Real-time sync of inventory data between warehouses and sales channels

Purpose

1.1. Automate the real-time sync of inventory data between multiple warehouse locations and diverse sales channels for ceiling supplies in the wholesale construction market.
1.2. Ensures automated updating of inventory levels after sales, receipts, transfers, and returns, thus preventing overselling and stockouts.
1.3. Automates the centralization and broadcasting of stock counts, SKUs, product statuses, and availability to internal teams and customer-facing platforms.
1.4. Supports automated inventory adjustments due to physical counts, damages, or supplier returns, including transactional logging for audit trails.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated warehouse inventory changes (item in/out, transfer, adjustment).
2.2. Sales transactions on any sales channel (eCommerce sites, ERP, POS, B2B marketplaces).
2.3. Returns, refunds, or cancellations processed on sales channel or internally.
2.4. Scheduled automated batch syncs (e.g., every 5 minutes, hourly, end-of-day).
2.5. Manual or API-triggered sync for reconciliation or exception handling.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• API/SDK: InventoryLevel API; automates stock level changes via /admin/api/inventory_levels/adjust.json
3.2. WooCommerce
• REST API: wp-json/wc/v3/products; automate PUT requests for stock_quantity updates
3.3. Magento (Adobe Commerce)
• REST API: /V1/stockItems/{sku}; automate PATCH method for quantity adjustments
3.4. BigCommerce
• API: /v3/catalog/products; automate inventory_level field with PATCH
3.5. NetSuite
• SuiteTalk API: InventoryAdjustment service; automates synchronization posting
3.6. SAP Business One
• Service Layer API: /InventoryGenEntry; automation for inventory posting
3.7. Oracle NetSuite
• RESTlet: custom REST endpoints for automated stock sync
3.8. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Common Data Service API: Automate invWarehouseOnHand entity
3.9. QuickBooks Commerce
• API: /products endpoint for automated quantity sync
3.10. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce Legacy)
• API: /stock_adjustments; automate inventory movement
3.11. Cin7 Core (DEAR Systems)
• API: /inventory; automates stock sync between locations
3.12. Skubana
• API: /inventory; automates through webhooks and POST inventory updates
3.13. Zoho Inventory
• API: /inventoryadjustments; automates sync via REST
3.14. Odoo
• XML-RPC API: stock.quant model; automate automate stock_moves
3.15. Linnworks
• API: Inventory/UpdateStockLevel; automator for real-time inventory
3.16. SkuVault
• API: /products/updateQuantities; automates on each sale
3.17. ChannelAdvisor
• Inventory API: automate PUT InventoryItemQuantity
3.18. ShipStation
• API: /products/updateinventory; automate when orders shipped/received
3.19. Unleashed Software
• API: /StockOnHand; automate PUT with stock changes
3.20. Brightpearl
• API: /warehouse-service/product-locations/; automate stock level sync
3.21. Amazon Marketplace (MWS or SP-API)
• Feeds API: automate POST_FLAT_FILE_INVLOADER_DATA
3.22. eBay Inventory
• Inventory API: updateInventoryLocationQuantity; automate on hand updates
3.23. Mirakl
• API: Offers/Update; automate availableQuantity field
3.24. Google Merchant Center
• Content API: InventoryService.products.custombatch; automates sync.

Benefits

4.1. Automates error-free multi-location inventory visibility.
4.2. Reduces overselling and automates prevention of stockouts.
4.3. Provides automated transparency to staff and customers on product availability.
4.4. Automates rapid decision making for procurement or transfers.
4.5. Ensures scalable, automatable integration across existing and new sales channels.
4.6. Enables automated reporting and compliance for warehouse inventory management.
4.7. Automates reduced manual workload, freeing staff for value-added tasks.
4.8. Provides real-time automated reconciliation and traceability, increasing operational control.