Inventory Management AutomationsPurpose
1.2. Automate stock level checks, issue low-stock alerts, and facilitate timely reordering to ensure popular or high-value pieces remain available.
1.3. Support unique item tracking, ensure accuracy in case of one-off pieces, and reduce manual errors in counting and updating.
1.4. Provide historical inventory data for pricing analysis, loss prevention, and demand forecasting in antique retail.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Scheduled inventory scans (nightly, weekly, real-time API callback).
2.3. Manual entry/edit of item stock triggers verification automation.
2.4. Receipt of new stock or sale in point-of-sale system updates inventory.
2.5. Inventory discrepancy detected compared to expected system values.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Levels API — webhooks for inventory_level/update event.
3.2. Square POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Batch Change Webhook — configure alerts on inventory.count.updated.
3.3. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API Stock Endpoint — POST/GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}; webhooks for product.updated.
3.4. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: InventoryItem endpoint — webhook for PUT /API/Account/{accountID}/Inventory/{itemID}.
3.5. Vend by Lightspeed
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Movement API — subscribe to POST /api/1.0/inventory_movements.
3.6. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management module — Business Events for inventory on-hand alerts.
3.7. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API — configure Restlet scripts for low stock triggers.
3.8. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Counting API and Alerts Management module.
3.9. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks for Inventory Update — event inventory.updated.
3.10. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks on Item Adjustment — onInventoryAdjustedtrigger.
3.11. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
• Feature/Setting: Inventory webhook — low_stock trigger.
3.12. Fishbowl Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Level Module — threshold email notification settings.
3.13. ShipBob
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Alert webhook — POST /inventory_levels/alerts.
3.14. SkuVault
• Feature/Setting: LowStockQuery API endpoint — schedule GET /api/inventory/lowstock.
3.15. Cin7
• Feature/Setting: Stock Quantity API — Webhooks on StockChange.
3.16. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Saved Searches with Alerts for On-Hand Quantities.
3.17. InFlow Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Auto stock re-order point notifications and integration via Zapier triggers.
3.18. GoFrugal
• Feature/Setting: Reorder Management module — Low stock alert configuration.
3.19. Magento Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Advanced Inventory — Low stock SMS/email reports.
3.20. Dear Systems
• Feature/Setting: Inventory On Hand API — webhook subscriptions for threshold breaches.
3.21. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature/Setting: InventoryList Feed API — notification on AllocableQuantity change.
3.22. Linnworks
• Feature/Setting: StockLevel API — webhook/endpoint for getStockLevel.
3.23. Epicor
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management module — Business Process Management alert.
3.24. Unleashed Software
• Feature/Setting: Low Stock Notifications via API and webhooks.
3.25. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Automated Actions on Inventory module — quantity_on_hand trigger.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces risk of lost sales due to stockouts, especially for unique antiques.
4.3. Supports timely restocking, optimizing cash flow and minimizing storage overhead.
4.4. Enhances customer satisfaction with accurate online stock status and proactive communication.
4.5. Enables detailed audit trails for each item, aiding insurance compliance and historical tracking.
4.6. Facilitates integration with reordering, marketing, and customer notification automations.