https://draypec.com/blog/Practical guides for owners of small and mid-sized companies: online stores, internal software, automation and AI in daily operations.enhttps://draypec.com/blog/online-store-and-erp-without-retyping/https://draypec.com/blog/online-store-and-erp-without-retyping/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe store is linked to the ERP without replacing either: the certified invoicing program stays, and every order leaves it with the document issued. Before any technology, decide in writing who owns each piece of data, and send integration errors to a visible queue that someone reviews every morning.https://draypec.com/blog/digitising-an-sme-with-a-warehouse/https://draypec.com/blog/digitising-an-sme-with-a-warehouse/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTStart with master data (products, customers and prices in order), then sales, then the links between sales and the warehouse, then the warehouse floor, and only at the end AI. That is the order Plurifil, a Portuguese company, followed; its ERP had 35 user accounts in nine roles on 3 August 2026. Reversing the steps turns months into years.https://draypec.com/blog/ai-in-sme-operations/https://draypec.com/blog/ai-in-sme-operations/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTStart where work passes between systems: orders that arrive by email and get retyped by hand, documents someone sorts manually. That is where AI gives hours back to a small company, with a person approving every entry. Prices, purchase orders and legally required invoicing come later, and the result is measured in hours returned per week.