Order allocation to closest warehouse based on stock availability

Purpose

1. Automatically determine the optimal warehouse for order fulfillment based on real-time inventory levels and customer delivery location.

2. Reduce manual errors, accelerate fulfillment, optimize logistics costs, and improve customer satisfaction for an automotive alternator wholesale supplier.

3. Integrate order entry, inventory management, and warehouse allocation in a seamless digital workflow to ensure that orders are shipped from the nearest warehouse with available stock.

4. Enable tracking, reporting, and real-time communication regarding allocation and fulfillment status.

Trigger Conditions

1. New sales orders received via e-commerce, EDI, CRM, or email.

2. Change in order status, e.g. order confirmation or payment received.

3. Inventory update signals (such as inventory replenishment or depletion in any warehouse).

4. Manual trigger by sales or support teams.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Function/API: Webhook for new order, Admin API; set up "Order Create" webhook and call "InventoryLevel.list" and "FulfillmentOrder.assign" APIs.
  

2. WooCommerce

• Function/API: REST API, Webhook; configure "Order Created" webhook and pull inventory via stock endpoint, send allocation with "Update Order Note".
  

3. Salesforce

• Feature/API: Flow Builder, Apex Trigger; configure trigger on Order object, query Inventory, allocate via custom automation.
  

4. SAP Business One

• Feature/API: DI API; automate Order add event, fetch warehouse stocks, and update Order allocation field.
  

5. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/API: SuiteScript, RESTlet; trigger SuiteScript on sales order, call record.load for inventory, set assigned location.
  

6. Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Feature/API: Power Automate, Business Rule; auto-trigger on Sales Order, check inventory via OData, update warehouse field.
  

7. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/API: Workflow Rules, API; trigger on new sales order, use "Get Inventory Details", allocate and update via API.
  

8. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/API: API Order Webhook; intercept new order event, pull warehouse stock endpoint, update order location.
  

9. Cin7

• Feature/API: API endpoint for orders and inventory, Webhook; on new order, check available stock, update order allocation.
  

10. DEAR Systems

• Feature/API: Automation Webhooks, API; order creation triggers stock check, allocate using "Sales Orders" and "Inventory" endpoints.
  

11. Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM

• Feature/API: Supply Chain Orchestration, REST API; auto-trigger on sales order, fetch supplies across warehouses.
  

12. SAP S/4HANA

• Feature/API: Sales and Distribution (SD), BAPI; trigger allocation logic post order creation using "BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2".
  

13. Magento

• Function/API: Webhooks, REST API; use "sales_order_place_after" event, query inventory, update order with nearest warehouse.
  

14. Odoo ERP

• Feature/API: Automated Action, Python Script API; trigger allocation logic on sale.order, check stock.quant, write assignment.
  

15. Brightpearl

• Feature/API: Automation Rule, API; on order received, "Goods-In" and "Warehouse" endpoints for stock check and allocation.
  

16. ShipBob

• Feature/API: API Webhook on Order, "List Inventory", and "Assign Fulfillment Center".
  

17. Skubana

• Feature/API: Orders and Inventory API; intercept new order, inventory.get, assign warehouse to order.
  

18. Linnworks

• Feature/API: Order Import Rule, API; automation event on new order, check stock, update warehouse.
  

19. TradeGecko

• Feature/API: API Webhooks, Inventory endpoint; on order placement, allocate based on inventory response.
  

20. JDA/Blue Yonder

• Feature/API: Order Management REST API; submit order, run "FindLocation" API for stock/geo match, assign.
  

21. Amazon Seller Central (FBA)

• Feature/API: Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS); intercept new MFN order, "ListInventorySupply", update Fulfillment Center assignment.
  

22. Infor CloudSuite

• Feature/API: ION Workflow, REST API; sales order event, "GetInventoryBal", allocate via "AssignWarehouse".
  

Benefits

1. Ensures every order is fulfilled from the geographically nearest in-stock location, reducing shipping costs and transit time.

2. Improves order cycle speed, enhancing customer satisfaction through prompt delivery.

3. Maximizes inventory utilization, preventing overstocking and understocking across network.

4. Reduces manual workload and errors by automating the entire warehouse assignment process.

5. Enables comprehensive audit and tracking of order allocations and inventory flow.