E-commerce · Production

E-commerce ERP-to-shop automation — multi-million price updates weekly without dev work

The problem

iMi digital needed to automate complex ERP to Shopware product imports including weekly price updates across millions of SKUs. Previously required significant developer time and custom scripted solutions that broke with each ERP update.

First attempt

First version ran as a single large batch — Shopware API rate limits caused failures mid-run, leaving prices partially updated. Rebuilt with intelligent batching and retry logic. Now processes in chunks with automatic backoff.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
ERP price feed
Trigger
2
N8n
Orchestration
3
Data transformation
Processing
4
Shopware API
Output
Reported outcome

Weekly multi-million price updates now fully automated.
Developer time on routine sync work eliminated. Shopware storefront always current with ERP pricing. No more manual export-import cycles.

Reported metrics
Time savedMillions of updates
VolumeWeekly automated
Running sinceSep 2024
Reported stack
n8nShopware APIERP systemPrice feed
Source
iMi digital GmbH case study: ERP to Shopware automation with n8n (n8n.io)
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Weekly multi-million price updates now fully automated.

What tools did this team use?

n8n, Shopware API, ERP system, Price feed.

What results were reported?

Time saved: Millions of updates; Volume: Weekly automated; Running since: Sep 2024 (source-reported, not independently verified).

What failed first in this deployment?

First version ran as a single large batch — Shopware API rate limits caused failures mid-run, leaving prices partially updated.

How is this e-commerce AI workflow structured?

ERP price feed → N8n → Data transformation → Shopware API.