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Automatic SKU generation and product categorization

Purpose

1. Automate SKU generation and product categorization to speed up inventory additions, reduce manual input, eliminate SKU/labeling errors, and standardized categorization for salvaged architectural components in retail.

2. Enables automated tracking, reporting, reordering, and searchability by automating the assignment of unique, structured SKUs and categorizing based on attributes like era, material, origin, and condition.

3. Supports multi-channel sales by ensuring automated, unified inventory records across all platforms.


Trigger Conditions

1. New product entry via POS, eCommerce backend, or manual form triggers the automation.

2. Batch CSV/XLSX import of newly acquired salvage items.

3. Receipt of product data via API integration from supplier or procurement software.

4. Scheduled or real-time sync events from inventory scanners or barcode readers.


Platform Variants


1. Shopify

  • Function: Product Create Webhook / Admin API
  • Configure to automate SKU pattern assignment & product type field mapping on item creation.

2. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

  • API: Product Management API
  • Set up automation on "Product Added" event to invoke SKU generator and auto-category mapping.

3. WooCommerce

  • Function: REST API – product.create
  • Automate auto-increment or attribute-based SKU allocation and automated taxonomy mapping.

4. Lightspeed Retail

  • API: Inventory Item Create
  • Automates SKU assignment script triggered on product upload.

5. Square POS

  • Feature: Catalog API – Upsert Catalog Object
  • Automate SKU and category field fill on catalog item insertion.

6. NetSuite ERP

  • API: Item Record Creation
  • Automator triggers SKU formula and category script on new record.

7. SAP Business One

  • Service: DI API – Items Service
  • Configure to automate SKU code generation and group assignment during item creation.

8. Microsoft Dynamics 365

  • Trigger: Product Create in Inventory Management Module
  • Use Power Automate flow for SKU allocation and category automation.

9. Zoho Inventory

  • API: Items Endpoint (POST)
  • Automate SKU formulation and assign categories per custom business rules.

10. BigCommerce

  • Feature: Catalog API – CreateProduct
  • Automation fills in SKU and product category on product creation.

11. Magento 2

  • API: REST /products endpoint
  • Automates SKU schema and category_id attribute using auto-generated logic.

12. QuickBooks Commerce

  • Endpoint: POST /products
  • Automate SKU format logic and ensure auto-populated category fields.

13. Odoo

  • Model: product.template (create method)
  • Automation: assigns computed SKU and selects categories by rules.

14. Cin7 Core (Dear Systems)

  • API: POST /Product
  • Configure automator to add SKU code and link category fields.

15. NetSuite SuiteScript

  • Event: afterSubmit on item record
  • SUITEscripts automate SKU population and auto-category assignment.

16. PrestaShop

  • Hook: actionProductAdd
  • Attach automator PHP to generate SKU and automatically choose category.

17. Vend (now Lightspeed)

  • API: POST /products
  • Automates SKU entry and tags inventory items by salvage type.

18. Unleashed Software

  • API: Product Post
  • Automation populates SKU and categorizes by item attributes.

19. Fishbowl Inventory

  • Integration: Plugin Event Trigger
  • Setup to automate SKU and assign to inventory group.

20. Airtable

  • Automation: On form submission (new row in Inventory table)
  • Script block automates SKU string creation and category field auto-population.

Benefits

1. Automates accurate SKU format standardization, minimizing human errors.

2. Speeds up onboarding of salvaged goods by automating product cataloguing.

3. Ensures automated, consistent categorization, improving inventory search and analytics.

4. Enables scalable automation as inventory grows, handling high product turnover found in salvage retail.

5. Improves data quality and enables automating reorder, pricing, and reporting workflows.

6. Automates compliance with industry-specific or regulatory inventory standards.

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