Alerting for non-moving or overstocked items

Purpose

1. Automate detection and alerting for inventory items in the Armenian restaurant that are not moving or are overstocked, preventing unnecessary capital lock-up, spoilage, or missed turnover.

2. Automating real-time notifications keeps staff proactive in ordering, promotions, and waste reduction.

3. Enables automated decisions on purchasing, menu adjustments, and stock reduction strategies for Armenian cuisine ingredients and supplies.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated periodic review of inventory levels and sales movement for each item.

2. Trigger when an item’s sales velocity falls below a defined threshold for a configurable number of days.

3. Automated flag for items where quantity exceeds pre-set overstock thresholds based on par levels.

4. Automation configurable for frequency (daily, weekly) and item type (perishable, non-perishable).

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Automated alert SMS using Send Message API; configure with inventory thresholds and staff numbers.
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automates email notifications; use Send API with automated subject/alert body for non-moving/overstocked item list.
  

3. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Automated channel message via Incoming Webhooks API; set up inventory alerts in dedicated operations channel.
  

4. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Automates Microsoft Teams bot or webhook for automated inventory alerts, with configurable message templates.
  

5. Telegram

• Feature/Setting: Use Bots API for automated messaging; configure to send alerts for slow-moving or excessive stock items.
  

6. Discord

• Feature/Setting: Automate webhook integration; send real-time notifications on overstocked/inactive items to staff channels.
  

7. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Automate Inventory API to monitor stock levels and trigger email/app notifications.
  

8. Square

• Feature/Setting: Automates alerts using Inventory Management webhooks when items cross inventory thresholds.
  

9. QuickBooks Online

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API integration triggers email/push notification using automated rules for movement monitoring.
  

10. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Automate notification rule in Alerts/Workflow when item movement stagnates or exceeds set stock levels.
  

11. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Automate board notifications via automation rules for flagged SKUs with inventory status columns.
  

12. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Automate card creation/movement via Power-Ups API when items are identified as non-moving/overstocked.
  

13. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automate scripts or Zapier-based workflows to email notifications when inventory fields breach thresholds.
  

14. Mailgun

• Feature/Setting: Automated transactional email via Messages API for movement alerts, with custom templates.
  

15. PagerDuty

• Feature/Setting: Automates incident triggers for critical overstock/non-moving items, integrating via Events API.
  

16. Zendesk

• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket creation with inventory trigger via Tickets API for follow-up or escalation.
  

17. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Automate check via Apps Script; send automated email/slack alert if data in sheet flags issues.
  

18. Notion

• Feature/Setting: Automate notification via API or integration when database item state meets inventory alert criteria.
  

19. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Automate workflow via B1if/Service Layer for automated inventory alerts to email/SMS.
  

20. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Automate saved searches/alerts for specific inventory levels and automate notification via SuiteScript.
  

21. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Automate CRM workflow to trigger tasks or notifications when inventory data (via custom objects/integrations) matches conditions.
  

22. Microsoft Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: Automate flows to monitor inventory in Excel/Dataverse, triggering Teams/email/SMS notifications.
  

23. Freshdesk

• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket/alert creation via API/integration for escalation if stock remains non-moving for set periods.
  

24. Asana

• Feature/Setting: Automate task creation via Rules/API when inventory data from integrations match alert conditions.
  

25. Webex

• Feature/Setting: Automate bot message or alert in team space via Webhooks API for inventory alerting.
  

26. WhatsApp (via Twilio API)

• Feature/Setting: Automate WhatsApp messages for non-moving or overstocked items, with templated alerts.
  

Benefits

1. Automates detection and response, reducing manual review and human error.

2. Automated real-time corrective action starves waste and capital drain on idle stock.

3. Increases turnover and menu agility for Armenian cuisine by automatedly surfacing inventory insights.

4. Provides diverse automatable notification channels, suiting staff preferences.

5. Automation ensures consistency, compliance, and documentation of every inventory action.

6. Enables automators to work proactively, transforming restaurant inventory management into a continually optimizing system.