Order and Inventory ManagementPurpose
1.2. Prevent orders for out-of-stock items by automating menu displays across digital channels (website, app, third-party apps).
1.3. Reduce manual interventions, automating continuous inventory sync and menu modifications.
1.4. Automating notifications for staff and customers when items become unavailable or restocked.
1.5. Ensure compliance and customer satisfaction by automatedly reflecting true availability at all order entry points.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Supplier API signals shortage or new stock arrival for key ingredients.
2.3. Staff marks an item as unavailable in POS or kitchen display.
2.4. Automated scheduler checks inventory database at regular intervals.
2.5. Manual override triggers automated menu update flows.
Platform Variants
• API: Inventory webhook event triggers automated request to update menu status.
3.2. Shopify
• API: Inventory Levels endpoint automates menu item show/hide via Storefront API mutation.
3.3. Toast POS
• Feature: Low stock notification automator; connects to Menu API for automated menu updates.
3.4. Clover
• API: Inventory API triggers automated PUT request to Menu Items API for availability toggling.
3.5. Upserve
• API: Inventory sync automator connected to Menu Management API for real-time automated adjustments.
3.6. Revel Systems
• Feature: Automate stock threshold alerts—Menu Builder API for automated disabling/enabling items.
3.7. Lightspeed
• API: Inventory webhook automates PATCH command to Product API for menu updates.
3.8. SquareSpace
• Feature: Inventory integration automator automates API calls to toggle menu item blocks.
3.9. WooCommerce
• Endpoint: Automated check on Stock Status via REST API, triggers automated menu unlisting using PUT /products.
3.10. GloriaFood
• API: Menu JSON updates automate hiding unavailable items based on kitchen inventory webhook.
3.11. Uber Eats
• API: Menu Items PATCH request automates status update upon inventory triggers from POS integration.
3.12. DoorDash
• API: Automated Menu API call (PATCH) for availability managed by restaurant partner account.
3.13. Grubhub
• Feature: Automated menu sync plug-in monitors inventory API and sends automated menu item status updates.
3.14. OpenTable
• Integration: Automated inventory event triggers menu display options (e.g., menu highlights, unavailability tags).
3.15. Yelp Reservations
• API: Event-driven automator toggles menu availability using Menu Management endpoint.
3.16. Zoho Inventory
• Workflow: Inventory event triggers automated webhook to update external menu listings.
3.17. QuickBooks Commerce
• API Workflow: Inventory change automates push to menu channels using Product List update API.
3.18. Fishbowl Inventory
• API: Low-stock event triggers external menu item update automator through webhook push.
3.19. Olo
• API: Menu Item PATCH automator triggers from POS inventory webhook.
3.20. ChowNow
• Integration: Automator updates menu API from inventory management system triggers.
3.21. Zapier
• Automation: Inventory event triggers automated webhook or API action to menu platform of choice.
3.22. Make (Integromat)
• Scenario: Schedule automates inventory check and menu sync via HTTP or direct integration modules.
3.23. Airtable
• Automation: Record change triggers menu status webhook to external ordering systems.
Benefits
4.2. Saves staff time by automating cross-system communication and manual menu edits.
4.3. Automating up-to-date inventory reduces order cancellations and refunds.
4.4. Automated workflow enables scalable multi-channel menu management for Salvadoran cuisine.
4.5. Increases accuracy, with automators reducing human error in availability status.
4.6. Improves operational efficiency and automatable processes for fast-paced restaurant environments.
4.7. Supports continuous improvement by providing automated data on common out-of-stock trends.