magento stock management with external inventory management program

Question

Hi magento users,

Is there any possibility for connecting an external inventory management program with magento? Our customer wants to keep magento's stock synchronized with the "real" stock of his products.

Answer 1

Yes, you'll want to look into the Magento DataFlow System (it even has its own support forum). Someone may already have implemented a commercial and/or free implementation for you specific Inventory Management Program, or you may have to develop feeds from nothing. Google around and see what you find. Either way you're looking at a "medium" development effort for you or the guy you hire.

It's also worth contacting the vendor of the Inventory Management System to see if they have a standard way of dealing with Magento.

Answer 2

Hallo, we have done a similar ERP<->Magento integration by using a c#.NET program tha keep sincronized the magento stock and the ERP data (the real stock) by the use of Magento API features.

please ask for more details if you need them !

Giuseppe

Answer 3

Hello Giuseppe, Please help me understand how the following recommendation works. We are trying to propose this concept to a customer here.

"c#.NET program magento stock and the ERP data by the use of Magento API features"

Thanks Su