When inventory and price are wrong, everything downstream breaks: promise dates slip, orders cancel, margins erode, and shoppers churn. Real‑Time Price & Inventory Visibility gives you continuous updates from suppliers, automated safeguards based on real sell‑through, and clear signals when items are discontinued or coming back—so merchandising and fulfillment stay aligned.
Collect inventory and pricing from suppliers via API, EDI, flat files, portal updates, Shopify, and more. Normalize inputs into a single model and publish to storefronts, marketplaces, and ERPs in real time.
Automatically calculate and reserve a dynamic buffer for fast movers. The engine analyzes recent sell‑through velocity and holds back configurable safety stock to prevent oversells while maintaining availability.
Don’t find out after the fact. Suppliers can mark items as permanently discontinued, triggering catalog and routing updates and removing them from active assortments.
When items are temporarily out of stock, suppliers can provide expected in‑stock dates. Display ETAs to shoppers, route orders accordingly, or backorder based on your policy.
Hold partners to a standard without manual chasing. Suppliers receive daily digest emails listing items out of compliance for inventory updates—so exceptions are fixed quickly.
Support unique catalogs that don’t operate on stock counts—made‑to‑order, custom, one‑of‑a‑kind. Bypass inventory requirements for specific suppliers or SKUs while maintaining accurate lead times and routing rules.
Safety stock prevents stockouts during demand spikes.
ETAs and discontinued notices keep offers accurate and routing realistic.
Automated digests and event logs replace manual chasing and ad‑hoc audits.
Real‑time updates keep margins intact across channels.
As frequently as needed—via API, EDI, scheduled flat files, portal edits, or Shopify connectors. Updates publish in real time once validated.
Yes. Set different velocity windows and buffer thresholds per channel.
A discontinuation flag triggers delisting and removes the SKU from routing; historical reporting preserves sales and inventory history.
Expose expected availability in PDP/PLP or email “notify‑me” flows via your storefront connector; routing respects ETAs to avoid missed promises.
They’ll appear in the daily compliance digest and dashboards; rules can auto‑hide stale SKUs until feeds resume.
Yes—use specialty accommodations to bypass inventory while enforcing lead times and order caps for made‑to‑order/custom items.