Inventory deduction upon order completion

Purpose

1. Automate real-time deduction of inventory levels when an order is marked completed, reducing manual errors, preventing sell-outs, supporting seamless order fulfillment, and enabling just-in-time replenishment in Oriental medicine retail operations.

2. Ensures consistent stock availability, automates reordering logic, maintains accurate inventory data across physical and online stores, and supports regulatory traceability via automated audit trails.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automatedly triggered on the “order completed” event in POS, e-commerce, or ERP systems.

2. Also automates on payment confirmation, shipping label creation, or customer pickup scanned event—configurable per platform integration.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Use InventoryLevel API; trigger on Order Fulfillment webhook; configure automator to call Adjust Inventory endpoint.
  

2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Use REST API (PUT /products/{id}); automate inventory reduction on “Order Completed”; plugin automator for webhook handling.
  

3. Magento

• Feature/Setting: SalesOrder API with afterShipment event; automate through StockRegistryInterface to decrement inventory.
  

4. Square POS

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API update on transaction.complete event; configure webhook to automate deduction.
  

5. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: Products API (Adjust Inventory endpoint); automate with Sale Completed webhook.
  

6. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: SuiteScript automation triggered by Sales Order Status change; automate via Inventory Detail update.
  

7. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: DI API, automate InventoryTransferRequest on order completion.
  

8. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API, automate deduction via SalesOrder.updated trigger.
  

9. Odoo

• Feature/Setting: XML-RPC or REST API inventory.quantity.on_hand; automatedly update upon Sale Order state = “done”.
  

10. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Sales Order Creation webhook; automate via Adjust Stock API endpoint.
  

11. SquareSpace Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Commerce Inventory API with automated Order Fulfilled event.
  

12. BigCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Orders webhooks; automate via Inventory PUT endpoint on status change.
  

13. PrestaShop

• Feature/Setting: Webservice API call to stock_availables; automate by Order validation hook.
  

14. Vend (now Lightspeed)

• Feature/Setting: Product Inventory API with automator on Sale Completed event.
  

15. Clover POS

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API PATCH call on “order_closed” event.
  

16. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Data entities (Sales order); automate DeductStock function on order status change.
  

17. Wix Stores

• Feature/Setting: HTTP Functions + Stores/Products API; automate inventory update upon Order Completed trigger.
  

18. OpenCart

• Feature/Setting: Admin API, automate quantity field update on checkout complete event.
  

19. MYOB Advanced

• Feature/Setting: Automation with StockItems API update on SalesOrderStatusChanged.
  

20. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Trigger Job Integration API; automate stockItem API update on Order Confirmed.
  

21. Amazon Seller Central

• Feature/Setting: MWS Feeds API; automate _POST_INVENTORY_AVAILABILITY_DATA_ feed upon FulfillmentOrderCompletion notification.
  

22. Oracle Fusion Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Automated orchestration process—call REST API to update InventoryBalance.
  

23. SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris)

• Feature/Setting: OCC REST API stock update; automate with event-driven ImpEx import on order fulfillment.
  

24. Infor CloudSuite Retail

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API, automate via OrderCompletion message bus trigger.
  

25. Ecwid

• Feature/Setting: Webhooks automation on order status change, Products API to decrement stock.
  

Benefits

1. Automates repetitive deduction tasks, allowing staff to refocus on high-value operations.

2. Prevents over-selling and automates out-of-stock messaging to customers across channels.

3. Enhances accuracy with real-time, automated data sync.

4. Supports regulatory compliance via automated and auditable inventory logs.

5. Accelerates fulfillment, automates reorder alerts, and automator integration with broader logistics solutions.