Inventory & Supply Chain AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automates association of products with correct categories and SKUs, ensuring synchronized backend, improved product discovery, automated reporting, and real-time data accuracy.
1.3. Supports automated compliance with inventory rules, product taxonomy, and omnichannel system requirements by automating categorization workflows.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated API calls from e-commerce sites indicating unclassified products.
2.3. Automated scheduled polling or webhook events signaling product data import from POS.
2.4. Manual product upload via dashboard initiates automated SKU/category mapping.
Platform Variants
3.1. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Product Create Webhook
• Automates mapping logic using `admin/api/PRODUCTS_CREATE` webhook.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated REST API v3 Hook
• Automator listens to `products/new` endpoint, maps category, updates via PATCH.
3.3. Square
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API
• Automated call to `BatchUpsertCatalogObjects` for SKU/category assignment.
3.4. Lightspeed
• Feature/Setting: Products API
• Configure automator with `POST /products` event and map categories in payload.
3.5. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteScript Restlet
• Automates SKU mapping through REST endpoints upon Item record creation.
3.6. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Item Created Webhook
• Automates category assignment through webhook handler automation.
3.7. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Open Commerce API (OCAPI)
• Automate `products` API after product creation, assign to categories, SKU set.
3.8. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API
• Automated POST to `Items` with category auto-mapping automation logic.
3.9. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated Item Event
• Automates use of item webhooks, updates category/SKU via PATCH automation.
3.10. Oracle NetSuite Connector
• Feature/Setting: Automated Product Upsert
• Automates and updates via NetSuite Connector using product import events.
3.11. TradeGecko (QuickBooks Commerce)
• Feature/Setting: Products Webhook
• Maps new products to correct SKU/category via `/webhook/products` automation.
3.12. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Power Automate Flow
• Triggers on new product record, automates categorization via logic app.
3.13. Magento
• Feature/Setting: Events & Observers
• Automates post-product-save mapping to categories using custom observer.
3.14. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Automated Actions
• Automates assignment script runs on `product.template` creation.
3.15. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API Webhook
• Automatically maps SKU/category through `catalog/products` webhook.
3.16. Vend (Lightspeed)
• Feature/Setting: Product Webhook
• Automates mapping logic on `product.create` webhook to set category/SKU.
3.17. PrestaShop
• Feature/Setting: Webservice Product Add Hook
• Automates mapping process after new product POST, via Webservice API.
3.18. SkuVault
• Feature/Setting: Product Created Webhook
• Automator uses webhook to assign SKUs and map categories automatically.
3.19. Linnworks
• Feature/Setting: API StockItemInsert/Update
• Automates mapping of newly inserted or updated stock items.
3.20. Unleashed
• Feature/Setting: Product Add Webhook
• Automates assigned category/SKU triggered by webhook event.
Benefits
4.2. Automating category and SKU guarantees better search and inventory analytics.
4.3. Accelerates go-to-market timelines by automating product onboarding.
4.4. Strengthens omnichannel and cross-platform consistency via automation.
4.5. Automatedly ensures audit trails and compliance with inventory protocols.
4.6. Enables scaling of inventory without scaling manual mapping efforts.