Supplier & Procurement Management**Purpose**
1.2. Ensure consistency across disparate ERP, database, or cloud systems used by amusement machine distributors, wholesalers, and partners.
1.3. Reduce manual data entry, eradicate information silos, and rapidly update all stakeholders with the latest supplier and product information.
1.4. Facilitate streamlined workflows for arcade machine procurement, reorder point tracking, supplier price comparison, and compliance with entertainment industry regulations.
**Trigger Conditions**
2.2. Price list update or launch of new arcade machine models.
2.3. Change or fulfillment of purchase orders.
2.4. Periodic scheduling (e.g., hourly/daily sync) for consistency checks.
2.5. Manual administrator-initiated sync for immediate changes.
**Platform Variants**
• Function: Change Data Capture, SQL Agent Job
• Configure: Set CDC on tables; schedule sync job via SQL Agent.
3.2. **Oracle Database**
• Function: Oracle Streams, Scheduler Job
• Configure: Define Streams replication; schedule via DBMS_SCHEDULER.
3.3. **SAP S/4HANA**
• API: OData Service for Suppliers and Products
• Configure: Connect OData endpoint using API key; poll for changes.
3.4. **Salesforce**
• API: REST API, Bulk API
• Configure: Fetch/Upsert suppliers and products; monitor Platform Events.
3.5. **Amazon RDS**
• Function: Read Replicas, AWS Lambda trigger
• Configure: Replication setup; Lambda on DB event.
3.6. **Google Cloud SQL**
• Function: Cloud Pub/Sub Notification on Data Change
• Configure: Trigger Pub/Sub message and sync via Cloud Function.
3.7. **MongoDB Atlas**
• Function: Change Streams, Realm Triggers
• Configure: Activate Change Stream for suppliers collection.
3.8. **MySQL**
• Function: Binary Log (binlog) triggers
• Configure: Use binlog; trigger sync script on insert/update.
3.9. **Zoho Inventory**
• API: Products, Vendor Modules
• Configure: Scheduled fetch/push using Zoho API with OAuth.
3.10. **Netsuite**
• API: SuiteTalk, REST Web Services
• Configure: Set up integration record; fetch/update suppliers.
3.11. **QuickBooks Online**
• API: Suppliers/Items endpoints
• Configure: Poll Items and Vendors endpoints for updates.
3.12. **Shopify**
• API: Product, Inventory APIs, Webhooks
• Configure: Register webhooks; sync product and supplier metafields.
3.13. **Odoo**
• API: XML-RPC/JSON-RPC
• Configure: Call supplier and stock endpoints for bidirectional sync.
3.14. **Sage X3**
• API: Data Integration API
• Configure: Schedule data extraction/injection of supplier records.
3.15. **Infor CloudSuite**
• API: Supplier/Item APIs
• Configure: Authenticate and periodically invoke supplier data endpoints.
3.16. **Epicor ERP**
• API: REST Services for Supplier/Part
• Configure: Configure BAQ; sync via REST API endpoints.
3.17. **Acumatica**
• API: Acumatica Contract-Based API
• Configure: Automated calls to Vendor/Inventory endpoints.
3.18. **Magento Commerce**
• API: REST Product, Inventory, and Vendor
• Configure: Enable scheduled API calls to sync products and suppliers.
3.19. **HubSpot**
• API: CRM Objects API (custom objects for suppliers)
• Configure: Push/pull supplier data using custom object endpoints.
3.20. **Airtable**
• API: Table Records, Webhooks
• Configure: Sync base tables for supplier database changes.
3.21. **Dropbox**
• API: File sync, webhook on new/updated supplier lists CSV/XLSX
• Configure: Trigger sync when new file detected in specified folder.
3.22. **Google Sheets**
• API: Sheets API, OnEdit trigger
• Configure: Read/write product and supplier sheets on update.
**Benefits**
4.2. Accelerates time-to-market for new arcade machines.
4.3. Lowers operational costs by automating repetitive updates.
4.4. Enables seamless supplier onboarding and collaboration.
4.5. Supports scalable business as supplier and machine variety grows.