Global Shop Solutions API

Overview

Global Shop Solutions is an on-premise ERP built for job shops and contract manufacturers: discrete manufacturers that produce custom or configured parts in small and medium batch sizes, often against specific customer orders rather than demand forecasts. Its customer base spans precision machining shops, metal fabricators, sheet metal and welding operations, and industrial job shops that use it as their production planning, scheduling, estimating, and inventory system. The platform is designed for manufacturers whose operations are too complex for basic MRP tools but too specialized for large enterprise ERPs, and it has a loyal mid-market installed base of shops that have run on Global Shop for years.

The integration situation with Global Shop Solutions is unambiguous: there is no cloud API, no REST endpoint, and no developer portal of any kind. Integration access is SQL-based, meaning it requires direct connectivity to the on-premise database server, an approved integrator relationship with Global Shop, and either on-site access or a VPN connection into the customer's network. This is not a partial coverage situation or a partner enrollment delay. For AI scheduling tools, job tracking platforms, and production analytics products that serve job shops and contract manufacturers, Global Shop Solutions is a black-box dependency: the data exists in the system, the users need to expose it to connected tools, and there is no standard programmatic path to reach it.

Integuru generates a production-ready HTTP API for Global Shop Solutions using direct HTTP requests against the same endpoints the Global Shop web application sends when a shop manager opens a work order routing, queries inventory, or reviews a customer order. No SQL access, no approved integrator relationship, and no on-premise database connectivity is required. The eleven planned actions cover the production, inventory, and order management operations that manufacturing technology teams need, working at the web application layer that every Global Shop user already interacts with.

Why the web application layer. Global Shop Solutions exposes no cloud API, but it does expose a browser-based web interface that every user accesses daily. Integuru maps the authenticated HTTP requests that web interface sends into a documented API. The web application and the SQL database hold the same data, reached through different access paths, and the web application requires no on-premise database credentials.

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Why Teams Need This Integration

The complete absence of an API creates hard blocks for every category of manufacturing technology that serves the job shop and contract manufacturing market.

AI production scheduling and capacity planning. Scheduling platforms that optimize job sequencing, assign work to work centers, and track hours against routing operations need list_work_orders and get_work_order_detail as live queries against Global Shop. A scheduling platform that reads work order routing sequences and current operation status can identify which jobs are behind schedule, which work centers are overloaded, and which operations are blocking downstream jobs. Without programmatic access, these platforms ask shop managers to export work order data from the ERP on a schedule, which introduces the kind of lag that makes real-time scheduling decisions impossible on an active shop floor. update_work_order_status closes the loop: as operations complete, the scheduling system pushes that completion back to Global Shop so the ERP stays current.

Job tracking and work-in-process visibility platforms. Shop managers and production supervisors at job shops need current job status across every open work order without logging into the ERP themselves. Job tracking platforms that surface this data in a mobile or dashboard view need list_work_orders and get_work_order_detail as the primary data feed. For contract manufacturers whose customers expect real-time job status updates, a job tracking portal built on live Global Shop data is a customer-facing requirement. The SQL-only integration model means these portals cannot be built without database access to the shop's on-premise server, which most manufacturing tech SaaS products cannot realistically maintain per customer.

Inventory and materials management automation. Manufacturers that run Global Shop as their materials planning system need inventory data accessible to replenishment tools, cycle count platforms, and receiving automation. get_inventory_level gives these tools current on-hand, allocated, and available quantities per part, and create_inventory_adjustment lets them push cycle count corrections and receiving entries back to the ERP. list_purchase_orders and get_purchase_order_detail give receiving tools the open PO data needed to match incoming shipments against the correct purchase order line. Without programmatic access, these workflows require a Global Shop user to manually enter each transaction in the portal.

Customer order management and quoting integration. Job shops frequently receive customer orders through external channels: EDI, customer portals, or quoting tools that need to create a corresponding job and sales order in Global Shop without re-keying. create_sales_order automates this handoff, and list_sales_orders with get_sales_order_detail gives customer-facing portals the order status data they need to respond to delivery inquiries. Quoting and estimating platforms that serve job shops use this surface to turn an accepted quote into a live Global Shop order.

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Manufacturing Workflows This Integration Covers

The eleven planned actions cover the production, inventory, and order management data surfaces that manufacturing technology teams need from Global Shop Solutions:

• Production orders: list_work_orders, get_work_order_detail, and update_work_order_status cover the full work order lifecycle including routing operations and work center assignments, supporting scheduling automation, MES connectors, and job tracking portals.
• Inventory management: list_items, get_inventory_level, and create_inventory_adjustment provide part master data, real-time stock levels by location, and programmatic adjustment submission for replenishment platforms and cycle count tools.
• Sales order management: list_sales_orders, get_sales_order_detail, and create_sales_order cover the customer order surface for EDI integrations, quoting platform handoffs, and customer-facing job status portals.
• Purchasing: list_purchase_orders and get_purchase_order_detail provide supplier order data for receiving automation, incoming quality inspection tools, and accounts payable platforms.

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Adjacent Integrations

Integuru already operates in adjacent workforce and distribution verticals in production. The HomeBase integration delivers 5 live actions for employee records, timesheets, and wage data, applicable to job shop labor tracking and payroll validation. The Workeasy integration delivers 8 live actions for workforce scheduling, relevant to contract manufacturers managing shift-based production against customer orders. The Arrow integration demonstrates Integuru's direct HTTP approach on a major electronics distribution platform, the same architecture that applies to Global Shop Solutions: direct HTTP requests against the web application layer, with no SQL database dependency or on-premise access required.