Inventory reporting dashboard

Purpose

1.1. Enable real-time monitoring and analysis of inventory levels for all product lines in an adult entertainment retail store.
1.2. Reduce manual tracking errors by automatically collecting data from POS, suppliers, and warehouse systems.
1.3. Streamline re-ordering and prevent stock-outs or overstocking through data-driven insights and alerts.
1.4. Provide management visibility into sales trends, fast/slow-moving items, and inventory valuation for informed business decisions.
1.5. Integrate multi-location stock tracking and data aggregation for centralized oversight.
1.6. Support compliance and audit requirements by logging all inventory movement automatically.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled intervals (e.g., every hour, daily, weekly) via cloud scheduler.
2.2. Inventory level drops below set threshold for any SKU.
2.3. New inventory receipts from supplier logged in the system.
2.4. Manual on-demand dashboard refresh request from authorized staff.
2.5. Product sales or returns processed at POS terminals.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify API
· REST Admin API: Create ‘inventory_levels/list’ call; sync real-time stock changes to dashboard.
3.2. Square POS
· Inventory API: “BatchChangeInventory” endpoint to collect transactional updates.
3.3. Lightspeed Retail
· Retail API: “GET /inventory” for periodic stock pulls.
3.4. Vend
· Inventory API: Poll “GET /products” with “inventory” flag for all SKU stock data.
3.5. WooCommerce
· REST API: “GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products?stock_status” to fetch inventory levels.
3.6. Magento
· Inventory API: “GET /V1/stockItems/” with product SKU filter.
3.7. Zoho Inventory
· API: “GET /inventory/api/v1/items” with relevant filters.
3.8. NetSuite
· SuiteTalk API: “getInventoryItem” for on-demand or scheduled collection.
3.9. QuickBooks Commerce
· API: “GET /products?includes=stock” for inventory per warehouse.
3.10. SAP Business One
· Service Layer API: “/InventoryGenEntries” for automated retrieval.
3.11. Oracle NetSuite
· REST API: “/record/v1/inventoryItem” with real-time polling.
3.12. Microsoft Dynamics 365
· Data Service: “GET /api/data/v9.1/inventory” for itemized stock data.
3.13. Google Sheets
· Sheets API: Auto-update dashboards from automated stock log sheets.
3.14. Airtable
· REST API: Patch “Inventory” base records with live counts.
3.15. Slack
· Incoming Webhooks: Send instant inventory alerts or daily summaries to #inventory channel.
3.16. Power BI
· REST API: “POST /datasets/{datasetId}/tables/{tableName}/rows” for data visualization refresh.
3.17. Tableau
· Hyper API: Automate push of updated stock records for latest dashboard views.
3.18. Amazon S3
· SDK/API: Store daily JSON/CSV inventory snapshots for backup and audits.
3.19. Twilio SMS
· Messaging API: Notify managers via “messages.create()” when stock is low.
3.20. SendGrid
· Mail Send API: Email detailed inventory reports to stakeholders with “mail/send”.
3.21. Monday.com
· API: Sync live inventory widgets using “change_column_values”.
3.22. Zoho Analytics
· Import API: “POST /import” for new data sync to custom dashboards.

Benefits

4.1. Minimizes manual tracking errors; data accuracy and speed are improved.
4.2. Enables swift stock replenishment, reducing lost sales and overstock risks.
4.3. Centralizes inventory for multi-location adult retail operations.
4.4. Delivers valuable, actionable insights for management and compliance.
4.5. Automates audit trail logging, supporting governance and regulatory readiness.