Purpose
1. Automate real-time synchronization of inventory data with POS systems across all hookah bar locations to prevent stock discrepancies, over/under-ordering, and manual reconciliation.
2. Automate adjusting displayed inventory levels in the POS system after sales, receipts, returns, or supplier deliveries for accurate stock visibility.
3. Enables automating alerts for low-stock items and triggering reordering processes seamlessly without manual intervention.
4. Centralizes inventory management for accurate, automated analytics, resource forecasting, and compliance for food and tobacco regulations.
Trigger Conditions
1. Inventory item sold, returned, or adjusted in the POS system.
2. New inventory stock received or a purchase order completed.
3. Manual or automated stock adjustments in the backend platform.
4. Periodic automated inventory checks scheduled daily, hourly, or in real-time.
Platform Variants
1. Square POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Webhooks trigger, configure to call automation endpoint on item change.
2. Shopify POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Level Update API, automate POST event for every stock change.
3. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks—Item Inventory, automated trigger for Live Sync upon item updates.
4. Vend
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API—automate polling or push for inventory.count endpoint.
5. Toast POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API, schedule auto-sync operations for every transaction.
6. Clover POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API, configure automate PATCH to /v3/merchants/{mId}/items/{itemId}/stockCount.
7. Upserve POS
• Feature/Setting: Expose real-time inventory webhooks to automation automator.
8. Revel Systems
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Webhook, automate POST webhook setup for every item movement.
9. NCR Silver
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API, configure events for automated low-stock triggers.
10. ToastTab
• Feature/Setting: Product Catalog API, automate inventory item_level PUT request.
11. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Adjustment API, automate PUT/POST with transaction mapping.
12. Oracle MICROS Simphony
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Web Services, automate synchronization on issue, receipt, or sale.
13. Sapaad
• Feature/Setting: Real-time inventory updates API, configure POST events to endpoint.
14. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Automated Inventory Sync API, use webhooks for every adjustment or invoice.
15. Xero
• Feature/Setting: InventoryItems API, automate PATCH for each sale or restock line item.
16. Loyverse POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Change API, automate webhook triggers for transactions.
17. DEAR Systems
• Feature/Setting: Stock Adjustment API, automate trigger for inbound and outbound stock.
18. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management Service Layer, automate OData PATCH for stock sync.
19. TouchBistro
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API, automate POST updates whenever sale/order registered.
20. ERPLY
• Feature/Setting: Inventory register API, automate sale/stock update POST call for changes.
21. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Management API, automate trigger on ProductMovement entity changes.
22. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Adjustment SuiteScript, automate script deployment for real-time updates.
23. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow, configure inventory columns to trigger inventory sync on update.
Benefits
1. Automates inventory accuracy, eliminating manual entry and human error.
2. Automates stock availability for faster sales and improved customer satisfaction.
3. Automated real-time analytics and alerting for smarter reordering and forecasting.
4. Automates compliance and reporting for regulatory needs.
5. Supports automatable multi-location management for scaling hookah bars.
6. Reduces stockouts or overstocking by automating synchronization.
Inventory & Supplier Management