Inventory and Supply Chain AutomationPurpose
1.2. Instantly notify predefined suppliers to prompt rapid replenishment, minimizing stockouts and lost sales.
1.3. Ensure compliance with supplier agreements and maintain continuous stock availability for high-demand adult retail products.
1.4. Enable real-time communication via email, SMS, API, messenger, and portal integrations for seamless supply chain coordination.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Stock quantity reaches zero (full out-of-stock event).
2.3. Received inventory update or API webhook from POS or ERP.
2.4. Manual request by inventory manager in backend dashboard.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: API call via “Messages” endpoint to send SMS with SKU, current stock, and reorder request; configure with supplier phone number.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: “Mail Send” API v3; set up transactional email template, populate dynamic fields (SKU, threshold breached, reorder link), and trigger upon low stock event.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; send structured JSON payload to supplier-specific channel with product and restock CTA.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook connector; post adaptive card alerting the group/channel of the stock issue and supplier action required.
3.5. Gmail
• Feature/Setting: SMTP/REST API; craft email with SKU, location, and out-of-stock status to supplier’s address list.
3.6. Outlook 365
• Feature/Setting: Office 365 “Send Email” API or Power Automate connector; auto-fill supplier template on trigger event.
3.7. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Send Text Message endpoint; personalized low-stock alerts directly to supplier’s WhatsApp.
3.8. Telegram Bot API
• Feature/Setting: “sendMessage” method to notify supplier group or user with stock alert.
3.9. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Level webhook or REST endpoint; monitor SKU and trigger supplier notification via integrated app/script.
3.10. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Webhook for "product low stock"; execute supplier notification logic when stock threshold is hit.
3.11. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Update event via API; initiate supplier alert via connected email/SMS service.
3.12. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Custom workflow with “On Inventory Level” trigger to email/SMS supplier via built-in integrations.
3.13. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Alert Management (“Stock Below Minimum Level” rule); send notification through connected email/SMS system.
3.14. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Saved search on item quantity-on-hand with workflow to email designated supplier on threshold breach.
3.15. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Email API v3; dynamic subject and body for inventory alerts, triggered by inventory monitoring logic.
3.16. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Events API v2; create and dispatch incident to supplier contact group for urgent out-of-stock issue.
3.17. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket API; auto-create ticket assigned to supplier with stockout and reorder info.
3.18. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket creation via API with product and supplier details; notify assigned supplier contact.
3.19. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Process Builder flow to trigger email/SMS on inventory object change; connect supplier contacts.
3.20. SAP Ariba
• Feature/Setting: Supplier Notification Automation; integrate via open API to push restock request directly to supplier portal.
3.21. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation to email/SMS supplier on low-stock field update.
3.22. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Incoming webhook to send inventory status card to supplier room/channel.
Benefits
4.2. Automate and accelerate supplier response times without manual intervention.
4.3. Reduce employee workload and error risk across multi-channel notifications.
4.4. Improve supplier relationships and streamline procurement compliance.
4.5. Support omni-channel supplier communication preferences (SMS, email, chat, helpdesk).