Inventory and Stock ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automatedly update stock records when sales occur offline or online, preventing overselling and manual errors.
1.3. The automation ensures real-time inventory adjustment, improves customer satisfaction, limits out-of-stock scenarios, and provides centralized inventory data control across all sales channels.
1.4. Automating stock management creates seamless integration between the POS, warehouses, and e-commerce storefronts.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Inventory level reaches a pre-set low threshold (automator alert).
2.3. Stock arrival or manual inventory adjustment in physical store.
2.4. Changes from vendor or B2B replenishment updates.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automate inventory sync using “InventoryLevel” and “InventoryItem” endpoints with location-based stock adjustments.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API — Configure automated product stock updates using endpoints `/wp-json/wc/v3/products` and `/variations`.
3.3. Magento
• Feature/Setting: CatalogInventory API — Automates stock item updates via `V1/products/{sku}/stockItems/{itemId}` endpoint.
3.4. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automate PUT requests on `/catalog/products/{product_id}/variants/{variant_id}` for stock synchronization.
3.5. Wix eCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Updates — Use Wix Stores SPI automation to update item stock with “onInventoryUpdated” event.
3.6. Square
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API — Automate inventory sync by PATCHing `catalog/object` for item variations.
3.7. Vend (Lightspeed Retail)
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Endpoint — Automate POST to `/api/2.0/inventory` for item stock levels.
3.8. Amazon Marketplace (Amazon Seller Central)
• Feature/Setting: MWS Feeds — Automating inventory update feed submissions using `_POST_INVENTORY_AVAILABILITY_DATA_`.
3.9. Walmart Marketplace
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Feed — Automate submission to `/v3/feeds` API with inventory XML file.
3.10. eBay
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automatedly PATCH `/inventory_item/{sku}` for real-time stock levels.
3.11. PrestaShop
• Feature/Setting: Stock Availabilities API — Automate PUT to `/api/stock_availables/{id}` for product stock automation.
3.12. Etsy
• Feature/Setting: Listings API — Automate PUT `/v3/application/listings/{listing_id}/inventory` for synchronized stock.
3.13. Ecwid
• Feature/Setting: Products API — Automate stock updates by PATCHing `/api/v3/{storeId}/products/{productId}`.
3.14. OpenCart
• Feature/Setting: Admin API — Automate POST `/index.php?route=api/stock` for inventory adjustments.
3.15. WooPOS
• Feature/Setting: Automated Inventory Sync Tool — Scheduled sync tasks between WooPOS and e-commerce platforms.
3.16. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer Inventory API — Automate PATCH requests to “Items” resource for stock changes.
3.17. QuickBooks Commerce (formerly TradeGecko)
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automate PUT `/stock/adjustments` for real-time stock automation.
3.18. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Composite Items API — Automate PATCH `/api/v1/items` for integrated e-commerce synchronization.
3.19. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: RESTlet Inventory Interface — Automate inventory adjustments POSTed to custom RESTlets.
3.20. Clover POS
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API — Automator POST to `/v3/merchants/{mId}/items/{itemId}/stocks` for live stock adjustment.
Benefits
4.2. Automating updates enables real-time, unified inventory across online and offline channels.
4.3. Automated low-stock alerts and thresholds secure replenishment in advance.
4.4. Automation improves customer experience by minimizing overselling and out-of-stock issues.
4.5. Efficient workflow for staff; automatedly manages inventory without constant monitoring.
4.6. Automating sync saves time, decreases operational costs, and supports scaling with multi-channel retail.