Software packages with targeted calibration and maintenance functionality have long been incorporated to track calibration, maintenance and asset management for IM&TE in regulated environments with an ever-increasing list of functionality to meet specific needs of the end-user group. As corporations move towards implementations of major ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software applications, resident calibration functionality 'modules' are increasingly mandated to metrology organizations, often without user acceptance, with corporate focus on efficiency of implementing a single solution at the cost functionality that falls short of specific metrology user requirements. API (Application Programming Interface, AKA, Integration) is a viable option to leverage the desired functionality between two or more systems' data. Integration is a user-defined interaction (to the field-level) so that key information can be 'pushed' or 'pulled' to and from target and source software packages. This paper discusses the strategy of justifying and incorporating integration between an ERP (or other software systems) and desired CMMS software (Calibration/Maintenance Management System), its architecture overview and common validation plans to satisfy corporate quality and IT organizations in order to maximize compliance and efficiency in the metrology department.
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