Inventory level reporting and analytics dashboards

Purpose

 1.1. Provide real-time inventory status for each aluminum SKU, location, and batch to enable timely restocking and order fulfillment.
 1.2. Aggregate, analyze, and visualize aluminum stock movement and turnover trends for supply chain decision-making.
 1.3. Automate compliance reporting and notify stakeholders of low or surplus inventory events, minimizing stockouts or overstock.
 1.4. Consolidate data from multiple warehouse, ERP, and sales systems into unified dashboards tailored to wholesale aluminum suppliers.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Scheduled sync (e.g., hourly, daily) of inventory tables in ERP or warehouse systems.
 2.2. Stock movement events—goods receipt, shipment, or internal transfer.
 2.3. Threshold breaches—inventory level falls below reorder point or exceeds storage cap.
 2.4. Manual trigger via dashboard refresh or user-initiated report generation.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Microsoft Power BI
  • API/Dataflow Connector: Inventory databases (SQL, Azure, SAP); config—parameterized queries to auto-refresh dashboards.
 3.2. Tableau
  • Tableau Data Extract API: Connect to ERP, schedule batch extraction & auto-publish dashboards.
 3.3. Google Data Studio
  • Data Connector: BigQuery/MySQL REST API integration; scheduled report refresh via Google Apps Script.
 3.4. SAP
  • Feature: Inventory Management API; configuration—setup webhook on movement type events.
 3.5. Oracle NetSuite
  • REST Web Services: Use GET /inventoryItems API call; setup real-time alert workflows.
 3.6. QuickBooks Online
  • Inventory Reports endpoint (GET /reports/InventoryValuationDetail); trigger daily email summary.
 3.7. Zoho Inventory
  • Inventory Reports API; webhook setup for stock threshold events.
 3.8. Infor CloudSuite Industrial
  • Feature: Inventory Transactional API; configure event-based triggers for live dashboards.
 3.9. Salesforce
  • Feature: Custom Object for Inventory; Process Builder to trigger dashboard updates.
 3.10. Google Sheets
  • Feature: Google Apps Script to auto-pull via ERP API and refresh sheet-linked dashboards.
 3.11. Airtable
  • Feature: Scheduled Sync; Inventory table plus Webhook for change events.
 3.12. Smartsheet
  • Data Connector: Automated report from inventory systems; Control Center for regular dashboard refresh.
 3.13. Sisense
  • API: Elasticube Data Source pull; schedule nightly inventory snapshot ingestion.
 3.14. Klipfolio
  • REST/SQL Connector: Real-time metric updates from warehouse system.
 3.15. Monday.com
  • Feature: Inventory Board + API; automation for status changes and alert notifications.
 3.16. Odoo
  • XML-RPC/JSON API: Inventory module event hooks, trigger reporting tasks.
 3.17. Shopify
  • Inventory Level API: Track aluminum product quantities; webhook integration to analytics tool.
 3.18. Lightspeed
  • Inventory API: Endpoint polling; auto-notify/report on product stock events.
 3.19. Amazon Redshift
  • ETL scheduling: Aggregate raw inventory data for reporting dashboards.
 3.20. AWS QuickSight
  • Redshift or S3 data source sync; automated dashboard refresh with current inventory.
 3.21. Looker
  • Feature: LookML model for inventory; use Webhook from ERP to trigger Looker data refresh.
 3.22. Domo
  • Inventory Data Connector; configure auto-update and alert triggers for stock thresholds.

Benefits

 4.1. Enables proactive stocking and supply planning for aluminum products.
 4.2. Minimizes costly stockouts and overstocks across wholesale operations.
 4.3. Reduces manual reporting workload—real-time dashboards for all users.
 4.4. Faster, data-driven supply chain decisions via clear, actionable analytics.
 4.5. Strengthens compliance and transparency for supplier-client relationships.