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Real Time Inventory Management: Why Batch-Based Systems Are the Hidden Source of Stockouts and Lost Sales

Real time inventory management breaks down when POS, OMS, ERP, and WMS update in batches, creating phantom inventory, oversells, and avoidable stockouts. This article explains where latency enters retail operations, how to redesign inventory as an event-driven execution layer, and how Haptiq helps orchestrate real-time flow across channels with governed data, workflows, and KPI discipline.

January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026
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Real Time Inventory Management: Why Batch-Based Systems Are the Hidden Source of Stockouts and Lost Sales

Haptiq Team
January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026
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12
min
Retail / E-Commerce / Real-Time Systems & Inventory Management

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