Purpose
1.2 Ensure inventory levels automatically decrease with each order, automating out-of-stock alerts and preventing overselling.
1.3 Automate updates for online menus and supplier notifications, creating an end-to-end automated order management workflow.
1.4 Streamline purchase reorders automatically when stock reaches thresholds, reducing manual intervention and mistakes.
1.5 Enhance customer experience by automating product availability and accurate wait times, increasing automatable operational efficiency.
Trigger Conditions
2.2 Manual stock adjustments (waste, spoilage) initiated by staff.
2.3 Automated receipt of online/mobile orders.
2.4 Automatic supplier delivery confirmation.
Platform Variants
3.1 Square POS
• Feature: Inventory API; configure to automate webhook notifications on completed sales to update items in real-time.
3.2 Toast POS
• Feature: Inventory Sync; automate sync schedules and webhooks to trigger quantity updates per transaction.
3.3 Lightspeed
• Feature: Automated Inventory Integration; API endpoint for sale events triggering automated inventory decrements.
3.4 Shopify POS
• Feature: Inventory Levels API; automate POST request on order creation to adjust stock counts instantly.
3.5 Vend by Lightspeed
• Setting: Inventory movements API; automate PATCH call to update inventory after each automatable sale event.
3.6 Revel Systems
• Feature: Inventory Management API; automate linking sale completion event to stock level reduction.
3.7 Clover POS
• Setting: Inventory API; automate inventory_item.updated webhook to manage every automated sale.
3.8 Upserve
• Feature: Automated Inventory Deduction; configure POS integration to adjust inventory post-transaction.
3.9 ERPLY
• Setting: Real-time Stock API; automate endpoint for updating stock by automated sale transaction ID.
3.10 Oracle MICROS Simphony
• Feature: Stock Management API; automate triggers tied to POS receipt finalized event for automated updates.
3.11 QuickBooks POS
• Feature: Automated Sync; enable scheduled sync or event-driven API integrations for stock management automation.
3.12 POS Nation
• Setting: Inventory Sync Tool; automate auto-update inventory batch job post each sale.
3.13 Loyverse POS
• Feature: Webhook on Sale; configure for automated call to inventory management system.
3.14 TouchBistro
• Setting: Inventory Automation; integrate API to sync and automate ingredient depletion per check closed.
3.15 Bindo POS
• Feature: Stock Movement API; automate POST from order completed trigger to inventory update endpoint.
3.16 ShopKeep
• Feature: Automated Inventory Tracking; link sale processed webhook to decrement inventory via automation.
3.17 ePOS Now
• Setting: Stock Update API; automate point-of-sale clearance webhook to real-time stock level recalculations.
3.18 Eposability
• Feature: Vendor/Stock Automation; automate integrations to update and track stock after every checkout.
3.19 Lightspeed Restaurant (K Series)
• Feature: Automated stock sync webhook; configure for near-real-time updates between POS and backend inventory.
3.20 Sapaad
• Feature: API-driven live inventory sync; automate every bill closure to drive instant automated stock depletion.
Benefits
4.2 Automated updates lower risk of selling out-of-stock items and reorder delays.
4.3 Automation facilitates accurate, automatable, and real-time business analytics and reporting.
4.4 Automate relationships with suppliers for seamless replenishment and reduced manual purchase orders.
4.5 Enhance staff productivity by automating internal processes and reducing manual data entry tasks.
4.6 Automated workflows ensure customer satisfaction with accurate product availability and auto-updated menus.
4.7 Automating compliance with automated audit trails and reporting for traceability.