Inventory reconciliation between physical store and online platforms

Purpose

1.1. Automate the inventory reconciliation process between physical children’s clothing stores and multiple online platforms for accuracy and real-time stock updates.
1.2. Automating sync prevents overselling, reduces manual errors, and ensures customers and staff see correct inventory levels at all times.
1.3. Automate detailed comparison of inbound/outbound stock and online sales, instantly adjusting discrepancies automatically.
1.4. Enable automated reordering from suppliers via threshold-based triggers for popular items.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled by cron (e.g., every hour, daily).
2.2. Manual trigger from an admin dashboard or POS device.
2.3. Transactional event (sale, return, stock intake) logged on any connected platform.
2.4. API/webhook notification of inventory changes.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature/API: InventoryLevel API; configure automated polling and webhook triggers to sync quantities.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/API: WP REST API; schedule automated GET/PUT to Products endpoint for stock updates.
3.3. Square POS
• Feature/API: Catalog API; automate syncing of physical stock events to cloud.
3.4. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/API: Inventory endpoint; configure automation pulling discrepancies and pushing resolves.
3.5. Vend (by Lightspeed)
• Feature/API: Inventory Counts endpoint; automate exporting and comparing count data.
3.6. Magento
• Feature/API: Inventory Management API (StockItems); automate batch reconcile across SKUs.
3.7. Amazon Marketplace
• Feature/API: MWS/ SP-API Feeds; automate inventory feed submission and discrepancy fetch.
3.8. Etsy
• Feature/API: Listings Inventory endpoint; automate item update and reconciliation scripts.
3.9. eBay
• Feature/API: Inventory API; configure automated synchronizing of quantity and allocation.
3.10. NetSuite ERP
• Feature/API: Inventory Adjustment record; automate triggered adjustments on stock updates.
3.11. SAP Business One
• Feature/API: Service Layer Inventory endpoints; automate bulk stock reconciliation jobs.
3.12. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/API: Inventory endpoints; automate pushing updated quantities post-check.
3.13. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/API: Items/Stock API; automate GET and PUT for up-to-date reconciliation.
3.14. BigCommerce
• Feature/API: Catalog Inventory endpoint; automate periodic polling and discrepancy correction.
3.15. Cin7
• Feature/API: Stock Adjustment API; automate create and update stock adjustments automatically.
3.16. DEAR Systems
• Feature/API: Inventory API; automate bulk synchronization and error alerting.
3.17. ShipStation
• Feature/API: Inventory Sync; automate triggers on shipping or receiving for instant syncing.
3.18. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/API: InventoryOnHand endpoint; automate two-way sync and alerting.
3.19. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature/API: Inventory Records API; automatedly update all nodes on change.
3.20. PrestaShop
• Feature/API: Stock Available endpoint; automate extraction and injection for matches.

Benefits

4.1. Automated inventory reconciliation prevents overselling, backorders, and customer dissatisfaction.
4.2. Automates detection of stock mismatches between platforms, boosting accuracy and operational trust.
4.3. Frees staff from manual checking, allowing focus on sales and customer service—automation at scale.
4.4. Enables automated ordering and stock alerts, improving the supply chain responsiveness for children’s clothing inventories.
4.5. Automation ensures compliance and clear record-keeping, reducing shrinkage and loss.
4.6. Automating synchronization minimizes revenue loss from stockouts and listing errors, automating growth.
4.7. Data made available for analytics and reporting through automated logs.
4.8. Automates variant-level between-store and online SKUs, even with complex product hierarchies.
4.9. Customizable automation workflows to suit any retail system combination.
4.10. Reconciliation automation is customizable per store, SKU, or supplier, creating granular control.