Inventory synchronization between online and physical store

Purpose

1. Automate two-way inventory synchronization between online e-commerce platforms and physical store systems for lawn mower stores.

2. Automate real-time stock updates to prevent overselling and stockouts.

3. Automate product listing creation, updates, barcode assignment, and inventory allocation across channels.

4. Facilitate automated low-stock alerting, purchase order generation, and inventory restocking workflows.

5. Automate unification of product data, availability, and sales insights for accurate reporting and forecasting.

Trigger Conditions

1. New sale (online or in-store transaction).

2. Inventory receipt or shipment logged in POS or warehouse system.

3. Manual product quantity adjustment.

4. Product listing update or new product creation.

5. Inventory stock threshold reached (automated low-stock detection).

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Webhooks/API — Inventory Level Update, Product Create/Update webhook, InventoryItem API subscription, inventory_levels/adjust.json POST.
  

3.2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: REST API — wp-json/wc/v3/products and wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id} PATCH for automated stock sync.
  

3.3. Square

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — BatchChangeInventory endpoint to automate stock adjustment by location.
  

3.4. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: API — Inventory Levels endpoint, Item.Patch automates multi-store inventory sync.
  

3.5. Vend (by Lightspeed)

• Feature/Setting: Webhooks — inventory.update; API — /api/2.0/products endpoint for automated inventory updates.
  

3.6. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Item PATCH for real-time automated stock level sync.
  

3.7. Magento (Adobe Commerce)

• Feature/Setting: REST API — PUT /V1/products/{sku}/stockItems/{itemId} automates stock quantity updates.
  

3.8. NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: REST API — InventoryItem resource, SuiteScript scheduled task to automate stock updates.
  

3.9. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API INVENTORYPOSTINGS endpoint for automated adjustments.
  

3.10. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Adjustments API, event-based triggers to automate stock synchronization.
  

3.11. Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Feature/Setting: Business Central API — Inventory Items endpoint, automation via Power Automate connector.
  

3.12. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: API — /inventoryadjustments for automated inventory balancing.
  

3.13. WooPOS

• Feature/Setting: SQL Server sync, custom webhook on inventory update event for automation.
  

3.14. Erply

• Feature/Setting: API — InventoryRegistration.save endpoint to automate movements.
  

3.15. Clover

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — /v3/merchants/{mId}/items endpoint for automated inventory change.
  

3.16. PrestaShop

• Feature/Setting: REST API — /stock_availables for automated quantity updates.
  

3.17. Retail Pro

• Feature/Setting: Data Import Utility (DIU), REST API Inventory module for automated synchronization.
  

3.18. Revel Systems

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API endpoints automate sync between online and in-store.
  

3.19. Amazon Marketplace

• Feature/Setting: MWS/ SP-API — Feeds API for automated inventory quantity updates.
  

3.20. BigCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — PATCH /v3/catalog/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id} automate stock level update.
  

3.21. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: OCAPI Inventory and Product APIs for automated real-time inventory sync.
  

3.22. Loyverse

• Feature/Setting: Webhook on inventory update, open API for stock change events automating platform-to-store sync.
  

Benefits

1. Automates reduction of out-of-stock incidents, minimizing lost sales.

2. Automated accuracy in inventory data avoids double selling and data discrepancies.

3. Automates manual data entry elimination, saving staff time.

4. Automatedly triggers replenishment, reducing emergency orders.

5. Automating cross-platform stock information for accurate business insights.

6. Ensures customer satisfaction via automated real-time product availability.

7. Enhances supply chain and warehouse automation response times.

8. Automated error reduction compared to manual stock handling.

9. Automator-driven compatibility with omnichannel sales strategies.

10. Flexible, scalable inventory automation enables business growth and multi-location operations.