Get your whole business on the same page with ERP
Stock in one app and invoices in another? Connect your accounting with the tools you rely on. Spend less time on admin and keep your numbers up to date.

3 reasons to build your ERP on Xero
Juggle less admin and give more time to the work you love, with your finances and apps connected.
Connect the tools you already use
Pull your business data together by linking your apps with Xero, so everything works as one.
Run your business better
Manage bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cash flow reporting from one intuitive platform, with fewer tools to pay for.
Know where your business stands
Get easy-to-read reports that update as transactions come in, so everyone works from the same set of numbers.
Build your ERP around how you work
What does your business need beyond the books? Start with Xero’s accounting at the core, then add apps from the Xero App Store for the jobs you handle every day. You end up with a system that fits how you work.
- Choose apps by function, such as inventory, customer relationship management (CRM), time tracking, and invoicing
- Add or remove apps as your needs change
- See data flow between Xero and your connected apps
- Build custom connections with Xero's open API

Automate your everyday bookkeeping
When your bank account is connected, Xero imports transactions through bank feeds. Just Ask Xero (JAX), Xero’s AI financial superagent, categorises and matches high-confidence bank transactions (in beta), and you keep the final say. Invoice reminders go out on your schedule. That’s less admin.
- Bank feeds Transactions arrive in Xero automatically, ready to reconcile
- Multicurrency Invoice and get paid in more than 160 currencies, with exchange rates updated hourly, on plans with multicurrency
- Reminders on your schedule
- Choose when customers get a nudge about unpaid invoices

Pay your team and stay on track with the ATO
Process payroll and manage super with confidence, ATO-compliant every time. Pay runs post to the same ledger as your accounts, so wages show in your profit and loss and balance sheet. Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting is built in, letting you file pay and super details with the ATO from Xero.
- Report to the ATO through STP each pay run
- Track GST automatically and prepare your business activity statement (BAS)
- Connect rostering and HR apps
- Keep a digital audit trail

See the whole business as it happens
How’s cash flow looking this week? Open your dashboard and the answer’s already there, with data from connected apps feeding into the same reports. With one version of the numbers to work from, you can make decisions with confidence.
- Custom reports and dashboards
- Set up the views you check most
- Money in and out Track cash flow, receivables, and upcoming bills
- Xero Analytics Plus See cash flow forecasts and visual insights from your up-to-date data
Keep stock, customers, and projects in sync
Connect inventory and CRM apps and use project tracking in Xero, so sales, stock, and costs line up. Track stock levels right in Xero, then add specialist apps as operations get busier. Less double handling and more time for the jobs that grow your business!
- Track stock levels that flow into invoices and orders
- Connect CRM apps so customer information syncs with Xero
- Monitor project costs as they happen
- Check job profitability in real time

FAQs on Xero’s enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is software that connects core business functions, such as finance, inventory, HR and customer management, around shared data. Xero's plain-English ERP explainer covers the basics in more depth.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is software that connects core business functions, such as finance, inventory, HR and customer management, around shared data. Xero's plain-English ERP explainer covers the basics in more depth.
Xero handles your accounting, payroll, and reporting, then connects with apps for inventory, CRM, and projects so their data syncs into one Xero organisation. For a broader view of how ERP works, see the Australian Government Architecture's ERP capability overview.
Xero handles your accounting, payroll, and reporting, then connects with apps for inventory, CRM, and projects so their data syncs into one Xero organisation. For a broader view of how ERP works, see the Australian Government Architecture's ERP capability overview.
Accounting software records financial transactions and produces reports such as profit and loss. ERP software goes further, connecting your finances with wider operations like stock and staff. Pairing Xero with apps from the Xero App Store gives you both in one connected setup.
Accounting software records financial transactions and produces reports such as profit and loss. ERP software goes further, connecting your finances with wider operations like stock and staff. Pairing Xero with apps from the Xero App Store gives you both in one connected setup.
The Xero App Store offers hundreds of third-party integrations you can browse by function, such as inventory or CRM. For something more specific, a developer can build a custom connection with Xero’s open API.
The Xero App Store offers hundreds of third-party integrations you can browse by function, such as inventory or CRM. For something more specific, a developer can build a custom connection with Xero’s open API.
Yes. Xero tracks GST automatically and helps you prepare your business activity statement (BAS). Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting is built into payroll, so you can report pay and super details to the ATO each pay run. The ATO’s guidance for businesses sets out your obligations.
Yes. Xero tracks GST automatically and helps you prepare your business activity statement (BAS). Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting is built into payroll, so you can report pay and super details to the ATO each pay run. The ATO’s guidance for businesses sets out your obligations.
Absolutely. On plans that include multi-currency, you can invoice and receive payments in more than 160 currencies, with exchange rates updated hourly.
Absolutely. On plans that include multi-currency, you can invoice and receive payments in more than 160 currencies, with exchange rates updated hourly.
Definitely. Cloud ERP lets you and your team work from the same data anywhere, including on the go with the Xero Accounting app. Xero includes unlimited general users at no extra cost, and you can add apps as your needs change.
Definitely. Cloud ERP lets you and your team work from the same data anywhere, including on the go with the Xero Accounting app. Xero includes unlimited general users at no extra cost, and you can add apps as your needs change.
Your cost depends on the Xero plan you choose plus any apps you add. App subscriptions are separate from your Xero plan and priced by each provider. Compare options on the Xero pricing plans page to find the right fit.
Your cost depends on the Xero plan you choose plus any apps you add. App subscriptions are separate from your Xero plan and priced by each provider. Compare options on the Xero pricing plans page to find the right fit.
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