Centralized management of promotions and discounts on inventory

Purpose

1.1. Automate centralized management of promotions and discounts across inventory to maintain dynamic and competitive pricing in a discount supermarket context.
1.2. Automation increases accuracy and speed in synchronizing active offers, automating application and expiration of discounts, and reduces manual intervention in inventory and price updates.
1.3. Automates cross-system discount updates to ensure consistency across POS assets, e-commerce channels, supply chain systems, and in-store signage.
1.4. Implements time-limited or triggered promotions automatically as dictated by predefined business rules or real-time data changes (e.g., excess stock, approaching expiry, supplier offers).
1.5. Automates reporting and audit trails on automated discounting activities for compliance, review, and further optimization.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger on inventory thresholds (e.g., overstocks or approaching expiry automation).
2.2. Scheduled automation for weekly or seasonal campaign starts/ends.
2.3. Automated triggers based on supplier promotional feeds or negotiated deal entry.
2.4. Real-time automation initiation upon manual input for flash sales or localized events.
2.5. Automated external triggers from integrated e-commerce or ERP systems signaling pricing changes.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Discount List” API, configure scheduled discount rule execution.
3.2. SAP S/4HANA
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Promotions Management” (A7300_PROC_MAN API), map discount codes to inventory SKUs.
3.3. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Automated Promotions Workflow (SuiteFlow), triggering on stock or date events.
3.4. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Automate “PriceRules” API, link rules to product collections.
3.5. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automated PriceBooks and Promotion Rules configuration.
3.6. Magento Adobe Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Automate Cart Price Rules using REST API, schedule via cron automation.
3.7. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated “Coupons” API, auto-apply to products via WooCommerce REST API.
3.8. Square
• Feature/Setting: Automate Discounts API, set start/end dates programmatically.
3.9. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: Automated Promotion Events via POS API, linked to product categories.
3.10. Toast POS
• Feature/Setting: Automated Menu and Promo Management APIs for price automation.
3.11. Vend by Lightspeed
• Feature/Setting: Automated Price Book and Promotion configuration, schedule via workflows.
3.12. Clover POS
• Feature/Setting: Automated Discounts app, set triggers for inventory movement.
3.13. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated price adjustments with Promotion Rules API.
3.14. Cin7
• Feature/Setting: Automate Deals & Promotions module API, sync across channels.
3.15. Openbravo
• Feature/Setting: Automated Promotions and Discounts engine, event-driven rule sets.
3.16. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Automated Pricelist and Promotion Rules in Sales/Inventory modules.
3.17. Freshworks CRM
• Feature/Setting: Automated Deals Pipeline, automate discount application on stage change.
3.18. SAP Hybris
• Feature/Setting: Automated Promotion Engine Rules, real-time inventory triggers.
3.19. IFS Applications
• Feature/Setting: Automated Pricing and Discount Conditions, triggered by stock data.
3.20. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated Price Lists and Promotion Rules API, connect to stock events.
3.21. ZOHO Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Automated “Price List” API, scripting for event-based automation triggers.
3.22. Epos Now
• Feature/Setting: Automated Promotions Rules, sync with product database automatedly.

Benefits

4.1. Automates price-update cycles, reducing operational lag and human error.
4.2. Automatedly maintains pricing consistency online/offline and across multiple channels.
4.3. Enables scalable, automatable campaign management for any number of SKUs or stores.
4.4. Improves inventory movement by automating timely, dynamic discount activation.
4.5. Centralized automation allows business to react rapidly to market changes, maximizing revenue.
4.6. Facilitates deeper automation integrations, linking supplier data and customer behavior triggers.
4.7. Comprehensive audit trails and automated reporting for compliance and analytics.
4.8. Reduces staff workload, enabling focus on high-value activities through automation.
4.9. Enhances customer experience quality by automated, accurate, and timely discounts.
4.10. Scalable across multiple locations, fully centralized and automatable management.