Financial & Reporting AutomationsPurpose
1.2. Automate commission calculation, tracking, statement generation, and payout processing for sales staff and external vendors.
1.3. Automates consolidation of transactions, expense allocations, and reporting for supplier and commission payments into financial systems.
1.4. Streamlines audit trails and compliance checks for supplier payments and commission outflows in the architectural salvage retail ecosystem.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated on statements reaching payment/commission thresholds or scheduled payout dates.
2.3. Automates on input of closing sales, issued credit memos, or manual payment triggers by managers.
2.4. Triggered by updates in supplier banking or staff commission profile details.
Platform Variants
• API: automate “Bill Payment” and “Vendor” endpoints; sample—POST /v3/company/{companyId}/billpayment to issue automated vendor payments.
3.2. Xero
• API: automate “Payments” and “Contacts”; sample—POST /api.xro/2.0/Payments to log automated supplier payments.
3.3. FreshBooks
• Function: automate “Payments” and “Expenses” modules; configuration—auto-match and pay supplier invoices.
3.4. Stripe
• Feature: automate “Payouts” API; sample—POST /v1/payouts to automatedly transfer supplier funds.
3.5. PayPal
• Feature: automate “Payouts” endpoint; sample—/v1/payments/payouts to disburse automated commission payments.
3.6. Wise (formerly TransferWise)
• API: automate “Create Transfer”; use POST /v1/transfers for international supplier automated payments.
3.7. Plaid
• Feature: automate “Transactions” API; automate reconciliation of supplier payments and commissions.
3.8. Oracle NetSuite
• Function: automate “Vendor Payment” and “Commission” modules; configure automated release of both funds types.
3.9. SAP Business One
• Feature: automate “Outgoing Payments” and “Commission” objects; automate transaction runs using B1if services.
3.10. Zoho Books
• API: automate “Vendor Payments” and “Commission Tracking”; automate via POST /vendorpayments endpoint.
3.11. Bill.com
• API: automate “Bill Payments”; automate payments and commission splits on schedule.
3.12. ADP
• Function: automate “Run Payroll” and “Commission Earnings” process; configure payroll-based commission payouts automatedly.
3.13. HubSpot
• API: automate workflows with “Deals” and “Commission” custom properties and automated Webhook triggers.
3.14. Salesforce
• Function: automate via “Apex” and “Process Builder”; automate commission calculation and outbound vendor payments.
3.15. DocuSign
• API: automate “Envelopes” for sign-off on payments/commissions; automate execution following completion.
3.16. Gusto
• Feature: automate “Contractor Payments” and “Bonuses”; configure automated commission distributions.
3.17. Slack
• API: automate “chat.postMessage” for instant payment/commission status alerts.
3.18. Monday.com
• Function: automate “Automations” for supplier/commission workflow status tracking.
3.19. Google Sheets
• API: automate “Sheets” to log, track, and reconcile payments and commissions.
3.20. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature: automate cross-system supplier/commission process orchestration with prebuilt and custom flows.
3.21. Mailgun
• Feature: automate email notifications on executed payments or completed commissions.
3.22. AirTable
• Feature: automate “Records” to cross-reference and update supplier and commission payment logs.
Benefits
4.2. Improved cash flow oversight and auditability through automation of approval, execution, and reporting steps.
4.3. Automating calculation and payout eliminates manual spreadsheet work and administrative cost.
4.4. Staff and suppliers are notified in real time with automated updates, ensuring transparency.
4.5. Automation enables scalability in payment and commission handling as the store or inventory grows.