template method pattern you sit down and identify the steps needed to integrate with the remote system sync stock items between the point of sale and the third-party system send transactions to the third party this is simplified set of stepsbut it will serve us well enough in the world of simple functions we had beforewe could write code for each step in the process and place each step' code in separate functionseach of which could be called at the appropriate time see heredef sync_stock_items()print("running stock sync between local and remote system"print("retrieving remote stock items"print("updating local items"print("sending updates to third party"def send_transaction(transaction)print("send transaction{ ! }format(transaction)def main()sync_stock_items(send_transaction"id" "items""item_id" "amount_purchased" "value" ]if __name__ ="__main__"main(