Inventory & Supply Chain AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automates ongoing monitoring by cross-referencing live inventory data with predefined aging thresholds (e.g., >90 days unsold), enabling proactive inventory management and minimizing losses due to depreciation.
1.3. Ensures automated escalation for items breaching set stock duration, integrates data-driven reports for decision support, and automates cross-departmental communication to accelerate liquidation efforts.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated database query or report flags stock items exceeding a set 'days-in-inventory' threshold.
2.3. Manual trigger via dashboard override for ad-hoc automation actions.
2.4. Automated triggers on inventory system update events (goods received, sales posted, etc.).
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Configure SMS API to automate outbound notifications to key personnel; “Message” endpoint with dynamic text templates.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API sending automated alerts to distribution list; automate subject personalization using “Dynamic Templates”.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook or Slack API automates channel-based or direct automated notifications.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: “Incoming Webhook” connector automates real-time notifications to inventory channels.
3.5. Gmail API
• Feature/Setting: Automate emails via “messages.send”; filter users based on location or roles.
3.6. Outlook (Office365)
• Feature/Setting: Automate dispatch with “Send an email” in Microsoft Graph API using role-based recipient logic.
3.7. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Use “Process Builder” or “Flow” to automate triggering Tasks, Alerts, or Chatter messages on aging inventory records.
3.8. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation with automated email tasks triggered by inventory module field conditions.
3.9. SAP S/4HANA
• Feature/Setting: Configure automated output for aging via “Smart Forms” or “Notifications” module, triggered by movement/aging records.
3.10. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Saved Searches + Workflow to automate email/SMS for flagged inventory records.
3.11. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Shopify Script or Flow automates internal notifications using inventory product metafields/age.
3.12. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API polling paired with automation script for notification to admins on aging products.
3.13. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automate emails or tasks via custom Workflows linked to inventory age property.
3.14. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket automation for escalations when slow-moving stock detected.
3.15. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Create automated Trello cards in “Aging Inventory” list with full details, using API.
3.16. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automated issue creation/tagging using REST API or Automation Rules for items breaching thresholds.
3.17. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Automated task creation assigned to owner for each stock item over threshold, using API.
3.18. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script automates row highlight/email for aged inventory rows.
3.19. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation triggers on inventory view with filtered “Days in Stock” column.
3.20. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Workflow builder automates cross-platform alerts; connect inventory system events to any notification or action app.
Benefits
4.2. Drives faster response to aging stock, optimizing stock turns and margin retention.
4.3. Automated escalation pathways improve accountability and cross-functional action on under-performing stock.
4.4. Reduces risk of unsold stock with end-to-end automation of notification and response cycle.
4.5. Customizable automation logic for multi-location dealerships and multiple communication channels.
4.6. Scalable, automatable, and adaptive across all dealer locations and evolving business systems.