Afforet Innovations: One Inventory Across Amazon, Flipkart and Meesho

02The system before

The system before: one stock pool, three channels, manual counts

Every marketplace takes orders against the same physical stock. Keeping the count right by hand couldn't keep pace:

1. 01

   Stock records

   Inventory was maintained manually while the same products sold on multiple platforms, so stock reports were inaccurate.

2. 02

   Low-stock events

   Frequent low-stock situations meant supply fell short of demand, and revenue was lost.

When every channel sells from one shelf, a manual count is always behind the orders.

03The risk

Why it was risky to change

Inventory sits between the brand and its customers on every channel, and an error in either direction has a price.

• RiskOverselling

  If a sale on one marketplace isn't reflected everywhere, the brand can accept orders it can't fulfil.

• RiskMarketplace dependencies

  Each marketplace has its own integration and order data. The platform has to treat all three consistently.

• RiskContinuity

  Selling continues while the platform is built, so it must adopt the existing stock position without interrupting orders.

04The architecture

The architecture: a central inventory the marketplaces update

We are building a responsive web application, compatible with desktop and mobile, to view, manage and update inventory, with integrations to Amazon, Flipkart and Meesho.

When an order is received on any marketplace, the platform automatically reduces stock for that product in the central inventory. Every channel draws on the same number, instead of separate counts that drift apart.

What we engineered

• Marketplace integrations

  Connections to Amazon, Flipkart and Meesho for received orders.

• Automatic stock deduction

  Stock is reduced automatically for every product ordered, on any channel.

• Central inventory management

  View, manage and update inventory from one place.

• Responsive on any device

  Works on desktop and mobile, so stock can be checked and updated from anywhere.

Key design decisionStock is held in one place and the marketplaces report into it, rather than each channel keeping its own count. The business gets one number to trust, and a single point to control.

05Success measures

How success will be measured

This engagement is in development, so we are not publishing outcomes yet. Results will be reported against the current baseline once the platform is in use. These are the measures that matter:

• Stock accuracy across channels

  How closely the recorded stock matches physical stock across all three marketplaces.

  Result to be published

• Low-stock incidents

  How often products run low before replenishment.

  Result to be published

• Orders at risk

  Orders accepted on one channel for stock already sold on another.

  Result to be published

• Time spent on inventory

  Hours the team spends updating and reconciling stock by hand.

  Result to be published

06Is this your situation?

Is your organization facing the same pattern?

This architecture fits any brand or retailer where:

• The same stock sells on more than one marketplace or channel.
• Inventory counts are updated by hand after orders arrive.
• Stock reports disagree with what's on the shelf.
• Popular products run out before anyone notices.

An integration assessment maps how your channels, stock and orders connect today, and what a single inventory would change.

07Questions

Frequently asked questions