Inventory & Supply ChainPurpose
1. Centralized dashboard for inventory status automates cross-location real-time tracking, reporting, and replenishment for European restaurants.
2. Automates aggregation of ingredient stock, supplier deliveries, spoilage, usage rate, notifications, and purchasing triggers.
3. Automates predictive inventory analytics by integrating POS consumption data, supplier APIs, and internal stock levels, ensuring optimal supply chain automation.
4. Central automator interface consolidates all inventory management, facilitating automated restocks, compliance reports, allergen tracking, and loss prevention.
Trigger Conditions
1. Automatedly triggers when new stock is received (via barcode scan, EDI, or manual entry).
2. Automates response when stock levels fall below par, expiry dates near, or upon negative inventory adjustments.
3. Triggers automation on detected discrepancies between inventory logs and POS sales.
4. Automates scheduled (e.g., daily, weekly) inventory status syncs or manual dashboard refresh requests.
Platform Variants
1. Oracle Netsuite
- Inventory Status API: configure "getInventoryStatus" to automate pulls into dashboard.
2. SAP S/4HANA
- Inventory Management Function: enable "ReadInventoryStock" API for real-time automation into interface.
3. Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Inventory Visibility Add-in: automate use of "Get OnHand Inventory" REST endpoint.
4. Square
- Inventory Management API: configure "ListInventoryCounts" for automated integrations.
5. Clover
- Inventory Endpoint: automate scheduled pulls with "getInventory" to centralize data.
6. Lightspeed
- Inventory Resource: use "fetchInventory" API to automate dashboard input.
7. Toast POS
- Inventory API: enable "Get Inventory Levels" for automated UI synchronizations.
8. Shopify
- InventoryLevel API: automate querying "inventory_levels/list" for updates.
9. DEAR Systems
- Inventory API: schedule use of "GetInventory" endpoint for supply chain automation.
10. Vend (now Lightspeed Retail)
- Inventory Movement API: automate "List Inventory Movements" for real-time feeds.
11. Zoho Inventory
- Inventory Summary API: configure automation on "getInventorySummary" calls.
12. QuickBooks Commerce
- Inventory API: automate "Retrieve Stock Levels" to pipeline data.
13. Odoo
- Stock Quant Model: automate "Search and Read stock.quant" to power dashboard.
14. Unleashed
- Stock On Hand API: automate "Get Stock On Hand" for continuous updates.
15. Fishbowl Inventory
- Data API: automate extraction from "getInventoryStatus" for dashboard.
16. Oracle Hospitality (Simphony)
- Inventory APIs: schedule "GetInventoryStock" to automate dashboard refresh.
17. NCR Aloha
- Inventory Integration Service: automate polling "Current Inventory Status" for real-time sync.
18. MarketMan
- Inventory Levels Webhook: automate triggers on changes to sync dashboard.
19. Restaurant365
- Inventory API: automate fetching "Get Inventory Counts" data for daily views.
20. Xero
- Inventory API: automate use of "GET /Items" for item status automation.
21. Bizerba
- Scale API: automate real-time weight data pulls for freshness compliance.
22. Google Sheets
- Sheets API: automate reading/writing inventory logs for custom dashboards.
23. Airtable
- Automation: configure "List Records: Inventory Table" for auto-dashboard feeding.
24. Trello
- Power-Up API: automate sync of inventory cards with live stock data feeds.
Benefits
1. Automates elimination of manual inventory checks, reducing human error and labor costs.
2. Automating procurement through real-time dashboard reduces out-of-stock risk.
3. Automated anomaly detection supports loss prevention and regulatory compliance.
4. Cross-system automation centralizes operation, automating actionable alerts for managers.
5. Automation accelerates replenishment, improves transparency, and optimizes inventory holding costs.
6. Automatedly consolidates supply chain data, enabling advanced forecasting and inventory automator strategies.