Purpose
1. Automate syncing of online and in-restaurant orders for Mongolian barbecue operations to eliminate manual entry, reduce errors, enable real-time inventory management, and centralize order data from multiple channels (e.g., web, app, in-store POS).
2. Ensure order synchronization across various customer touchpoints, support automated fulfillment, automate updates in kitchen screens, automate reordering from suppliers, and automate sales analytics integration.
Trigger Conditions
1. Automatedly triggered when a new order is placed via online ordering platform.
2. Automatedly triggered when an in-restaurant POS logs a new order.
3. Automated sync when order status changes (e.g., completed, canceled).
4. Automated inventory level update triggers item restocking automations.
Platform Variants
1. Square POS
• API: Orders API — automate order retrieval and syncing by polling latest orders at defined intervals.
2. Toast POS
• Feature: Webhooks — automate new order push notifications directly to syncing workflow.
3. Shopify
• API: Orders API — automate fetching of online orders, automate status update posting.
4. WooCommerce
• REST API: Orders Endpoint — automate fetching/comparing new orders for sync automation.
5. Revel Systems
• Feature: Import/Export — automate scheduled order and inventory data transfers.
6. Planday
• Feature: API integration — automate labor scheduling triggers based on order volumes.
7. Deliverect
• Orders API — automate consolidated order sync from third-party delivery services.
8. ChowNow
• API: Order push webhook — automate callback to order management system for each order.
9. GloriaFood
• Feature: Order webhooks — automate direct push into kitchen screen system.
10. Uber Eats
• Feature: Webhook API — automate ingestion of new online orders into restaurant ERP.
11. DoorDash
• Orders API — automate continuous sync to aggregate off-premise orders.
12. Grubhub
• Feature: Order Integration API — automate pulling new orders for syncing and fulfillment.
13. BentoBox
• Orders webhook — automate posting of orders to inventory sync module.
14. Upserve POS
• API: Transaction data — automate periodic retrieval and sync with online feeds.
15. TouchBistro
• Feature: Order export — automate batch sync at scheduled intervals.
16. Jolt
• Inventory API — automate deductions/updates triggered by synced orders.
17. MarketMan
• API: Order item updates — automate SKU-wise synchronization for supply management.
18. QuickBooks Online
• Sales API — automate accounting update on order submission.
19. Zapier
• Automation triggers — automate multi-platform sync scenarios (e.g., Shopify to Square POS).
20. Microsoft Power Automate
• Automated workflow builder — automate cross-platform sync between legacy POS and cloud platforms.
21. Lightspeed
• Orders API — automate full order flow into inventory and reporting automations.
22. NCR Aloha
• Integration API — automate bilateral syncing of online/in-store orders for centralized tracking.
Benefits
1. Automates data entry, eliminating error-prone manual processes.
2. Ensures inventory is automatedly kept up-to-date, minimizing stock-outs and overstock.
3. Automates communication between online and in-store order systems for real-time fulfillment.
4. Automates analytics by syncing all orders to reporting dashboards.
5. Allows automator systems to orchestrate staff deployment based on live order metrics.
6. Enhances customer satisfaction through accurate, automated order processing and faster turnaround.
Order & Inventory Management