Purpose
1.2. Automates collection, matching, and analysis of POS data against warehouse, e-commerce, and distributor inventories.
1.3. Ensures automated detection of discrepancies (overstock, missing, mis-shipped, loss, returns) for plants, gardening tools, and supplies.
1.4. Facilitates automatedly reconciled reporting for audit, shrinkage prevention, and regulatory compliance adherence.
1.5. Provides automated alerts to management and staff for immediate variance resolution.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manual trigger by store manager when new inventory is received or transferred.
2.3. Automated trigger upon POS transaction, return, or shipment event received.
2.4. Automated API/webhook notification from stock management or ERP changes.
Platform Variants
3.1. Shopify
• API: /admin/api/2023-04/inventory_levels.json
• Feature: Automate data extraction from product and location inventory.
3.2. WooCommerce
• REST API: /wp-json/wc/v3/products/
• Feature: Automates pulling SKU and stock levels for matching.
3.3. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• API: /api/data/v9.0/Inventories
• Feature: Automating inventory journal/report automation.
3.4. SAP S/4HANA
• API: Inventory Management – API_MATERIAL_DOCUMENT_SRV
• Feature: Automate fetch of material documents and stock counts.
3.5. QuickBooks Commerce
• API: /inventory/
• Feature: Automating inventory data and adjustments reconciliation.
3.6. Square
• API: /v2/inventory/
• Feature: Automates item-by-location reconciliation events.
3.7. Oracle NetSuite
• API: /services/rest/inventoryItem/
• Feature: Automated inventory reporting and stock delta computations.
3.8. Fishbowl Inventory
• API: /api/inventory/
• Feature: Automate inventory extraction and comparison.
3.9. Zoho Inventory
• API: /api/v1/inventory_adjustments
• Feature: Automate adjustment data and reporting.
3.10. Lightspeed Retail
• API: /API/Account/{accountID}/ItemInventory
• Feature: Automates item and quantity automatic reporting.
3.11. Cin7
• API: /api/v1/stock/
• Feature: Automates scheduled bulk stock exports for reconciliation.
3.12. Dear Systems
• API: /InventoryMovement
• Feature: Automates inventory movement event pulls.
3.13. Xero
• API: /inventories/
• Feature: Automates item and adjustment reconciliation.
3.14. Vend (now Lightspeed X-Series)
• API: /api/2.0/stock
• Feature: Automate extraction of store-level inventory.
3.15. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
• API: /inventory_levels/
• Feature: Automates product and warehouse stock.
3.16. Clover
• API: /v3/merchants/{mId}/inventory/items
• Feature: Automate live stock computations.
3.17. Unleashed
• API: /StockOnHand
• Feature: Automates total and available stock reporting.
3.18. Ecwid
• API: /products/{productId}
• Feature: Automates per-product inventory status polling.
3.19. Odoo
• API: /stock.quant
• Feature: Automate scheduled stock counts retrieval.
3.20. SAP Business One
• API: /InventoryGenEntries
• Feature: Automates item-wise reconciliation event downloads.
Benefits
4.2. Enforces operational transparency and real-time inventory accuracy.
4.3. Enables automated alerts for stock variances, minimising shrinkage and loss.
4.4. Streamlines multi-location stock tracking for robust garden center management.
4.5. Automates integration for regular, accurate reporting to auditors and supply chain partners.