Manufacturers have invested heavily in SyteLine because it sits at the center of their business.
Orders, inventory, purchasing, production, finance, customers, shipments, and operational history all flow through the ERP.
But SyteLine is rarely the only technology a manufacturer uses.
Sales may work in Salesforce, HubSpot, or Zoho.
Customers may place orders through an eCommerce platform.
Shipping teams may rely on specialized logistics applications.
Finance may use outside systems.
Plant teams may depend on other Infor or third-party applications.
Executives want reporting that brings all of those systems together.
And employees want technology that makes their jobs easier—not another disconnected application to maintain.
At HubKor, we believe manufacturers should be able to use the best technology for each business problem while keeping SyteLine at the center of the operation.
Our philosophy is simple:
Build natively when it makes sense. Integrate best-of-breed applications when they make sense. Connect the data so the entire business can see what is happening.
Not Every Problem Needs Another Standalone Application
There are times when the best solution belongs directly inside SyteLine.
If a workflow depends heavily on SyteLine data, users, security, business rules, approvals, and transactions, building within the Mongoose platform can provide significant advantages.
The user stays in a familiar environment.
The process can work directly with SyteLine data.
There is no need to move employees back and forth between multiple systems simply to complete one business process.
That philosophy is behind several HubKor applications built using the Mongoose platform.
HubDocFlow
HubDocFlow provides document workflow and automation within the SyteLine environment.
For AP automation, it can capture supplier invoices, extract invoice data, perform two- and three-way matching, manage approvals and exceptions, and create vouchers within SyteLine.
For customer-order automation, it can help transform incoming customer documents into structured transactions while reducing repetitive manual entry.
HubShip
HubShip extends shipping capabilities for SyteLine manufacturers while keeping the process close to the ERP and the information that drives fulfillment.
Eureka / Power BI
Eureka helps manufacturers turn operational information into meaningful reporting and analytics using Power BI.
HubData
For manufacturers running SyteLine in the cloud, gaining flexible access to SQL data can be challenging.
HubData helps provide access to that information so manufacturers can use their SyteLine data for broader reporting, analytics, and business-intelligence initiatives.
But native development is only part of the story.
Sometimes Best-of-Breed Is the Better Answer
Manufacturers should not be forced to use an ERP module simply because it came with the ERP.
There are categories where specialized third-party platforms may provide deeper functionality, better user experiences, or capabilities that better fit a particular organization.
CRM is a good example.
A manufacturer may decide that Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or another dedicated CRM is the right platform for its sales organization.
That decision should not force Sales and Operations into separate information silos.
HubKor has developed more than 55 integrations between SyteLine and best-of-breed third-party applications.
Instead of forcing the business to choose between the ERP and specialized technology, we help the systems work together.
Why We Use Infor ION
For these integrations, HubKor uses Infor ION.
ION is the integration framework Infor uses to connect products across its own ecosystem, including applications such as Factory Track and CPQ.
Using ION allows HubKor to create structured connections between SyteLine and specialized third-party products without treating every integration as an isolated custom interface.
The result is an architecture designed around connected systems rather than disconnected applications exchanging data as an afterthought.
Our approach is not:
Keep everything inside SyteLine.
And it is not:
Replace SyteLine with a collection of outside applications.
It is:
Use the right application for the job—and make sure it works with the rest of the business.
Integration Is Only Half of the Problem
Connecting applications is important.
But a company can have perfectly integrated systems and still struggle to understand what is happening across the business.
Why?
Because valuable information is still spread across different platforms.
Sales data may live in CRM.
Orders and production are in SyteLine.
Customer purchases may come through eCommerce.
Shipping information exists in another application.
Finance has its own information.
Leadership wants to understand all of it together.
That is where the combination of HubData and Eureka / Power BI becomes especially powerful.
From ERP Reporting to a 360-Degree View of the Company
HubData can make SyteLine information available for broader analytics.
Eureka and Power BI can then combine that information with data from other systems.
Imagine bringing together information from:
- SyteLine / CSI
- CRM
- eCommerce
- Shipping
- Finance
- Production systems
- Customer-service applications
- External databases
- Best-of-breed third-party products
Instead of looking at the business application by application, leadership can begin looking at the company as one connected operation.
Sales pipeline can be compared with actual orders.
Orders can be connected to production and shipments.
Customer activity can be viewed alongside revenue and profitability.
Shipping performance can be connected with customer-service information.
Financial results can be analyzed against operational activity.
The question changes from:
What happened in this application?
to:
What is happening across our company?
That is the kind of visibility modern manufacturers need.
Technology Should Follow the Business Problem
At HubKor, we do not believe architecture should be driven by ideology.
We start with the business problem.
What are employees doing manually?
Where are teams switching between systems?
Where is information being entered twice?
Where are decisions being made without enough information?
Which application provides the best experience for the user?
Where does a process naturally belong?
And how can we make all of those systems work together?
Sometimes the answer is Mongoose.
Sometimes the answer is a best-of-breed application connected through ION.
Sometimes the answer is unlocking data through HubData.
Sometimes the answer is bringing information together through Eureka and Power BI.
The architecture may be different.
The goal is always the same.
Help People Do Better Work
Technology should not create more work simply because the company added more technology.
An AP professional should not spend the day retyping invoice information.
A salesperson should not have to call Operations to find out what happened to an order.
An Operations manager should not have to log into CRM just to understand what Sales promised a customer.
An executive should not wait days for someone to manually assemble spreadsheets from five systems.
And IT should not be asked to support a growing collection of disconnected applications with fragile integrations between them.
Technology should remove friction.
It should connect information.
It should automate repetitive work.
And it should put useful information in front of the people who need it.
One Company Should Not Have Five Versions of the Truth
The customer does not think of your company as Sales, Operations, Finance, Shipping, and Customer Service.
They see one company.
Your technology should help your employees operate that way.
Sales should understand what is happening operationally.
Operations should understand what is happening with the customer.
Finance should have visibility into the transactions affecting the business.
Leadership should be able to see across all of them.
That is the larger HubKor mission.
Not simply integrating applications.
Not simply building software.
Not simply creating reports.
We want to help SyteLine manufacturers build a connected technology environment around the way their businesses actually operate.
The HubKor Point of View
We believe manufacturers should be free to choose the best tools for their business without sacrificing connectivity.
We believe processes that belong in SyteLine should be built close to SyteLine.
We believe specialized applications should be deeply integrated when they provide the better solution.
We believe business data should be accessible rather than trapped inside individual applications.
And we believe employees should be able to see the information they need without navigating a maze of disconnected systems.
That is why HubKor builds native Mongoose applications.
It is why we have developed more than 55 best-of-breed integrations.
It is why we use Infor ION.
It is why we built HubData.
And it is why Eureka and Power BI are such an important part of the HubKor platform.
Our philosophy can be summarized in four ideas:
Extend. Connect. Unify. See.
Extend SyteLine where it makes sense.
Connect best-of-breed applications where they make sense.
Unify the information across the business.
And give people a clearer view of the company they are trying to run.
That is HubKor.
