Need app to create POs to re-order up to a specified amount

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Topic summary

  • Goal: Find a Shopify app that can auto-create purchase orders (POs) to restock items up to a specified target (“want level”) per vendor.

  • Example: Set a want level of 10 for a product with vendor Acme; if 4 are in stock, the system auto-generates a PO for 6.

  • Constraint raised: A respondent notes there may be no API access to Shopify purchase orders, which could prevent third-party apps from implementing this automation.

  • Key terms: POS (Point of Sale), PO (Purchase Order), API (Application Programming Interface).

  • Outcome/Status: No app or workaround was identified. The feasibility is questioned due to API limitations, and the request remains unresolved/ongoing.

Summarized with AI on January 3. AI used: gpt-5.
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We used to have functionality in another POS to create POs to automatically re-stock items up to a specified inventory number and we’re looking for something similar to use with Shopify.

Example:

Set Widget want level to 10 with vendor Acme

Create a PO for Acme and auto-generate PO. System sees that we have 4 Widgets available and re-orders 6.

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I don’t think there’s any API access to the shopify purchase orders, so I’m not sure this would be possible.