Instalment Sync

Allocate each partial payment or instalment against open invoices in Xero or Sage and push live outstanding balances back into the CRM.

Invoice API / Programmatic Billing

Expose a clean invoice API so product, CRM, or ecommerce systems can create, update, and query Xero, Sage, or QuickBooks invoices with auth and idempotency, without spreadsheet handoffs.

Inventory-Aware Invoicing

Stock checks before deal confirmation so sales cannot oversell against phantom inventory.

Inventory Accounting Sync / COGS Automation

WMS and warehouse stock movements post inventory asset and COGS journals into Xero, Sage, or Pastel so month-end valuations and cost of goods stay reliable without manual rebuilds.

Customer Lifetime Value

Cash-based CLV from CRM deal history joined with ledger payments, refunds, and bad debt.

Multi-system Sync

Keep CRM, e-commerce, and accounting in sync with retry queues, conflict rules, and failure alerts.

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