Automated price list updates and notifications

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time updates of motorcycle parts price lists from multiple suppliers or vendors into central inventory systems.
1.2. Ensure all changes trigger automated notifications to key staff, partners, or customers.
1.3. Automating reduces manual entry, pricing errors, and delays affecting profit margins.
1.4. Supports dynamic pricing strategies and automated compliance with supplier contracts and promotional periods.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated detection of new or updated price lists via supplier API, email attachment, SFTP drop, or online portal.
2.2. Scheduled automator for routine intervals such as daily or hourly price checks.
2.3. On-demand automatable trigger by staff upload or vendor push notification.
2.4. Change-detection in existing database or spreadsheet compared with new data input.

Platform Variants

3.1. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: "New File in Folder" trigger; configure Google Drive/Dropbox; automate webhook call to fetch file.

3.2. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: "When a file is created or modified" on OneDrive/SharePoint; configure "Send notification" action.

3.3. Google Sheets API
• Feature/Setting: "spreadsheets.values.update"; automate onUpdate event via `onEdit` trigger.

3.4. Shopify API
• Feature/Setting: "Product Variant Update" endpoint; automate price field updates for real-time sync.

3.5. WooCommerce REST API
• Feature/Setting: "PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}"; automate price changes per SKU.

3.6. Amazon S3
• Feature/Setting: "S3:ObjectCreated:*" event; configure Lambda to automate processing of price files.

3.7. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Programmable SMS API; automate outbound SMS price change alerts.

3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: "chat.postMessage" API; automate price notifications to #procurement or #sales channels.

3.9. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: "Mail Send" v3 API; automate price change emails to distribution list.

3.10. SAP
• Feature/Setting: "Material Master Data API"; configure to automate updates with latest price lists.

3.11. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: "Item Pricing" SuiteTalk API; automate bulk pricing uploads.

3.12. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: "Update Item" endpoint; automate sync between supplier and accounting system.

3.13. Trello
• Feature/Setting: "Create Card" API; automate price change alerts or approval requests.

3.14. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: "files/list_folder"; monitor for new supplier price lists and automate fetch.

3.15. AirTable
• Feature/Setting: "updateRecord" API; automate price field updates in inventory table.

3.16. JotForm
• Feature/Setting: Webhook integration; automate trigger on new price list form submissions.

3.17. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: "Products API"; automate price changes to CRM catalog.

3.18. Magento
• Feature/Setting: "POST /V1/products/{sku}"; automate synchronization of price changes.

3.19. Oracle Cloud
• Feature/Setting: "Price List API"; automate upload and notifications to procurement.

3.20. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: "Campaigns" API; automate newsletter campaign about updated pricing.

3.21. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: "items change_column_values"; automate update when price source is changed.

3.22. Jira
• Feature/Setting: "Create Issue" API; automate tasks for team review of significant price change.

Benefits

4.1. Automating eliminates pricing discrepancies across sales and inventory platforms.
4.2. Automated notifications reduce lag in procurement and sales team responses.
4.3. Automate compliance and audit trails through centralized, automated data flows.
4.4. Increase staff efficiency by removing repetitive, error-prone manual updates.
4.5. Automatable, real-time data ensures competitive pricing and customer satisfaction.