Connect Litium and IBM AS/400

Connecting Litium and IBM AS/400 for a company using both could enable automated transfer of product, inventory, and order data between the e-commerce platform and the legacy enterprise system. Such a connection could support more accurate stock levels, order fulfillment, and reporting by reducing manual data entry and improving data consistency across business functions.

You can build this integration on the System2System platform. We design the connection between Litium and IBM AS/400 around the way you work — not as an off-the-shelf connector, but to fit your systems.

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Why connect Litium and IBM AS/400?

A company operating both Litium and IBM AS/400 could benefit from connecting these systems to enable more efficient data exchange. Without such a connection, staff may need to manually enter the same information in both systems, which could increase the risk of errors and consume significant time. This manual process could also result in records becoming inconsistent between the systems, leading to situations where decisions are based on outdated or incomplete information. In environments where product data, inventory levels, customer records, and order details need to be consistent across platforms, the absence of automated data exchange could hinder operational accuracy and responsiveness. If a connection were established, it could enable the transfer of key business data between Litium, which is broadly recognized as an e-commerce platform, and IBM AS/400, which is widely known as a robust enterprise resource planning and business management system. The types of data that could be exchanged often include product information, stock levels, order transactions, and customer details, as these are central to both commerce and back-office operations. However, the specific data that can be exchanged depends entirely on what each system exposes through its API and must be determined on a case-by-case basis.

How System2System builds an integration

Connectors

We connect to each system through the interface it offers — an API, a database, a file exchange or a webhook — and handle authentication, rate limits and retries.

Mapping

Fields rarely line up one to one. We map and transform the data so both systems receive it in the shape they expect.

Workflow

We define what triggers an exchange, in which direction data flows and which system takes precedence when the two disagree.

Monitoring

Every exchange is logged. Failures are flagged and can be replayed, so nothing disappears without anyone noticing.

What can actually be exchanged?

That depends on what Litium and IBM AS/400 make available through their APIs, on the licences and modules in use, and on the version each system runs. Which records are synchronised, in which direction and how often, is something we determine together before any work starts.

We are happy to look at your specific situation and tell you what is feasible — including when the answer is that it is not.