Integration with manufacturer’s inventory systems

Purpose

1. Automate real-time integration between dealership and Lancia manufacturer’s inventory systems to synchronize vehicle availability, parts stock, and order status across platforms.

2. Automating stock updates, purchase orders, and backorder checks to reduce manual workload, eliminate errors, and ensure accurate, real-time information flow.

3. Automated synchronization streamlines restocking, informs sales and service departments, and automates reports for supply chain analytics and inventory forecasting.

4. Automated integration enables rapid response to shortages, overstock, or urgent parts requests, automating communication across departments and external vendors.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated trigger when inventory quantity changes in the dealership database.

2. Scheduled automated syncs every hour or day between both systems.

3. Automatically triggered upon receiving supplier order confirmation or manufacturer’s API update.

4. Automated trigger based on configurable thresholds (e.g., stock falls below X units).

5. Automated triggers activated when manufacturer pushes product recalls or updates.

Platform Variants

1. SAP ERP

• Feature/Setting: SAP S/4HANA API — configure automated GET and POST requests to synchronize part stocks, vehicle data, and purchase order automations.
  

2. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API — auto-triggered updates for items using SuiteTalk REST API, configuring automated orchestration flows for transactions and adjustments.
  

3. Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Services API — automate data pulls/pushes for stock levels, purchase orders, and backorder status using recurring automation flows.
  

4. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Platform Events/Inventory Object API — automating bi-directional syncs using automated triggers on object creation or update.
  

5. Odoo

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Module XML-RPC API — configuration of automated stock and product synching via scheduled jobs and real-time webhook-based automations.
  

6. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Automator workflows and Inventory API — automate inventory sync, order processing, and product-level webhooks.
  

7. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: InventoryLevels API — automatedly update stock quantities using automation for incoming and outgoing vehicle parts.
  

8. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Adjustment API — automate automatic updates on vendor shipments and stock reconciliation.
  

9. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API — automate creation of purchase orders, goods receipts, and quantity reconciliations.
  

10. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)

• Feature/Setting: Product & Stock API — setup automated webhook-driven updates for manufacturer integrations.
  

11. Fishbowl Inventory

• Feature/Setting: REST API endpoints — automate push and pull functions for PO status and stock levels.
  

12. Cin7

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — automating order and product synchronization flows for purchase and delivery automatedly.
  

13. Unleashed Software

• Feature/Setting: Purchases API — configure automated integration for inventory arrival and stock movements from manufacturers.
  

14. Lightspeed

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API — automate stock availability updates and low-stock triggers.
  

15. Infor CloudSuite

• Feature/Setting: Inventory & Supply Chain Integrations API — automate syncing with external manufacturer systems for real-time updates.
  

16. Epicor Kinetic

• Feature/Setting: REST API Sales & Inventory endpoints — automate inventory and order processing between dealer and manufacturer.
  

17. Acumatica

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Allocation API — automatedly update allocation and stock data whenever manufacturer updates inventory.
  

18. IBM Sterling

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Visibility API — automate end-to-end visibility on inventory changes and automated event notification.
  

19. Sage X3

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management Web API — automate receipt of manufacturer feeds for product and stock data.
  

20. Magento

• Feature/Setting: CatalogInventoryStockRegistryV1 — automate update hooks and batch syncs with manufacturer databases.
  

21. OpenAPI Standard (for custom/Lancia APIs)

• Feature/Setting: Automated configuration for scheduled sync, order event triggers, and webhook receivers: automated processing of responses from Lancia’s own inventory APIs.
  

Benefits

1. Automates real-time visibility of vehicle and part stocks, optimizing sales and service operations.

2. Automatedly reduces inventory mismatches, avoiding delays and customer dissatisfaction.

3. Automates purchase order generation based on predictive analytics and just-in-time restocking logic.

4. Minimizes manual entry, automating compliance reporting and documentation.

5. Improves data quality and decision-making through automated reconciliation and alerts.

6. Enhances customer satisfaction with instant updates on vehicle or part availability, automating customer notification.

7. Supports scaling by automating multi-location inventory and supply chain operations.