Syncing supplier inventory feeds to keep product availability current

Purpose

1. Automate syncing supplier inventory feeds to ensure bar and restaurant furniture product availability is always current online and in-store.

2. Automate real-time updates from multiple supplier inventory APIs or data feeds into the store’s ERP or e-commerce system.

3. Automate error and data consistency checking to prevent overselling or out-of-stock scenarios.

4. Automate alerts and reporting of low stock and supplier delivery delays to warehouse and purchasing teams.

Trigger Conditions

1. Supplier inventory API/feed publishes update (schedule or webhook automated trigger).

2. New inventory CSV/XLSX is uploaded or received via email/FTP/SFTP.

3. Manual sync request initiated by staff via dashboard or system command.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Bulk API — Automate syncing of products/variants quantities with PATCH /admin/api/2023-01/inventory_levels/set.json
  

2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: REST API (PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}) — Automate inventory updates per SKU programmatically.
  

3. Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API — Configure automated PATCH to update inventoryOnHand.
  

4. NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Item Fulfillment & Inventory Adjustment — Automate inventory sync via SuiteTalk SOAP/REST.
  

5. Oracle Fusion Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management REST API — Automate automated stock update via /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/inventoryItemQuantities.
  

6. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API Inventory Endpoint — Automate automated PATCH Stock postings.
  

7. Square

• Feature/Setting: Catalog API (BatchUpsertCatalogObjects) — Automate updating item quantities in batch.
  

8. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automate syncing stock levels via /API/Account/{accountID}/ItemMatrix/{itemMatrixID}.
  

9. Vend (by Lightspeed)

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API PUT /api/2.0/products/{id} — Automate item count updates.
  

10. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Items API (PUT /api/v1/items) — Automate per SKU stock sync.
  

11. Odoo ERP

• Feature/Setting: XML-RPC Inventory Adjustments — Automate scheduled automated pushes to product.template.
  

12. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automate adjustment calls to /api/v1/stock_adjustments.
  

13. Cin7 Core

• Feature/Setting: Products API — Automate inventory updates via PUT /products/{id}.
  

14. SkuVault

• Feature/Setting: Product API UpdateItemQuantities — Automate batch updating inventory using scheduled jobs.
  

15. Unleashed

• Feature/Setting: Products API (PUT /Products) — Automate synchronizing supplier feeds with internal inventory.
  

16. Brightpearl

• Feature/Setting: Goods-in API (POST /warehouse-service/goods-in) — Automate inventory level update automation.
  

17. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Apps Script Automation — Automate parsing supplier feeds and pushing updates via webhooks.
  

18. Amazon Seller Central

• Feature/Setting: Feeds API SubmitFeed — Automate inventory sync with inventory loader flat file upload.
  

19. FTP/SFTP Servers

• Feature/Setting: Automated Schedulers — Automate parsing uploaded inventory files for syncing.
  

20. Email (Gmail/Outlook/Exchange)

• Feature/Setting: API with attachments polling — Automate attachment extraction and inventory parsing.
  

21. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: InventoryProduct API — Automate external inventory data ingestion to commerce cloud.
  

22. Magento

• Feature/Setting: REST API (/V1/products/{sku}/stockItems/{itemId}) — Automate automated inventory adjustments.
  

Benefits

1. Automates real-time product availability for accuracy and customer satisfaction.

2. Automates data entry, preventing manual errors and overselling.

3. Automatedly streamlines multi-supplier integration for wider product coverage.

4. Automates compliance reporting and simplifies audit trails.

5. Automating inventory sync automates rapid response to supply chain disruptions.

6. Automator eliminates redundant manual updates, increasing staff efficiency.

7. Automatable inventory workflows reduce operational costs and stockouts.