Price fluctuation alerts from suppliers

Purpose

1.1. Rapidly detect price changes in ingredient or supply costs from multiple vendors for American cuisine operations.
1.2. Instantly alert inventory managers to increases or decreases via email, SMS, app, or ERP notifications.
1.3. Enable timely purchasing decisions to control cost volatility and maximize margin.
1.4. Automate logging of price history for strategic sourcing reviews and supplier negotiations.
1.5. Facilitate dynamic pricing updates in POS and menu boards if high-volatility thresholds are breached.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Supplier submits updated price list or API feed with new rates.
2.2. Predefined price change threshold (+/- x% or value) is met or exceeded.
2.3. Manual entry or upload by procurement triggers price history analysis.
2.4. Scheduled data pulls (e.g., daily at 7am) detect delta from previous data.
2.5. Integration receives webhook, email, SFTP drop, or EDI file from a supplier.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Programmable SMS; Configure message API to send alert to inventory manager's phone on price change event.

3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional email API; Set up automated emails triggered by supplier data change events.

3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks/API; Send structured price alerts to inventory or procurement Slack channel.

3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Teams Connector/API; Post adaptive card with price change details to relevant Teams channel/group.

3.5. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Webhook/Parser + Formatter; Set up parsing supplier email/SFTP uploads and route alerts.

3.6. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Admin API/GraphQL update; Track supplier price as metafield and trigger notifications to managers.

3.7. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Bill/Expense API; Monitor updates to bill items and trigger alert workflow if cost variances detected.

3.8. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Google Apps Script/Updates; Script tracks supplier price uploads; triggers email or chat alert on threshold breach.

3.9. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer/API; Alert logic keyed to supplier item master price field updates.

3.10. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Process Builder/Outbound Messages; Configure process on custom object for supplier pricing changes.

3.11. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteScript/User Events; Build script monitoring purchase item cost fields with notification trigger to purchasing roles.

3.12. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation/Script; Track supplier price field, send instant alert or Slack message if change meets threshold.

3.13. Trello
• Feature/Setting: API/Webhook; Create/update cards in Procurement board when price fluctuations identified in data feed.

3.14. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Integrations/Automations; Watch supplier status board, auto-notify procurement on price cell changes.

3.15. Asana
• Feature/Setting: API/Rule; Rule triggers when price field updated, alerts warehouse/purchasing task list.

3.16. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Invoice/Items API; Track item price list via API; generate notification if cost variant passed.

3.17. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: API/Automations; Create internal ticket for price escalations from supplier integrations.

3.18. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: File Event/Webhook; Monitor supplier price file uploads, parse, send alerts if delta threshold crossed.

3.19. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow/Deal Property; Monitor supplier-related deal property changes, trigger alerts on price fields.

3.20. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Database API/Property Change; Track property linked to supplier price, auto-alert and comment on page.

3.21. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automation/Issue Creation; Automatically open task/ticket for procurement on detection of significant price shift.

3.22. Pipedrive
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks/Deal Field Update; Monitor supplier deal custom fields for price, send email to designated managers on change.

3.23. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Alerts & Actions; Drive automatic email or push notification by configuring cell-watch rules on supplier pricing sheet.

3.24. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled function/API trigger; Execute script to compare and log supplier prices, integrate SNS or SES for alerts.

3.25. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: HTTP-triggered function; Parse supplier price feeds, fire alert workflows using Google Chat or Gmail.

Benefits

4.1. Real-time visibility on unpredictable supplier market costs.
4.2. Faster response to mitigate negative margin impact.
4.3. Improved vendor relations via transparent, automated documentation of changes.
4.4. Streamlined communication with clear digital audit trails.
4.5. Supports inventory and menu price optimization for higher profitability.