Product bundling and kit inventory management

Purpose

1. Automate the creation, tracking, and stock adjustment of bundled aquarium product kits to optimize inventory, reduce errors, and speed up bundled order fulfillment.

2. Automate syncing of stock levels for kits and individual components, ensuring real-time visibility and replenishment.

3. Enable automatable maintenance of complex kit dependencies in inventory when bundle or single product sales occur.

4. Automate updating sales platforms when kit composition or inventory changes, preventing stockouts or overselling.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated product bundle creation or modification in POS/inventory system.

2. Automated sale or return of individual kit items or full kits.

3. Automated inventory thresholds breached for any component or kit.

4. Automatedly scheduled sync between warehouse, POS, and online platforms.

5. Automated purchase order creation for low-stock kits or components.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

- Feature/Setting: InventoryLevels API — Automate adjusting inventory for both kits and components on sale or restock (POST/PUT to /admin/api/2023-10/inventory_levels/adjust.json).

2. WooCommerce

- Feature/Setting: REST API Products endpoint — Automate updating stock quantities for variable and grouped products (PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products).

3. Square POS

- Feature/Setting: Catalog API — Automate synchronized bundle and item stock management (POST /v2/catalog/object).

4. Lightspeed Retail

- Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automate inventory adjustments on component or bundle sale (POST /API/Account/{accountID}/Inventory).

5. Magento

- Feature/Setting: Bundled Product API — Automate bundled product inventory and reservation (POST /V1/bundle-products/{sku}/children).

6. Vend (now Lightspeed Retail X-Series)

- Feature/Setting: Products API — Automate updating product or bundle inventory counts (PUT /api/2.0/products/{id}).

7. BigCommerce

- Feature/Setting: Catalog API — Automate syncing stock levels for product bundles and variants (PUT /v3/catalog/products/{id}).

8. PrestaShop

- Feature/Setting: Webservice API Product combinations — Automate inventory of bundle-type combinations (PUT /api/combinations).

9. Cin7

- Feature/Setting: Products API — Automate inventory changes reflected across all components and bundles (POST /api/v1/Products/UpdateStock).

10. Unleashed

- Feature/Setting: StockOnHand API — Automate bundle and part stock synchronization (GET/PUT /StockOnHand).

11. DEAR Systems

- Feature/Setting: Assembly API — Automate kit (assembly/disassembly) inventory updates (POST /Assembly).

12. Zoho Inventory

- Feature/Setting: Composite Items API — Automate creation and inventory sync of bundled kits (POST /api/v1/compositeitems).

13. Odoo

- Feature/Setting: Product Kits in Inventory module — Automate Bill of Materials (BoM) and automated inventory updates (PUT via XML-RPC/REST).

14. NetSuite

- Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API — Automate inventory adjustments for assembly (kit) items (POST /services/rest/record/v1/inventoryAdjustment).

15. QuickBooks Commerce

- Feature/Setting: Bundles API — Automate stock adjustment flows for kits and individual items (PUT /api/v2/bundles).

16. Katana

- Feature/Setting: Product Bundle API — Automate inventory decrease/increase when bundles are sold (POST /api/bundles).

17. Microsoft Dynamics 365

- Feature/Setting: Inventory Journals API — Automate automatic adjustment for kit assembly/disassembly (POST /data/InventoryJournals).

18. Fishbowl Inventory

- Feature/Setting: Kit Items API — Automate stock automation for bundles and their components (POST /api/kititem).

19. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)

- Feature/Setting: Bundles Endpoint — Automate synchronizing kit assembly and automated inventory deduction (POST /bundles/update).

20. SAP Business One

- Feature/Setting: Inventory Transfer API — Automate bundled/kit inventory management across warehouses (POST /b1s/v1/InventoryTransferRequests).

Benefits

1. Automates real-time inventory accuracy for kits and parts, lowering manual effort.

2. Automating bundle management reduces out-of-stock risks and improves sales potential.

3. Enables automatedly faster fulfillment by synchronizing warehouse, POS, and online storefronts.

4. Automator allows easy scalability and efficiency for growth in aquarium retail.

5. Reduces errors, streamlines procurement, and enhances customer satisfaction using robust automation.