Inventory and Stock Management AutomationsPurpose
Trigger Conditions
2.2. New POS transaction or stock adjustment entry.
2.3. Scheduled or ad-hoc inventory audits.
2.4. Threshold-breach (e.g., shrinkage percent exceeds predefined limit).
Platform Variants
3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Use scheduled cloud flow to retrieve stock, POS, and audit records via SQL, calculate losses, and trigger Power BI or Outlook actions.
3.2. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Use scheduled Zap on Google Sheets/Excel, add Formatter step for shrinkage calculation, and auto-email report via Gmail.
3.3. Make (Integromat)
• Feature/Setting: Scenario using HTTP module to pull ERP data, Math aggregator for shrinkage, and email module for compliance alerts.
3.4. UiPath
• Feature/Setting: Robotic workflow extracting SAP/Oracle inventory data, calculates loss with DataTable activities, and uploads report via SFTP.
3.5. Blue Prism
• Feature/Setting: Business Object configured to monitor predefined database tables, calculate variance, and generate .csv reports.
3.6. Knack
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled rule triggers inventory checks, formula field computes shrinkage, automated record update sends notifications.
3.7. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Flow Designer runs nightly, scheduled job fetches Inventory table, calculates shortages, and posts to Audit Log.
3.8. Salesforce Flow
• Feature/Setting: Schedule-triggered flow retrieves Product2 Inventory, invokes formula, and pushes report via Chatter.
3.9. Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Time-driven trigger checks Google Sheet inventory logs, computes shrinkage in Script, and sends formatted report via MailApp.
3.10. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Lambda with API access to inventory system, calculates loss rates, publishes report to SNS topic.
3.11. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Recurrence trigger, Cosmos DB or SQL connector, built-in calculator, report delivered to SharePoint/Teams.
3.12. Apache Airflow
• Feature/Setting: DAG scheduled for nightly ETL, Python operator calculates shrinkage from data warehouse, output to S3.
3.13. Oracle Integration Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled integration flow, fetches ERP inventory data, transformation maps for shrinkage, sends report to Oracle Analytics.
3.14. SAP Business Technology Platform
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow on SAP Inventory module change event, built-in loss calculator, compiles results in Fiori inbox.
3.15. Google BigQuery + Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled query computes losses, Cloud Function triggers report formatting and email delivery.
3.16. Smartsheet Automation
• Feature/Setting: Recurring workflow to analyze inventory sheets, formula columns for loss, auto-alert based on cell value.
3.17. Monday.com Automations
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled 'When status changes' or time-based automation calculates difference, posts shrinkage score to dashboard.
3.18. Trello + Butler
• Feature/Setting: Daily command checks inventory cards, uses calculations in custom fields, and posts summary as new card or comment.
3.19. QuickBooks Online API
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled API pull of inventory levels, custom script calculates losses, emails export via API POST.
3.20. Slack Workflow Builder
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled workflow collects inventory stats via form or API, calculates shrinkage, posts result in admin channel.
Benefits
4.2. Accelerates compliance and auditing processes.
4.3. Enables rapid detection of supply chain inefficiencies or theft.
4.4. Empowers oversight: immediate alerts on anomalies.
4.5. Reduces labor costs and speeds up reporting cycle.
4.6. Ensures audit-readiness with historical shrinkage data stored automatically.