Stock auditing and cycle count automations

Purpose

 1.1. Ensure consistent and accurate real-time stock counts for all SKUs in wholesale alcohol inventory.
 1.2. Detect discrepancies between digital records and physical counts, flag losses or errors instantly.
 1.3. Enable scheduled or cycle-triggered audits and auto-reconciliation for compliance and forecasting.
 1.4. Eliminate manual logging and create auditable digital histories of all stock movements.
 1.5. Facilitate integration between ERP, POS, IoT sensors/scanners, and accounting platforms for end-to-end inventory oversight.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Barcode or RFID scan event from warehouse device.
 2.2. Scheduled audit interval reached (e.g., daily/weekly/monthly).
 2.3. Item movement or receipt logged into warehouse system.
 2.4. Discrepancy detected between expected and actual stock count.
 2.5. API webhook call from IoT sensor or mobile audit app.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Oracle NetSuite
  • Feature/Setting: Inventory Module "InventoryCount.update" API, configure scheduled auto-counts.
 3.2. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Feature/Setting: "Physical Inventory Order" endpoint; auto-export results via OData.
 3.3. SAP S/4HANA
  • Feature/Setting: "StockManagement" API triggers stock reconciliation batch jobs.
 3.4. Shopify
  • Feature/Setting: InventoryLevel "adjust" mutation in GraphQL Admin API.
 3.5. QuickBooks Online
  • Feature/Setting: InventoryTracking API POST/PUT for automatic stock journals.
 3.6. Fishbowl Inventory
  • Feature/Setting: REST API "CycleCount" event listener and auto-update configuration.
 3.7. Zoho Inventory
  • Feature/Setting: "StockAdjustment" API endpoint for cycle audit entry.
 3.8. Cin7 Core (Dear Systems)
  • Feature/Setting: "InventoryCount" API patch for audit updates.
 3.9. SkuVault
  • Feature/Setting: Cycle Count webhooks, configure event triggers in account settings.
 3.10. Lightspeed Retail
  • Feature/Setting: Inventory API "Stock Counts" endpoint, auto-compare to expected.
 3.11. Square
  • Feature/Setting: Inventory Audit event from "Inventory API", subscribe via webhook.
 3.12. Odoo
  • Feature/Setting: Stock.Inventory model; scheduled action in Odoo Studio.
 3.13. Epicor
  • Feature/Setting: InventoryCountEntry BO service call, configure periodic job.
 3.14. Toast POS
  • Feature/Setting: InventoryCountReport endpoint with date range filters.
 3.15. Blue Yonder
  • Feature/Setting: Cognitive Cycle Counting module, configure automated triggers.
 3.16. Manhattan Associates WMS
  • Feature/Setting: Stock Audit/Adjustment via "CycleCount" transaction API.
 3.17. Oracle Fusion Cloud Inventory Management
  • Feature/Setting: REST API "CreatePhysicalInventoryCount" endpoint, scheduled by job.
 3.18. SAP Business One
  • Feature/Setting: InventoryCountingService API, configure with periodic triggers.
 3.19. Infor CloudSuite Distribution
  • Feature/Setting: Warehouse Cycle Count API, event-based config.
 3.20. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
  • Feature/Setting: Stock Adjustment webhooks and PATCH inventory endpoint.

Benefits

 4.1. Substantial reduction in manual labor hours, minimizing human error.
 4.2. Immediate anomaly detection, aiding theft and loss prevention.
 4.3. Continuous compliance with regulatory inventory requirements for alcohol retailers.
 4.4. Accurate, up-to-date inventory data flow into demand planning and financial reporting.
 4.5. Seamless multi-system reconciliation reduces back-office bottlenecks and improves audit-readiness.