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Global Shop Solutions API

Global Shop Solutions is a manufacturing ERP that runs operations from quote to cash—production, inventory, job costing, scheduling, CRM, and accounting—for manufacturers across 30 industries. An unofficial API lets you programmatically pull jobs, work orders, inventory, purchase orders, customers, and financials, and push updates like new quotes, sales orders, shop-floor labor, and shipments back into Global Shop Solutions.

By Alex Klarfeld•May 30, 2026
Global Shop Solutions API

What is Global Shop Solutions?

Global Shop Solutions is a debt-free, family-owned ERP software company headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, serving manufacturers in over 25 countries and 30 industries. Its manufacturing-focused ERP streamlines operations from quote to cash—covering production scheduling, shop-floor data collection, job costing, inventory, purchasing, CRM, and accounting—and is available as Cloud ERP, On-Premise ERP, and Government ERP.

Core product areas include:

  • Production (Shop Floor Data Collection, Quality Control, Scheduling, Routing, Shop Management, Preventative Maintenance)
  • Inventory Management (Inventory, Purchasing, RFID Technology, Shipping)
  • Financial Operations (Job Costing Accounting, Accounting, HR & Payroll)
  • Customer Service (CRM, eCommerce, EDI, Estimating & Quoting, Order Management, Sales)
  • Engineering (Bill of Materials, BOM Compare, CAD Interface, Nesting Interface, Product Configurator)
  • Planning & Analytics (Planning & Scheduling, Project Management, Dashboards, KPIs)

Common data entities:

  • Jobs, Work Orders, Routings, Operations, Shop-Floor Labor
  • Quotes, Estimates, Sales Orders, Order Lines, Pricing
  • Parts, Inventory, Bills of Material, Product Configurations
  • Purchase Orders, Vendors, Receipts, Shipments
  • Customers, Contacts, CRM Activities, eCommerce/EDI Transactions
  • Invoices, Payments, Job Costs, GL Accounts, Payroll Records

The Global Shop Solutions Integration Challenge

Manufacturers run mission-critical operations on Global Shop Solutions daily, but turning its modules into clean, API-driven automation is non-trivial:

  • Tailored deployments: Global Shop Solutions takes a per-client approach, so screens, fields, and workflows are customized per manufacturer—generic integrations break across tenants
  • Mixed integration surfaces: The platform exposes flat files, XML, direct-to-database, FTP, REST, and Web API—coverage and shape differ by module and version
  • SDK and customization gates: Tailoring screens and apps often runs through the Global Application Builder (GAB) SDK, adding a custom layer integrations must respect
  • Cloud vs. on-premise split: Cloud, on-premise, and government deployments each have different access models and network constraints
  • Cross-module object spread: Jobs, inventory, sales, purchasing, and accounting each have their own identifiers and lifecycle states that must be stitched together
  • Job-costing accuracy: Shop-floor labor, material, and cost transactions require precise routing, operation, and reason-code handling to keep job costs trustworthy

How Supergood Creates Global Shop Solutions APIs

Supergood reverse-engineers authenticated browser flows and Global Shop Solutions' REST/Web API, XML, and direct-to-database surfaces to deliver a resilient API layer for your tenant—across cloud and on-premise deployments.

  • Handles username/password and MFA securely in a managed session
  • Maintains session continuity with automated refresh and change detection
  • Normalizes responses across Production, Inventory, Sales, Purchasing, and Accounting so you integrate once and rely on consistent objects
  • Aligns with tenant-specific screens, custom fields, and GAB customizations to ensure compliant access

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Getting Started

  • Schedule Integration Assessment

Book a 30-minute session to confirm your modules, deployment model, and authentication setup.

  • Supergood Generates and Validates Your API

We deliver a production-ready Global Shop Solutions adapter tailored to your tenant configuration and customizations.

  • Deploy with Monitoring

Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adjustments as Global Shop Solutions evolves.

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API Endpoints

Authentication

POST/authenticate

Authenticate to a Global Shop Solutions tenant with username/password and obtain a session token for downstream calls.

Sales

GET/customers

List customers and contacts from CRM and Order Management with filters for status, territory, and account.

Sales

GET/sales_orders

Retrieve sales orders, quotes, and estimates with line items, pricing, and status.

Sales

POST/create_sales_order

Create a new quote or sales order against a customer with configured products, BOM, and pricing.

Production

GET/jobs

Pull jobs and work orders with routing, scheduling, shop-floor status, and job-costing detail.

Inventory

GET/inventory

Read on-hand inventory, part records, and bills of material with location and quantity filters.

Purchasing

POST/create_purchase_order

Create a purchase order against a vendor with parts, quantities, and expected delivery dates.

Use Cases

Sync job, work order, and shop-floor data into a warehouse

- Pull jobs, work orders, routings, and operation status from Shop Management and Scheduling into a single warehouse - Stream Shop Floor Data Collection labor and quality events to downstream BI and KPI dashboards - Reconcile job-costing actuals against estimates for real-time margin visibility

Automate quote-to-order and estimating workflows

- Push quotes and estimates into Estimating & Quoting with Product Configurator and BOM detail - Convert accepted quotes to sales orders in Order Management without portal clicks - Route pricing approvals and order acknowledgements back to CRM and Sales

Reconcile inventory, purchasing, and financials

- Sync on-hand inventory, part records, and bills of material across locations - Match purchase orders, receipts, and vendor invoices into AP and general ledger systems - Surface low-stock, backorder, and reorder events to planning workflows

Keep customer and shipment data in sync

- Pull customer, contact, and order records from CRM, eCommerce, and EDI into downstream systems - Push shipment and tracking updates from Shipping back to customer portals - Trigger invoicing and AR workflows when an order ships

Technical Specifications

Authentication

Username/password handled in a managed session, with MFA replay where the tenant requires it

Connectivity

Authenticated browser flows plus Global Shop Solutions' REST/Web API, XML, and direct-to-database surfaces where exposed

Response format

Normalized JSON across Jobs, Inventory, Sales, Purchasing, and Accounting objects

Rate limits

Adaptive throttling tuned to your cloud or on-premise deployment to avoid server-side limits

Session management

Automatic session refresh, credential rotation, and change detection

Data freshness

Near real-time pulls for jobs, inventory, and orders with optional scheduled batch syncs

Security

Encrypted credential vault, scoped access tokens, SOC 2-aligned controls, and audit logging

Webhooks

Event-style callbacks for job status, order changes, inventory movements, and shipments

Latency

Sub-second reads on cached entities; multi-second writes when posting through order and purchasing workflows

Throughput

Horizontally scaled workers sized to multi-plant job, inventory, and transaction volume

Reliability

Retry, backoff, and idempotency keys for order, purchasing, and labor transactions

Adaptation

Continuous monitoring of Global Shop Solutions releases, GAB customizations, and tenant configuration drift

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Supergood adapts to either deployment model. For Cloud ERP we work against your hosted tenant; for On-Premise ERP we operate against the same authenticated surfaces, with network configuration tuned to your environment.

No. Supergood works with your existing Global Shop Solutions credentials and authenticated sessions. You don't need a separate Global Application Builder (GAB) SDK license or third-party partnership to get programmatic access.

Supergood normalizes data across Production (Scheduling, Shop Floor Data Collection, Quality), Inventory, Purchasing, Sales and CRM, Estimating & Quoting, and Accounting, so you integrate jobs, orders, parts, and financials once.

Each tenant is profiled against its configured screens, custom fields, and Global Application Builder customizations. Supergood preserves tenant-specific fields and workflows rather than forcing a generic schema.

Yes. Beyond reads, the API supports writes such as creating quotes and sales orders, posting shop-floor labor, and generating purchase orders, with idempotency and audit logging on every transaction.

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