Supply Chain & Inventory ManagementPurpose
1.2. Ensure real-time inventory visibility, reduce manual entries, minimize errors, accelerate procurement and dispatch automation, support planning, and enable continuous data-driven decision automation.
1.3. Automating updates streamlines inventory costing, improves compliance traceability, automates alerting for reordering, and helps with financial reporting by reconciling stock levels with ERP accounts.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Inventory count updated due to goods receipt or shipment.
2.3. Low stock detected by inventory management system.
2.4. Finished goods transfer from production to inventory.
2.5. Scheduled synchronization intervals (e.g., every 5 minutes or hourly).
2.6. Manual trigger by authorized user for on-demand automation.
Platform Variants
• Function/API: BAPI_INVENTORY_CHANGE; automatedly sync inventory changes.
3.2. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: InventoryItem API; automates inventory record pulls/pushes.
3.3. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Function/API: InventoryOnHand API; schedule automated data transfer of stock levels.
3.4. Odoo ERP
• Function/API: /api/inventory.adjustment; automate inventory adjustment syncs.
3.5. Infor CloudSuite
• Feature/Setting: RESTful Inventory API; automate batch transfer between ERP and warehouse.
3.6. Sage X3
• Function/API: SOAP Inventory Services; automate stock reconciliation posts.
3.7. Epicor ERP
• Feature/Setting: Erp.BO.PartSvc; automates real-time part and stock record updates.
3.8. Acumatica
• Function/API: InventorySummary endpoint; automate pushes on inventory changes.
3.9. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API; automates item and stock level sync.
3.10. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: /inventoryitems endpoint; automate bi-directional data flow.
3.11. Fishbowl Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Data Integration Server API; automated inventory-ERP integration.
3.12. Cin7
• Function/API: Products & Inventory API; automate stock syncs with ERP.
3.13. DEAR Systems
• Feature/Setting: InventoryMovement endpoint; automate transaction data transfer.
3.14. Unleashed Software
• Feature/Setting: StockOnHand API; automate daily or on-demand stock updates.
3.15. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
• Feature/Setting: /stock_adjustments endpoint; automate changes syncing.
3.16. Manhattan Associates WMS
• Function/API: Inventory REST API; automate warehouse stock update process.
3.17. SAP Business One
• Function/API: InventoryGenEntryService; automate posting inventory status.
3.18. IBM Sterling Supply Chain
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Sync API; automate multi-echelon stock updates.
3.19. Oracle JD Edwards
• Function/API: Inventory Management connector API; automate transactions for visibility.
3.20. Syspro ERP
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Query API; automate extraction/import for balancing.
3.21. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API; automate sync of inventory records into general ledger.
3.22. SAP S/4HANA
• Function/API: MaterialStock API; automate end-to-end stock movements.
3.23. Blue Yonder (JDA)
• Feature/Setting: REST Inventory Integration; automate batch sync routines.
3.24. Priority ERP
• Feature/Setting: GetInvTrans endpoint; automate import/export of inventory transactions.
Benefits
4.2. Automated real-time updates boost procurement, stock-out prevention, and order fulfillment.
4.3. Enables automatable traceability for all stock movements and supports compliance reporting.
4.4. Automation reduces errors due to manual intervention and supports scalable operations.
4.5. Enhances forecasting accuracy by automatedly providing up-to-date, synchronized inventory data for analytics.
4.6. Supports integration with other automators for alerts, reporting, and approval flows.
4.7. Automating audit trails ensures accountability and continuous monitoring of critical inventory and order processes.