Automatic price updates from supplier catalogs

Purpose

1.1. Enable seamless, real-time synchronization of product prices from multiple supplier catalogs into internal inventory systems.
1.2. Reduce manual pricing errors, ensure competitive market pricing, and support dynamic procurement decisions specific to wholesale aircraft spare parts and aviation supplies.
1.3. Facilitate rapid adaptation to supplier price fluctuations, support multi-supplier comparison, and automate notifications for price threshold breaches.
1.4. Centralize catalog data integration, allowing purchasing teams to focus on strategic procurement rather than administrative updates.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Receipt of updated supplier catalog via API, SFTP, email with attachment, or webhooks.
2.2. Scheduled polling/check-in at supplier-provided endpoints.
2.3. Manual request for price sync from procurement dashboard.
2.4. Detection of price modification notifications or catalog version updates.
2.5. Supplier portal update event or RSS feed change.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Setting: Use "HTTP with Azure AD" or "When a file is created/modified" triggers; configure HTTP actions/API calls to supplier endpoints.
3.2. Zapier
• Feature: "Schedule" trigger paired with "Webhooks by Zapier" to ingest price lists from supplier URLs, parse, and forward to inventory system.
3.3. Make (Integromat)
• Module: HTTP and JSON modules; pull supplier catalog by API/SFTP, parse, and update destination ERP.
3.4. UiPath
• Component: FTP and API integration activities; configure robots for handling XML, CSV, or JSON supplier catalogs.
3.5. MuleSoft
• Feature: Connector for SFTP/API; use DataWeave for catalog transformation and update logic.
3.6. Workato
• Action: Scheduler for polling supplier endpoints; workflow to update ERP/inventory ("update record" action).
3.7. Boomi
• Feature: API integration process; map data elements and trigger ERP update atomically.
3.8. AWS Lambda
• Function: Event-driven function parses catalog (via S3/EventBridge/API Gateway) and updates DynamoDB or RDS.
3.9. Google Cloud Functions
• Function: File upload trigger or HTTP endpoint invokes function to parse and push price data to BigQuery or Sheets.
3.10. Salesforce Flow
• Trigger: External Services or HTTP Callout; automate Product2 object price updates.
3.11. Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
• Feature: Scheduled integrations; REST connector to supplier catalog and ERP update flow.
3.12. SAP Cloud Platform Integration
• Feature: Scheduled fetch via OData or API, map catalog to Material Master and update price fields.
3.13. ServiceNow IntegrationHub
• Action: Flow Designer with REST step; consume supplier catalog and update Asset Management/CMDB.
3.14. Smartsheet
• Setup: Data Uploader or API; schedule import of CSV/XLSX from supplier, push updates to inventory sheet.
3.15. SFTP Automation Services (e.g. WinSCP Scripting, FileZilla, or AWS Transfer Family)
• Task: Automate SFTP file downloads, trigger downstream update script process.
3.16. Jitterbit Harmony
• Feature: Schedules with transformation mapping and update to ERP via API call.
3.17. Dell Boomi
• Process: Integrate via API or flat file, map elements, auto-update ERP price table.
3.18. HubSpot Operations Hub
• Workflow: Custom code actions for ingesting supplier feeds, updating Deal/Products.
3.19. NetSuite SuiteFlow
• Trigger: Workflow event for vendor catalog import, script for automated price update in inventory module.
3.20. Odoo Automation
• Rule: Scheduled job parses vendor CSV/API, updates price list record in product module.
3.21. Shopify Flow
• Action: Webhook or bulk product update, update supplier price metafields or variant prices.
3.22. Google Apps Script
• Script: Time-based triggers check supplier sources, update Google Sheets inventory list.
3.23. Apigee (Google API Management)
• Proxy: Automate supplier API calls, run pre-processing, and push results to internal end points.

Benefits

4.1. Ensures that inventory pricing reflects current supplier rates across all touchpoints.
4.2. Eliminates manual errors and accelerates procurement cycle time.
4.3. Enables quick response to market and supplier-driven changes.
4.4. Improves purchase decision-making and reorders accuracy.
4.5. Supports compliance and audit trails for all price updates.
4.6. Streamlines supplier onboarding—easier integration of new catalog sources.
4.7. Reduces total cost of ownership and administrative overhead in pricing management.