ERP development · ERP migration
Most UAE businesses start on Tally, QuickBooks or Zoho Books and outgrow them when stock, dealers, payroll, e-invoicing or a second company arrive. What keeps them there is the fear of migration: lost history, a broken VAT trail and weeks of parallel entry. Next Orbit implements and supports e-tijariX, whose Migration Centre was built so that a business can test the move completely before committing, check it against the old system and undo it if needed.
Quick answer
Switching from Tally, QuickBooks or Zoho to an ERP in the UAE means moving the chart of accounts, opening balances, open invoices and bills, post-dated cheques, the VAT position, fixed assets, products and stock with cost, customers, suppliers and, where relevant, CRM, marketing consent and HR history, without breaking the audit trail. e-tijariX, which Next Orbit implements and supports, runs the move as a guided seven-step project: plan, upload, map with AI suggestions, validate with plain-language errors, test run, commit and reconcile. An automatic backup precedes every import, re-runs update instead of duplicating, undo is available until sign-off, and cut-over checks confirm that the trial balance, receivables, payables, stock value, VAT, headcount and bank all match the old system.
What we deliver
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Deliverable 01
Exports from Tally, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Xero, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics and Business Central, SAP Business One, Shopify, WooCommerce, Salesforce and HubSpot are recognised and mapped; any Excel or CSV can be mapped with AI column suggestions.
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Deliverable 02
TRN, emirate, phone and date formats are checked and fixed in place, with errors explained in plain English or Arabic rather than codes.
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Deliverable 03
A full import is simulated so the team can see every account, balance, product and customer as it would land, before a single record is written.
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Deliverable 04
Chart of accounts, opening balances, open customer invoices and supplier bills one by one, advances, post-dated cheques, bank, VAT position, fixed assets, products and stock with cost, CRM, marketing consent, loyalty, users and HR history including joining dates, leave, gratuity, loans and payroll.
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Deliverable 05
The trial balance matches the old system, receivables and payables equal their accounts, stock value equals inventory, VAT, headcount, gratuity and bank agree, and no document numbers clash; a backup precedes every import and undo is available until sign-off.
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Deliverable 06
Past tax invoices and payslips kept read-only with their original PDF for the retention period, shown on statements and in the employee file, so the FTA trail is unbroken.
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Part of our ERP development service. The same architecture-first process, quality control and support apply; tell us the problem and one of our expert engineers will map it to a plan.
Discovery CallFrom one office in Dubai we move trading, distribution, retail, services and contracting businesses across the UAE and the GCC from Tally, QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Odoo, Xero, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics and Business Central, SAP Business One, Shopify, WooCommerce, Salesforce, HubSpot and Excel.
Every migration ends with a bilingual sign-off report your accountant can file.
No multi-warehouse stock or dealer pricing, payroll and WPS outside the books, no PINT AE e-invoicing, a second company that needs consolidation, and reports built in spreadsheets.
Fear of losing history, breaking VAT continuity, double-entering during a parallel run, and discovering problems only after the old system is switched off.
Migration plan and date, data extraction help, mapping and validation, a test run, reconciliation with your accountant, the compliant archive and sign-off.
Architecture-first
Before a line of production code is written we draw the system: the people who use it, the services behind it and the systems it must talk to. This reference architecture from our ERP development practice is the starting point we adapt to your operation.
Flow 01 Inventory Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 02 Sales Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 03 Procurement Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 04 Projects & assets Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 05 HR & payroll Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Technology stack
Chosen per project from tools we run in production. Pick a category to see the part of the stack behind it.
How it runs
5 stages, each with a deliverable you can review and sign off before the next begins.
Scope, cut-over date, who signs off and what stays in the old system as archive.
Exports uploaded; AI suggests the column matches; the finance team confirms.
Errors fixed in place; a full simulated import reviewed account by account.
Real import with automatic backup; cut-over checks compared with the old system; undo if anything is wrong.
Bilingual sign-off PDF for the accountant, archive activated, teams trained and the Launch Centre completed.
Who it is for
Traders who need multi-warehouse stock, dealer pricing and a storefront.
Services and trading companies that need UAE payroll, e-invoicing and multi-company.
Businesses that want CRM, store, stock and accounts on one database.
Companies moving to a UAE-first platform with WPS, PINT AE and Arabic built in.
Stores that need a B2B portal, warehouses and accounting behind the checkout.
Any Excel or CSV mapped, validated and loaded with checks.
Platforms we offer
e-trainia is our own platform; e-tijariX, MeezanX and AuthentiQ we implement and support. Each can be customised for your operation.
B2B + B2C commerce, inventory & ERP
Dealer and consumer sales, multi-warehouse stock, procurement and VAT accounting on one product master.
B2B + B2C one store, one stock figure
Explore e-tijariXQuestions, answered
Open items, balances and the VAT position are migrated as live data; past tax invoices and payslips are kept in a read-only compliant archive with their original PDFs for the retention period, so nothing the FTA may ask for is lost.
It depends on the number of companies, modules and the quality of the exports; the test run shows exactly where the data stands before any commitment. We agree the plan and cut-over date with you after reviewing the exports.
Every import is preceded by an automatic backup, re-runs update rather than duplicate, and the whole migration can be undone until the accountant signs off.
Yes. The VAT position at cut-over is migrated and checked, periods already filed stay locked in the archive, and the first return on e-tijariX is run in parallel with your tax agent.
Yes. Joining dates, contracts, leave balances, gratuity accruals, loans and payroll history are imported, with cut-over checks on headcount and gratuity.
No. The test run and mapping happen while you keep working in the old system; the commit is scheduled for a quiet point, usually a period end, and the archive carries the old records.
Further reading
A migration checklist for UAE businesses switching from Tally, QuickBooks or Zoho to an ERP: what moves, cut-over checks, backups, undo and archive.
All-in-one ERP vs separate tools for UAE SMEs: the hidden cost of stitched systems, when best-of-breed still wins, and how to migrate safely.
Odoo vs custom ERP in the UAE: where packaged ERPs fit and strain, what a custom build involves, a configured platform route, and a decision framework.
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