Aviation Asset & Facility Management AutomationPurpose
1.2. Ensure uninterrupted operations by promptly replenishing fuel stocks across airport assets.
1.3. Centralize notifications, order confirmations, delivery scheduling, and reporting to reduce manual oversight.
1.4. Integrate IoT, vendor, and ERP systems to automate the end-to-end fuel management lifecycle.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Scheduled time-based audit (e.g., nightly or weekly).
2.3. Vendor system provides delivery or stock update notification.
2.4. Consumption anomaly alerts (e.g., double usual usage).
2.5. Manual trigger via dashboard for emergency procurement.
Platform Variants
3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Trigger: "When a sensor data value changes" (IoT connector for fuel tank sensors)
• Action: "HTTP – Send order request" to fuel supplier API
3.2. Zapier
• Trigger: Webhook or IoT event capturing low fuel alert
• Action: "Webhooks by Zapier – POST" to supplier endpoint
3.3. AWS Lambda
• Trigger: AWS IoT Rule for message from tank sensor
• Action: Invoke vendor ordering API using AWS SDK
3.4. Google Cloud Functions
• Trigger: Pub/Sub message with fuel status
• Action: Call HTTP API for purchase order creation
3.5. Siemens MindSphere
• App: Asset Monitoring – fuel sensor device input
• Rule: Automated purchase request via API integration
3.6. Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement
• API: REST endpoint to create and approve purchase requisition
• Trigger: Fuel level event from IoT service
3.7. IBM Maximo Asset Management
• Feature: Automation Script email or web service call to supplier
• Event: Sensor low fuel reading logged
3.8. Honeywell Forge
• API: Real-time alert setup for low fuel
• Action: Automated order via external vendor API
3.9. SAP Business Technology Platform
• Workflow: "Start when fuel level < threshold"
• Action: Generate purchase order in SAP S/4HANA
3.10. ServiceNow
• Flow Designer: Catch IoT or integration event
• Action: Auto-create procurement case and supplier email
3.11. Twilio SMS
• Feature: SMS alert to facility manager for approval
• API: POST /Messages for SMS with fuel reorder request
3.12. SendGrid
• Feature: Automated email purchase order to vendor
• API: POST /mail/send with order details
3.13. PagerDuty
• Trigger: Alert when delivery is overdue
• API: POST /incidents for escalation
3.14. Cisco Kinetic
• Feature: Fuel sensor data ingest
• Rule: Automated data push to ordering solution
3.15. MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
• Connector: Listen to IoT data
• Flow: Send HTTP request to procurement system
3.16. Azure Logic Apps
• Trigger: IoT Hub message for low fuel
• Action: HTTP request to supplier, notification to team
3.17. Integromat (Make.com)
• Scenario: Device Event module triggers PO email module
• Action: HTTP module to order API
3.18. Smartsheet
• Function: Update row with low fuel event
• Workflow: Alert purchasing and supplier
3.19. Salesforce
• Flow: Update fuel asset record
• API: Callout via Apex to vendor system
3.20. HubSpot
• Workflow: Track reorder requests as tickets
• Action: Email vendor using connected inbox
3.21. NetSuite
• SuiteScript: Monitor inventory, auto-generate PO
• RESTlet: Connect to external supplier ordering system
3.22. QuickBooks
• API: Create purchase order on trigger
• Subscription: Purchase event webhook
3.23. Slack
• Incoming Webhook: Alert procurement Slack channel
• Button: One-click approve and send reorder
3.24. Notion
• Database: Log fuel usage and reorder actions
• Integration: Auto-create task to review reorder
3.25. Monday.com
• Automation: Change status “Low Fuel” triggers vendor email
• Integration: Create reorder item on product board
Benefits
4.2. Reduction in manual monitoring, intervention, and purchase errors.
4.3. Centralized, real-time visibility of fuel levels and order status across locations.
4.4. Automated documentation for regulatory and audit purposes.
4.5. Improved supplier relationships via timely, consistent orders.
4.6. Data-driven forecasting and trend analysis for future fuel requirements.