Purpose
1.2. Enables automated deduction of ingredients or finished goods from inventory for each food item sold, automating low-stock alerts, restock ordering, and kitchen management.
1.3. Automates multi-channel inventory consistency across POS, e-commerce, delivery aggregators, and internal warehouse systems.
1.4. Supports automated compliance and reporting for audits or food safety, and automates stock movement logs for management analytics.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated order status changes (e.g., confirmed, canceled, returned).
2.3. Automated kitchen ticket confirmation or batch update events.
2.4. Scheduled nightly reconciliation automation for missed or pending updates.
Platform Variants
• Feature: Webhooks with Inventory API; configure real-time order and inventory update automation on order.finalized event.
3.2. Shopify
• Setting: Orders/Create webhook with InventoryLevel.adjust endpoint; automatic adjustment connected to checkout automation.
3.3. Toast POS
• Feature: Partner API Order Webhook + Inventory module; automate deduction on order_closed event.
3.4. Revel Systems
• Feature: Inventory API and Webhooks; automated update trigger on order payment event.
3.5. Lightspeed Restaurant
• API: Orders webhook for inventory update automation at product_sold event.
3.6. WooCommerce
• Setting: Order Complete Webhook with wc_update_product_stock function for real-time stock deduction.
3.7. VendHQ (now Lightspeed)
• API: Sales API with Inventory endpoint and webhook on sale.created; automate stock adjustment.
3.8. Oracle MICROS
• Integration: Simphony Inventory Management API; automate with order_post event for ingredient-level update.
3.9. Clover
• Feature: App Market Inventory Automation Add-on; configure sale.event with inventory.adjust API.
3.10. Upserve
• Feature: Automated inventory reconciliation using Upserve Inventory API set on order.submitted event.
3.11. Deliverect
• Setting: Orders webhook automate inventory.update for connected restaurant ordering systems.
3.12. GloriaFood
• API: Orders push notification with direct inventory deduction via connected system automation.
3.13. Sapaad
• Feature: Realtime Stock Deduction Automation on Order Paid webhook.
3.14. SquareSpace Commerce
• Integration: Order Placed trigger to connected inventory management via Inventory API; automated update rule.
3.15. QuickBooks Commerce
• Setting: Sales Order webhook with Inventory Adjustments API automation.
3.16. SAP Business One
• API: InventoryManagementService auto-call from SalesOrderService on order_created event.
3.17. Netsuite
• Setting: User Event Script on SalesOrder creation; automate inventory commitment and deduction via Inventory Detail API.
3.18. Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage
• Feature: Automated Inventory Transaction API call triggered by order entry webhook.
3.19. Loyverse
• Setting: Real-Time API Order event synchronize with Stock API adjust endpoint automation.
3.20. TallyPrime
• Feature: Order Inflow trigger to Inventory Vouchers via ODBC with automation connector.
3.21. FreshKDS
• API: Ticket Closed event automate inventory deduction with backend call.
3.22. Square for Restaurants
• Feature: Order Completed Webhook with Inventory API automated deduction.
Benefits
4.2. Automates out-of-stock warnings, protecting revenue opportunities.
4.3. Automates seamless synchronization between ordering and inventory, preventing overselling.
4.4. Improves automation of purchasing by auto-triggering restock workflows.
4.5. Enables automated analytics on ingredient consumption and supply trends for effective planning.
4.6. Automates compliance reporting, allowing audit tracing of ingredient and product movements without extra effort.