https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/ Systems of Record, the Comtau business systems journal: explainers, guides and decision frameworks on ERP, process automation, integration and modernization. en Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/erp-integration-architecture/ https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/erp-integration-architecture/ How to design ERP integrations that hold up: system-of-record decisions, integration patterns, sync versus async, idempotent messages, retries, reconciliation. Systems architecture & integration Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/erp-vs-mrp-vs-mes/ https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/erp-vs-mrp-vs-mes/ ERP, MRP and MES compared: the question each system answers, its time horizon, the records it owns, and how to decide which ones a manufacturer actually needs. ERP & core systems Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/how-to-map-a-business-process/ https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/how-to-map-a-business-process/ A step-by-step method for process mapping: set boundaries, collect real cases, draw swimlanes, name states and exceptions, and write the rules automation needs. Process automation & workflow Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/how-to-modernize-a-legacy-system/ https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/how-to-modernize-a-legacy-system/ A decision framework for legacy system modernization: assess each capability, choose keep, wrap, replace or rebuild, then migrate data and cut over in phases. Systems architecture & integration Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/what-is-an-erp-system/ https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/what-is-an-erp-system/ What ERP stands for, what an ERP system does, the modules it usually includes, how one shared database changes daily work, and where ERP stops being the answer. ERP & core systems Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/what-is-business-process-automation/ https://comtau.com/services/business-systems/blog/what-is-business-process-automation/ Business process automation explained: its building blocks, examples by department, how it differs from RPA and workflow tools, and what it cannot fix. Process automation & workflow Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT