B2B Commerce and OMS
That Extend Your ERP
Add modern commerce and order orchestration on top of your ERP, no re-platform.
What the ERP Does, and What It Was Never Built For
Your ERP was built for three things, and it does all three exceptionally well:
Financial recording • Regulatory compliance • Production control
KIBO has zero interest in any of those functions. The one thing KIBO does not do on the customer fulfillment side is run an AP/AR function. That belongs to the ERP.
The boundary is precise. The moment a B2B buyer creates a purchase order in the ERP, the ERP’s job is done. Everything that follows is work the ERP was never designed to perform:
Order capture across every sales channel
Real-time inventory promising and allocation
Fulfillment routing across multiple nodes
Buyer communication and order tracking
Returns management
KIBO handles that entire layer. The ERP never has to.
Where KIBO Sits
KIBO is the commerce layer that sits in front of the ERP and manages every interaction the buyer and sales rep have with your business.
The ERP continues to do exactly what it has always done
KIBO reads from it and writes back to it via API
No production workflow changes
No re-platforming
No ERP customization required
Think of KIBO as the intelligent middleware between your ERP and your customers. It captures orders from every channel, provides real-time inventory visibility across all fulfillment nodes, makes allocation decisions based on the full demand picture, and passes clean, reconciled order data back to the ERP for financial processing.
The Integration Model
How does this actually connect?
MACH-certified architecture
Pre-built ERP connectors
Event-driven inventory sync
The ERP stays the financial system of record
What This Means for Your IT Team
No new ERP customization required
KIBO connects to the ERP as it exists today. Your team does not write new ERP code to make this work.
No disruption to existing workflows or data governance
Every process, data rule, and governance control your ERP team has built stays exactly in place.
Your IT team retains full control of the ERP environment
Your ERP team sets the terms of what crosses the API boundary and what does not.
KIBO is a separate SaaS layer - not the ERP team’s problem
KIBO operates with its own governance, uptime SLAs, and security posture. Your ERP team does not own it or have to support it.
KIBO delivers measurable results, fast.
Implementation Speed:
65%
average reduction in implementation time vs. multi-vendor stacks
6 to 8
Individual modules deploy in 6 to 8 weeks
50%
fewer integrations vs. multi-vendor stacks
167% ROI. Sub-6-month payback period.
Source: Forrester Total Economic Impact of KIBO OMS
The ERP is not going anywhere. Neither is KIBO. The only question is how fast you can show your CFO a 167% ROI without disrupting the stack you already have.
About KIBO
KIBO is a composable commerce platform for retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers who want to simplify complexity and deliver modern customer experiences. KIBO is the only modular commerce platform supporting unified experiences across Order Management, eCommerce, and Subscriptions. Companies like Zwilling, Ace Hardware, Boscov’s, Nivel, and REEDS Jewelers trust KIBO to bring sophistication and simplicity to their commerce operations. Learn more at kibocommerce.com.