Automatic product deactivation for recalls

Purpose

1. Automate the immediate deactivation of recalled pond supply products from all sales channels to prevent sale/distribution, ensure compliance, minimize liability, and maintain customer trust.

2. Automate alerts to staff, suppliers, and customers regarding the recall status and automate reporting and log maintenance for auditability.

3. Automate synchronization of inventory status across physical and online retail systems, automating removal from listings, catalogs, and third-party marketplaces.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automate detection of a recall notice (via regulatory feeds, supplier notification emails, or manual input).

2. Automate product match against inventory catalog (SKU/UPC/barcode-based automator).

3. Automate status change upon confirmation of recall event or directive.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API “inventory_levels/adjust” — automate scraping recall feeds, match SKU, and remove product from online store and inventory counts.
  

2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: REST API “PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}” status:update — automate product deactivation and automated email notifications to admins.
  

3. Magento

• Feature/Setting: Catalog API “PUT /V1/products/{sku}” enable:false — automate batch product disabling and logging recall event.
  

4. Square

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API “BatchChangeInventory” — automate status update to “unavailable” for specific SKUs and automate notification via webhooks.
  

5. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: Product API “Update Item” endpoint — automate itemStatus: “inactive” and automate recall-tagging.
  

6. Vend (now Lightspeed X)

• Feature/Setting: Product API “PUT /products/{id}” status:inactive — automate removal from POS and digital catalog.
  

7. BigCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Products API “PUT /catalog/products/{id}” is_visible:false — automate product withdrawal from the web and export to compliance systems.
  

8. NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Item Record Update via SuiteTalk “item.inactive=true” — automate recall-driven item inactivation.
  

9. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Service Layer “PATCH /Items({ItemCode})” set ItemStatus: “F” (inactive) — automate recall integration.
  

10. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Product API “PUT /products/{id}” enabled:false — automate product disablement across all integrated channels.
  

11. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: REST API “PATCH /record/v1/inventoryItem/{id}” “inactive”:true — automate synchronizing recalls across systems.
  

12. TradeGecko

• Feature/Setting: Product endpoint “PUT /products/{id}” status: “archived” — automate removing recalled products from orderable inventory.
  

13. Amazon Seller Central

• Feature/Setting: Listings API “POST /listings/2021-08-01/items/{sellerId}/{sku}” fulfilled:false — automate bulk deactivation on Amazon marketplace.
  

14. eBay

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API “PUT /inventory_item/{sku}” available:false — automate disablement of listings upon recall alert.
  

15. Walmart Seller Platform

• Feature/Setting: Items API “PATCH /v3/items/{sku}” lifecycleStatus: “ARCHIVED” — automate recall filtering and automated archiving.
  

16. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Items API “PUT /api/v1/items/{item_id}” status:inactive — automate inventory deactivation and notification.
  

17. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: OCAPI “PATCH /s/-/dw/data/v21_3/products/{product_id}” online_flag:false — automate automator of recall triggers to remove product from store.
  

18. Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Feature/Setting: Data Entities API “PATCH /data/ReleasedProductsV2(productnumber='{ProductNumber}')” ProductBlocked:true — automate recall workflow.
  

19. PrestaShop

• Feature/Setting: Webservice API “PUT /api/products/{id}” active:false — automate disabling listings and sending alerts to database.
  

20. OpenCart

• Feature/Setting: Admin API “PUT /admin/index.php?route=api/product/edit&product_id={id}” status:disabled — automate batch product status update.
  

21. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks — automate posting real-time recall alerts to #inventory or #compliance channels.
  

22. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook — automate team notification of recall status changes and next actions.
  

23. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Sheets API — automate spreadsheet inventory status update for manual systems, triggering recall workflow scripts.
  

24. Zendesk

• Feature/Setting: Tickets API — automate automated ticket creation and updates to log and track recall handling progress with status changes.
  

Benefits

1. Automates removal of hazardous products, protecting customers and automating compliance.

2. Automates multi-channel synchronization, preventing manual error and delays.

3. Automates internal communication, increasing team responsiveness.

4. Automates documentary and audit trails for regulators.

5. Automates customer and supplier notification, reinforcing transparency and professional recall management.