Automated import of supplier price lists

Purpose

1.1. Automate importing supplier price lists to maintain accurate, up-to-date coffin product information.
1.2. Automates synchronization of pricing for improved order accuracy, inventory valuation, and competitive response.
1.3. Reduces manual entry errors and automates notifications to relevant teams about any price changes.
1.4. Enables automated updating of product catalog for downstream processes (e.g., quotes, procurement, sales portals).

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Receipt of a supplier price list email or file upload (CSV, XLSX, XML, PDF).
2.2. Scheduled polling of supplier FTP/SFTP/cloud folder for new or updated files.
2.3. Webhook/API-based notification from suppliers or ERP solutions upon price update.
2.4. Manual initiation from web dashboard to trigger automated import flow.

Platform Variants

3.1. Gmail API
• Feature: Watch mailbox for supplier mail; fetch attachment via "users.messages.attachments.get"
3.2. Microsoft Outlook Graph API
• Feature: Automate monitoring of specific folders using "List mailFolders" and "List messages".
3.3. Dropbox
• Feature: Automate watching file changes; use "/files/list_folder/continue" endpoint for new files.
3.4. Google Drive
• Feature: Monitor folder with automated "files.list" and download with "files.get".
3.5. OneDrive
• Feature: Automate polling folders; "delta" API for newly uploaded price lists.
3.6. AWS S3
• Feature: Listen to "ObjectCreated" event with Lambda trigger; automate download via "GetObject".
3.7. FTP/SFTP
• Feature: Automator polls directory; automatically downloads any new file.
3.8. Box
• Feature: Automated folder monitor using "events" or "webhooks" for file drops.
3.9. Webhooks
• Feature: Auto-receive posts on endpoint; parse payload for attached suppliers’ sheets.
3.10. SAP Integration Suite
• Feature: Automate polling integration flow for price list files; ingest into SAP backend.
3.11. Oracle Integration Cloud
• Feature: Automated file reception through "File Adapter"; process price list.
3.12. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature: Trigger on email/SharePoint/OneDrive update; insert data into Dynamics or other apps.
3.13. Smartsheet API
• Feature: Automate row updates via "Add Row" or "Update Row" endpoints with new prices.
3.14. Salesforce
• Feature: Automator pushes parsed price data via "Bulk API" or "Data Import Wizard".
3.15. Zoho Inventory
• Feature: Automated updating through "Items API" with new supplier pricing.
3.16. QuickBooks Online
• Feature: Automate supplier item price updates via "Item API" endpoints.
3.17. NetSuite
• Feature: Scheduled SuiteScript or REST API automation for vendor price records update.
3.18. Monday.com
• Feature: Automated “items.create” mutation or integration to update inventory boards.
3.19. Airtable
• Feature: Auto-insert/update price records with "updateRecords" or "createRecords" API.
3.20. Trello
• Feature: Automated creation of cards or updating lists reflecting price changes using “cards/update” API.
3.21. Slack
• Feature: Automator posts notifications to relevant channels when import is complete using "chat.postMessage".
3.22. Xero
• Feature: Automated price update using "Items API" to reflect supplier changes.

Benefits

4.1. Drastically reduces manual data entry by automating supplier file processing.
4.2. Enhances speed and reliability of inventory price updates through automated flows.
4.3. Automates alerting for cost discrepancies or unexpected supplier changes.
4.4. Enables seamless, scalable automation for growing coffin suppliers/wholesalers.
4.5. Minimizes costly errors and automates audit readiness for price data changes.