Inventory allocation and stock updates

Purpose

1. Automate inventory allocation, synchronize real-time stock updates, and minimize out-of-stock or overselling situations for packaging supplies.

2. Automate monitoring of incoming orders to allocate available inventory accurately and reflect real-time counts across sales channels.

3. Automate stock alerts and trigger purchase orders for low stock, ensuring timely replenishments and efficient warehousing.

4. Automate the communication to relevant teams or systems when depletion thresholds are crossed or allocations change.

5. Enable automated data flow between online shops, ERP, warehouse management, and fulfillment services for better supply chain transparency.

Trigger Conditions

1. New order created in online store(s).

2. Manual inventory adjustment or return processed.

3. Automated low-stock threshold is reached.

4. Incoming shipment or purchase order received.

5. Real-time inventory count changes in external warehouse/partner system.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Webhook for “Order Creation” and “Inventory Levels Update” events; configure product/location-specific triggers.
  
• API: inventory_levels/adjust.json; configure POST calls to automate allocation.
  

2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: REST API webhook for new order and product stock update event automation.
  
• API: /wp-json/wc/v3/orders, /products/{id} PATCH for stock quantity automatedly.
  

3. Magento

• Feature/Setting: Automated order event triggers; stockItems API for inventory adjustments.
  
• API: POST /V1/inventory/stockItems/{sku}
  

4. BigCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Webhook subscription for “order created” and “inventory changed”; configure automated PATCH request to inventory endpoints.
  

5. Square POS

• Feature/Setting: Automated webhook for Inventory Count updated; Inventory API: batch-change-inventory endpoint.
  

6. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: Inventory webhook; automated PATCH to Item API for stock update.
  

7. NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Script or RESTlet automation for real-time inventory adjustment.
  
• API: inventoryAdjustment API endpoint.
  

8. Oracle Fusion Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Automated REST API interface for order and inventory transactions.
  
• API: inventoryTransactions endpoint.
  

9. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API for automated InventoryTransaction and GoodsReceipt processing.
  

10. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: New sales order/stock update triggers; automation via /purchase_orders or /stock_adjustments endpoints.
  

11. ShipStation

• Feature/Setting: Order Create Webhook automatedly triggers Inventory API recalculation.
  

12. Brightpearl

• Feature/Setting: Goods-out notes and Inventory-level webhooks; Stock-correction API endpoint.
  

13. DEAR Systems

• Feature/Setting: Automation via StockOnHandUpdated and SaleOrderCreated webhooks; Inventory endpoint automatedly patched.
  

14. Skubana

• Feature/Setting: Automated Inventory Quantity Sync API.
  

15. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Automated sales order or stock threshold workflow; API PUT /inventoryadjustments.
  

16. Unleashed

• Feature/Setting: Automated StockOnHand webhooks; automated POST to stock adjustments API.
  

17. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)

• Feature/Setting: Webhook for new order/inventory update; stock_adjustments POST automatedly.
  

18. Cin7

• Feature/Setting: API automation for allocation and stock update events.
  

19. Fishbowl Inventory

• Feature/Setting: InventoryUpdateRequest plugin and SalesOrder webhook for automated stock allocation.
  

20. Linnworks

• Feature/Setting: API for Stock Level and Order New; endpoint automatedly PATCHed on stock changes.
  

21. Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Feature/Setting: Automated flows via Power Automate; InventoryJournal and SalesOrder APIs.
  

22. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Automated inventory record updates with OCAPI or Data API.
  

23. Amazon Seller Central

• Feature/Setting: Automated feeds and MWS API for Inventory management; automateInventoryFeed API.
  

24. eBay

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API; automated POST /inventory_item to update quantity.
  

25. WooPOS

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Update automation via scheduled batch sync API.
  

Benefits

1. Automates manual stock allocation to save operational time.

2. Reduces human errors and automates out-of-stock scenarios.

3. Enables real-time automated stock synchronization across multiple channels.

4. Automates restocking and low-stock warnings for proactive inventory management.

5. Enhances customer trust by automating updates to available supply.

6. Centralizes inventory visibility for automated multi-location tracking.

7. Streamlines labor by automating post-order fulfillment processes.

8. Drives business analytics with automated up-to-date inventory data.