Inventory & Stock ControlPurpose
1.2. Automatedly flag underperforming SKUs for promotional campaigns, discounts, or clearance.
1.3. Automates syncing with marketing and sales platforms for real-time promo launches and notifications.
1.4. Reduce manual stock checks and accelerate the promotion timeline for slow inventory.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Low sales velocity or inventory turnover rate identified via automator.
2.3. Minimum stock movement in set period (e.g., <3 units sold/month).
2.4. Oversupply detected via automated reorder logic.
Platform Variants
3.1. Shopify
• Function: Inventory Level API
• Setting: Automate cron-based checks for products with low stock turnover metrics.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Function: wc_get_low_stock_products()
• Setting: Schedule automated queries filtered by date/stock movement.
3.3. NetSuite
• Feature: Saved Search - Inventory Turnover
• Setting: Automate saved searches and send flagged results to promotions workflow.
3.4. Zoho Inventory
• API: List Items
• Setting: Automate retrieval of item movement data, flagging those with low frequency.
3.5. SAP Business One
• Feature: Inventory Aging Report
• Setting: Schedule automated report email on stagnant items.
3.6. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• API: Inventory Visibility Add-in
• Setting: Automate rules on months in stock, trigger Power Automate workflows for flagging.
3.7. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature: Stock Alert Rules
• Setting: Automate trigger for SKUs that haven't moved x units monthly.
3.8. Brightpearl
• API: GET /product-service/availability
• Setting: Automated lookup for stock velocity, pass IDs to promotion tags.
3.9. Cin7
• Function: Stock Statement Report
• Setting: Schedule and automate filtering logic for dormant SKUs.
3.10. Ordoro
• API: /product/lowstock
• Setting: Automate comparison with custom thresholds for slow-moving items.
3.11. SkuVault
• Feature: Inventory Heatmaps
• Setting: Automatedly flag cool (low-selling) SKUs for markdowns.
3.12. DEAR Systems
• API: Inventory Movement
• Setting: Automate filter logic and trigger promo flag.
3.13. Fishbowl Inventory
• Report: Inventory by Location
• Setting: Automate extraction and flagging stagnant inventory for balances over x days.
3.14. Square POS
• Feature: Inventory Adjustment History
• Setting: Automated check for long periods lacking sales/adjustments.
3.15. Odoo
• Function: Inventory Aging Analysis
• Setting: Weekly scheduled automation for flagging by category.
3.16. Vend (Lightspeed Retail)
• API: GET /products/inventory
• Setting: Automate inventory API call, match results to time-since-last-sale.
3.17. Google Sheets
• Integration: App Script
• Setting: Automatedly parse inventory logs, flag rows for promo.
3.18. Airtable
• Automation: Scheduled Script
• Setting: Automated condition checks on "inventory_age" field.
3.19. Salesforce
• API: Inventory Level Object
• Setting: Automate threshold-based workflow rule to update lead gen.
3.20. Trello
• Feature: Card Automation
• Setting: Schedule automated card creation for flagged SKUs.
3.21. Slack
• App: Scheduled Workflow
• Setting: Automator posts flagged SKU list to Promotional channel.
3.22. Mailchimp
• API: Batch Campaign Trigger
• Setting: Automate campaign send for tagged products.
Benefits
4.2. Automated promotion activates as soon as slow stock is detected.
4.3. Reduces risk and cost of dead stock via timely automated marketing.
4.4. Omnichannel automation ensures all relevant teams are immediately notified for rapid action.