The real cost of not integrating
When two systems do not talk, someone becomes the bridge. That someone exports a spreadsheet, reviews it, imports it and fixes what broke. It costs hours every week, and every manual step is a chance for an error that will surface later as mismatched stock or a wrong invoice.
A proper integration does not just save that time: it removes an entire class of errors. The data exists in one place and propagates; there are no two versions of the truth to reconcile.