Inventory & Supplier AutomationPurpose
1.2. The automated process ensures that as supplier confirmations are received (e.g., shipment notifications, backorder responses), inventory quantities adjust in real time within systems, providing accurate stock positions for online and in-store availability, integrated order fulfillment, and supply chain planning.
1.3. Automation ensures auditability of supply movements, speeds up purchasing and receiving cycles, and automates notifications to sales, purchasing, and customer service about inventory changes linked to supplier deliverables.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automation initiates when new supplier confirmations match open purchase orders or backorders in the system.
2.3. Triggers activate when an updated availability status is received, automating immediate inventory adjustments.
Platform Variants
3.1. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Use Service Layer API — configure endpoint to watch "GoodsReceiptPO" for automated confirmation pulls.
3.2. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: RESTlet Scripts — automate call to "itemReceipt" endpoint synced to supplier confirmations.
3.3. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Power Automate connector — configure flow triggered on "Purchase Order Receipt."
3.4. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Flow Builder — automate update on custom “Goods Received” objects.
3.5. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks on "PurchaseOrder" — automate inventory sync on supplier status change events.
3.6. Xero
• Feature/Setting: API endpoint "PurchaseOrder.Receive" — automate updates via integration.
3.7. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API & Webhooks — trigger automation on fulfillment event.
3.8. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API "update inventory" — automate call on supplier webhook or email parser.
3.9. Cin7
• Feature/Setting: “Goods Received” API — automate automated synchronization of quantities.
3.10. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
• Feature/Setting: Automation via "Purchase Order Received" API, mapping confirmations to stock.
3.11. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: Automated sync via “Inventory Update” API endpoint.
3.12. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Automated actions on "Purchase Order Confirmed" — trigger server actions for real-time adjustment.
3.13. Fishbowl Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Automated "API Plugin" — pulls supplier shipment confirmations to create “Receive” events.
3.14. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: API triggers for “Auto Receive Items” based on incoming supplier data.
3.15. SkuVault
• Feature/Setting: “Purchase Order Receiving” automation — integration with supplier notification APIs.
3.16. Unleashed
• Feature/Setting: Use "Purchase Order Receipt" API for automating stock synchronization.
3.17. Vend (by Lightspeed)
• Feature/Setting: “Stock Order Received” webhook endpoint — automatic quantity update.
3.18. Dear Systems
• Feature/Setting: Automation on “Receive Purchase” API to adjust inventories.
3.19. Linnworks
• Feature/Setting: Automated action on “Stock In” API linked to supplier portal triggers.
3.20. Infor CloudSuite
• Feature/Setting: ION API automation for "Purchase Receipts" and inventory transactions.
3.21. SAP S/4HANA
• Feature/Setting: OData Service “MaterialDocument” create event — automated syncing.
3.22. Acumatica
• Feature/Setting: Automation on "POReceipt" API, mapping supplier system confirmations.
3.23. Magento
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API — automate adjustment on new shipment confirmations.
3.24. Ecomdash
• Feature/Setting: Automated inventory syncs via “Supplier Feed Integration” API.
Benefits
4.2. Automatedly reduces stock-out and overselling risks with instant inventory reflection.
4.3. Enables real-time supply chain visibility for procurement and sales teams using automation.
4.4. Improves customer satisfaction by automating up-to-date product availability.
4.5. Automation supports scalability and robust order fulfillment across channels.
4.6. Enhances operational audit trails and transparency with frictionless automated processes.