Inventory and Stock Management**Purpose**
1.1. Automate the real-time synchronization of inventory data across all sales channels (online store, physical POS, third-party marketplaces, and supplier systems).
1.2. Automatedly ensure instant updates for stock changes (sales, returns, shipments, supplier restocking).
1.3. Eliminate manual stock adjustments, reduce errors, and automate multi-channel accuracy for aquarium accessory SKUs.
1.4. Automate prevention of overselling or underselling by automated synchronization and alerts.
**Trigger Conditions**
2.1. Inventory level change detected in any connected sales channel (order placed, item returned, stock received).
2.2. Automated batch updates from supplier API or manual input in warehouse management software.
2.3. Scheduled automated inventory reconciliation (e.g., every 15 min or on event triggers).
2.4. Automated threshold-based alerts for low or out-of-stock products.
**Platform Variants**
3.1. Shopify
• API: InventoryLevel API – automate webhook on `inventory_levels/update` and automate PUT requests to adjust inventory.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature: REST API – automate webhook on `product.updated` and update `/wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}` for stock.
3.3. Magento (Adobe Commerce)
• API: Inventory API – automate `PUT /V1/inventory/source-items` for synchronizing stock.
3.4. BigCommerce
• Webhook: `store/inventory/updated` – automate inventory adjustment via v3 Catalog API endpoint.
3.5. Square POS
• API: `V2/Inventory/BatchChange` – automate push updates to keep stock fresh.
3.6. Lightspeed Retail
• API: Inventory endpoint – configure automate `PUT /inventory/{itemId}` for adjustments.
3.7. Vend
• Webhook: `inventory.update` – automate update via `PUT /api/1.0/products/{product_id}` call.
3.8. Clover POS
• API: `/v3/merchants/{mId}/items/{itemId}` – automate PATCH to manage quantities on hand.
3.9. Amazon Marketplace
• API: MWS Feeds/Reports – automate POST for Inventory Feed and listen for automated report triggers.
3.10. eBay
• API: Inventory API `updateInventoryItem` automator – push real-time stock as orders occur.
3.11. PrestaShop
• API: `PUT /api/stock_availables/` – automate updates post-event.
3.12. Ecwid
• API: Inventory API – configure automate webhook POST on product change.
3.13. Zoho Inventory
• API: Item APIs – automate `POST /api/v1/items/update` on stock changes.
3.14. Odoo
• XML-RPC/JSON-RPC: `stock.quant` – automate quantities based on action triggers.
3.15. Netsuite
• SuiteTalk API: `updateInventory` – automate SOAP request upon event detected.
3.16. SAP Business One
• Service Layer: InventoryTransfer – automate stock sync via service layer endpoint.
3.17. QuickBooks Commerce
• API: Inventory adjustments – automate `POST /inventory/adjustment`.
3.18. ChannelAdvisor
• API: Inventory Quantity Update Service – automate call after sales event.
3.19. ShipStation
• API: `PUT /products/{productId}` – automate update inventory level when shipment created.
3.20. Easyship
• Webhook: Shipment/stock updated – automate webhook -> API update chain for inventory.
3.21. CSV/FTP Flat File
• Automator: Monitor FTP/CSV drops with scheduler and automate parsing/upload to master inventory system.
3.22. Google Sheets
• Automator: Apps Script or API – listen for cell value changes, downtime triggers real-time sync endpoint.
3.23. Microsoft Excel (via Power Automate)
• Automate event trigger "row updated" to push API calls to inventory endpoints.
3.24. Xero
• API: InventoryItems PUT endpoint – automate adjustments from centralized system.
4. **Benefits**
4.1. Automated, accurate inventory levels across all sales points minimising stockouts or overselling.
4.2. Reduce manual reconciliation via always-on automator for stock data.
4.3. Automatable error mitigation by synchronizing instantly upon all transactional events.
4.4. Automating workflows saves staff time, boosts customer satisfaction, and enables precise reordering or supplier notification.
4.5. Automatedly maintain real-time visibility, enabling data-driven aquatics accessory restocking and demand planning.