Introduction
This guide gives a broad overview of how TRAEDE synchronizes data with e-conomic.
The integration covers three main areas: revenue, inventory, and purchasing.
Each area will be explored in detail in later articles in this course.
The three main data categories TRAEDE sends to e-conomic
TRAEDE synchronizes the following financial data categories:
Revenue
Invoices
Credit notes
Inventory
Cost of goods sold (COGS)
Manual inventory adjustments
Purchasing
Purchase invoices (optional but recommended)
Each category has a dedicated section in this integration course, where we explain setup, workflows, and best practices.
Revenue synchronization
Revenue refers to sales, meaning invoices and credit notes.
Invoices
When an invoice is booked in TRAEDE, the system automatically sends it to e-conomic.
This ensures your revenue is always up to date in your accounting system.
Credit notes
When a credit note is booked in TRAEDE, the same credit note is created in e-conomic.
This prevents overstated revenue and keeps your accounts balanced.
Both invoice and credit-note transfers happen at the moment of booking.
Inventory synchronization
Inventory synchronization is optional and is typically used when you want your accounting system to maintain accurate inventory values and COGS.
Cost of goods sold (COGS)
For example:
Your invoice total = €1,000
Cost of goods for those products = €300
TRAEDE sends the €300 COGS to e-conomic so your financial reporting remains accurate.
Whether you should activate COGS synchronization depends on how you book your purchasing and inventory in general. This is covered in detail in the Inventory chapter.
Manual inventory adjustments
If inventory quantities are changed in TRAEDE outside of invoices or credit notes (for example, a stock correction), TRAEDE can send these adjustments to e-conomic so the balance sheet remains correct.
Purchasing synchronization
Purchasing refers to purchase invoices—the costs of acquiring goods.
TRA EDE can send purchases to e-conomic when you book a purchase in the system.
This can include:
Purchase invoice amounts
Customs costs
Freight
Other landed-cost elements
Why we recommend booking purchases in TRAEDE
Booking purchases through TRAEDE ensures:
Correct landed costs
Accurate cost prices
Clean synchronization between TRAEDE and e-conomic
This topic will be explained in detail in the Purchasing chapter of this course.
What comes next
In the next video, you will learn how to grant TRAEDE access as an administrator to your e-conomic account so synchronization can begin.