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Amidst a landscape brimming with electronic innovations, sophisticated marketing strategies, and advanced online shop development, numerous companies are driving this dynamism - including us. Our team of over 20 employees finds diverse, secure, and attractive job opportunities at our three locations in Leipzig, Mönchengladbach, and Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland.

The integration of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is often a game-changer for companies because it allows for the automation of numerous processes across various areas of the business. However, an ERP system may encounter limitations in certain workflows and should therefore be complemented by additional systems such as Product Information Management (PIM). In this article, we aim to explain why a combination of these two systems makes sense for your company, which specific tasks are facilitated by the PIM, and how to best approach the question of the leading system.

The Product Configurator from ESYON enables the inclusion of customizable products from various industries. Customers can select specifications according to their needs. The Product Configurator is directly integrated into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance.

E-commerce is expected to have over 3 billion buyers, according to forecasts (statista.de). Online marketplaces such as Amazon, Alibaba, and others attract the majority of customers.

This seems logical given their advantages: these platforms offer an overwhelming array of products, making price comparisons between similar items easy, and the ordering and shipping processes run, at least from the customer's perspective, in consistent patterns.

For merchants operating their own online stores, the omnipresence of e-commerce giants is not necessarily a problem. Instead, it presents an opportunity to benefit from their popularity and explore new sales channels through their extensive reach.

Shopify Plus is a shopping system particularly well-suited for connecting to new points of sale (PoS). In this article, we aim to clarify what considerations are essential when selling on online marketplaces and why an ERP system like Microsoft Dynamics is recommended for integration.

We like to get to know our customers and hope that our customers would like to get to know us, our culture, and how we operate. In this interview, we talk with US partner Patrick van de Luitgaarden, who represents ESYON in the United States. In this interview, we learn his background, how he first encountered ESYON, and why he decided that working with our product would boost his career. The interview is summarized below – enjoy!

If you're an e-commerce retailer, chances are you’re selling on Amazon and rely on Seller Central to manage that part of your business. Although Seller Central contains all the essential information about your marketplace, it isn’t always convenient. And if you are a larger company employing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Seller Central can feel like it is living in some far-off corner of your computer where switching between it and your ERP proves frustrating.

Would you like to drive changes in your company? That can be challenging, as humans are creatures of habit. Many people tend to be critical of changes in their work environment, reacting with rejection or even fear. Yet, within every change lies an opportunity. When communicated early and transparently, involving all affected parties, your company can become even more efficient and shed the burdens of rigid and outdated processes.

To implement changes effectively within companies, Change Management has been established. In this article, we'll explain what it entails and why we consistently encourage our clients to undertake change processes.

As a traditional company, the Swedish sports equipment manufacturer STIGA Sports distributes a wide range of products, including table tennis equipment, paddles, Snow Racers, and other sports and leisure items. Besides the classic distribution business, where the manufacturer exports many of its items to countries such as China, Japan, Canada, and numerous other countries, one business area proves to be a real growth engine: e-commerce. STIGA records a continuous increase in sales both for its own online store and its Amazon marketplace presence. The Amazon Marketplace Connector from ESYON has been used for the latter since January 2023.

We are always looking for young talents to join our team and bring their skills to our projects. Therefore, we are pleased to inform you that ESYON GmbH is now an official partner of iba (Internationale Berufsakademie) Leipzig. As part of this partnership, we took the time to interview our first dual student, Wulfgar Siewert. We spoke to him about his experiences in the dual study program, his work at ESYON and his future prospects. Read what he told us in this article.

Our employee, Marit, talks about her daily work life and experiences as a consultant. She shares her insights on how to harmonize her professional life with family and personal activities. In the interview, she reveals what her workday looks like and the freedoms and benefits she appreciates at ESYON.

Already from 2016-2017 we were allowed to accompany the launch of the first webshop of erfal GmbH & Co. KG. In a follow-up project, the B2B store was modernized and optimized primarily for mobile devices. We reviewed the project with Martin Spinnler, Webshop Manager at erfal, and took stock of how the online shop has been received by customers after the relaunch.

In the recent past, we have already given some of our employees a platform to talk about their everyday work. In the following, we would like to take a closer look at the day-to-day work of a developer at ESYON. Markus Süllau was kindly available for an interview. In this article, you can read what he particularly likes about his position and what makes ESYON special for him.

For many retailers, a product information management system (PIM system) is already an integral part of the implementation of a successful customer journey. Especially in times of digital transformations, the customer experience plays an important role in the sales process and also in differentiating oneself from potential competitors. In the article, you can read about the advantages of using a PIM system and how you can generate more satisfied customers as a result.

A customer-specific shopping experience while saving time thanks to central data management: This is how many companies in e-commerce are likely to define the goals of their process optimization. For the Swiss service and technology partner KUBO, ESYON has implemented exactly that for the company's new webshop in cooperation with our partner, the Ambibit Group.

Cloud computing is increasingly shaping the landscape of e-commerce. The number of providers and services is growing steadily, along with the advantages of a cloud solution. With Azure, Microsoft operates one of the largest server networks worldwide. Storage in the Azure Cloud is primarily done through what is known as Blob Storage. In the following, we explain how the service works and how you can leverage the benefits of Blob Storage for your online business.

We regularly hold interviews with our employees. In this way, we give interested people the opportunity to get to know the company and ESYON better as an employer. Since August 2021, we have also employed a colleague from the USA, Roan Dominguez. In a personal interview, he told us how this came about, how the young developer found his start at ESYON and why language barriers were never a hurdle for his everyday life at the company. In the following, we summarise the interview for you. Enjoy!

Add a channel for mobile devices to your existing OXID eShop and provide your customers with the freedom of an omnichannel solution. Find out everything you need to know here.

We are always on the lookout for strong support for our team. So, we are delighted that we have recently welcomed some new employees who will strengthen ESYON in the future. But how do they find their way to us? What makes ESYON a great employer, and how does our onboarding process work? In an interview, Carla Bokel, Project Manager and Consultant, talks about her first weeks at the company and answers these and other questions.

An e-commerce solution was created for Lekkerland's online business, which is specially tailored to the B2B environment and leaves nothing to be desired. A modern webshop was created and integrated with the Perfion PIM by ESYON.

The combination of online shop, PIM plus ERP from Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Promis API and EasyCatalog results in a highly integrated system landscape that was created in just a few months and has been live since April 2022.

In an interview with Marketing Manager Thomas Brandstetter, we review the project together, talk about the wishes and requirements and how they were ultimately implemented.