Inventory & Supply ChainPurpose
1.2 Sends automated alerts to staff or management for timely price adjustment decisions.
1.3 Automates supplier price change reconciliation, supporting budgeting and margin control.
1.4 Enables automated monitoring of cost fluctuations, quickly identifying unexpected supplier pricing.
1.5 Automates documentation for pricing compliance and ordering transparency.
1.6 Streamlines supplier negotiations by offering automated, immediate insight into historic price patterns.
Trigger Conditions
2.2 Automated detection of changes in supplier pricing API data or scraping result.
2.3 Triggered by a daily/weekly scheduled fetch of supplier inventory or price lists.
2.4 Automated alert upon receiving invoices with differing prices.
2.5 Trigger set off by workflow automation when Google Sheets, database, or ERP is edited.
Platform Variants
• Feature: Programmable SMS; Configure automated message on price change trigger—API endpoint: /v1/Messages.
3.2 SendGrid
• Feature: Marketing Campaigns; Auto-send alert email on detected supplier price update—API endpoint: /mail/send.
3.3 Slack
• Feature: Incoming Webhooks; Automates posting supplier price updates to inventory channel—API endpoint: /api/chat.postMessage.
3.4 Microsoft Teams
• Feature: Connector Notifications; Automated posting to a Teams channel upon price change events.
3.5 Gmail
• Feature: Send Email API; Configured rule to automatedly email alert when supplier price detected in Gmail—API endpoint: /gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send.
3.6 Google Sheets
• Feature: App Script/Sheets API; Automated monitor for sheet price column changes—API endpoint: /v4/spreadsheets.values.get & batchUpdate.
3.7 Airtable
• Feature: Automation Scripts; Configure monitor for supplier price field changes—API endpoint: /v0/{baseId}/{tableId}.
3.8 Zapier
• Feature: Multi-step Zaps; Automates fetching, comparing, and alert flow for supplier pricing events.
3.9 Make (Integromat)
• Feature: Scenario Builder; Automated workflows to detect, compare, and broadcast supplier price changes.
3.10 Pipedream
• Feature: Automated workflows; Price feeds trigger pricing alert via available integrations and HTTP API.
3.11 Monday.com
• Feature: Automations; Automated board update or notification on supplier price field change.
3.12 HubSpot
• Feature: Workflow Automation; Configure automated email or SMS on custom property (supplier price) update.
3.13 Shopify
• Feature: Admin API Webhooks; Automated webhook for changes in supplier product cost fields.
3.14 Notion
• Feature: Notion API; Automated monitoring of supplier database property changes pushing updates.
3.15 Asana
• Feature: Rules/Integrations; Automatic task creation or comment when supplier price info changes.
3.16 Trello
• Feature: Butler Automation; Automated alert in card or board when custom field for supplier pricing changes.
3.17 Salesforce
• Feature: Flow Builder Process Automation; Automated alert on Opportunity or Product Price field edits.
3.18 QuickBooks Online
• Feature: Webhooks/API; Automated notification for supplier price-related transaction updates.
3.19 Mailgun
• Feature: Automated Email API; Send triggered alert emails when supplier price changes detected—API: /v3/{domain}/messages.
3.20 Google Chat
• Feature: Webhook Integration; Automated supplier price update posting to chat room—API: /v1/spaces/messages.
3.21 PagerDuty
• Feature: Event Triggering; Automated incident for critical supply price surges via Events API.
3.22 Discord
• Feature: Webhook Notification; Automated price change alert sent to staff channel via /api/webhooks/{webhook.id}.
3.23 Freshdesk
• Feature: Ticket Automation; Automated ticket for supply price anomaly detection.
Benefits
4.2 Reduces reactive purchasing decisions by providing real-time awareness.
4.3 Automates control of supply costs, helping cafés stay competitive.
4.4 Minimizes missed opportunities for renegotiation or substitution.
4.5 Provides an auditable, automated trail of supplier price changes for compliance and forecasting.