Stock level alerting and replenishment

**1. Purpose**

1. Automate continuous monitoring of stock levels for critical supplies across all army barracks to ensure readiness and operational efficiency.

2. Automating alert dispatch and replenishment ordering, preventing stockouts and overstocking in defense logistics.

3. Enable real-time inventory optimization, maximizing supply chain efficiency through automation and minimizing manual intervention.

4. Automate regulatory compliance by retaining logs of inventory activities and ensuring timely reporting for audits.

**2. Trigger Conditions**

1. Automated stock level drops below predefined minimum threshold or safety stock margin.

2. Real-time data aggregation triggers automation upon detection of abnormal consumption rates.

3. Automatedly scheduled periodic inventory audits reveal discrepancies in expected vs. actual quantities.

4. Sensor updates via IoT devices in storerooms trigger automation for alerts when stock is accessed.

**3. Platform Variants**

1. Amazon SNS

• Feature/Setting: Automated notification triggers; configure Topic with Lambda as sender, SMS or email protocol for recipients.
  

2. Twilio SMS API

• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS alerts; set up API with From/To fields, trigger on low-stock webhook call.
  

3. SendGrid Mail API

• Feature/Setting: Automated email alerts; configure dynamic template, API key, and recipient group for stock notifications.
  

4. Microsoft Teams Webhook

• Feature/Setting: Automated Teams post; use Incoming Webhook connector, trigger message card on out-of-stock event.
  

5. Slack Incoming Webhook

• Feature/Setting: Automated stock alert post; configure channel webhook URL, payload with inventory details.
  

6. ServiceNow

• Feature/Setting: Automate task creation; configure Flow Designer to trigger incident on inventory breach.
  

7. SAP Inventory Management API

• Feature/Setting: Automate stock update; use PostStockAdjustment function, trigger replenishment upon low count.
  

8. Oracle Inventory Cloud REST API

• Feature/Setting: Automates reorder request; configure POST /inventoryOrders, supply item and minimum-level parameters.
  

9. Google Sheets API

• Feature/Setting: Automate inventory logs; configure append function, webhook updates data row when triggered by event.
  

10. Airtable Automations

• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow upon field change; set trigger when “Stock” field < threshold, send alert email.
  

11. PagerDuty Events API

• Feature/Setting: Alert/incident automation; configure event trigger on low-stock detection in supply node.
  

12. Zendesk Ticketing

• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket creation; set trigger on inventory state, assign to logistics officer group.
  

13. Zoho Inventory Webhooks

• Feature/Setting: Automated action rules; configure webhook for reorder alert on item quantity drop.
  

14. Shopify Admin API

• Feature/Setting: Automate inventory update; use InventoryLevel/update endpoint, trigger restock notification.
  

15. Freshdesk

• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket action; configure observer on field “Stock Level”, trigger email automation.
  

16. Notion API

• Feature/Setting: Automate database update; configure patch request on Inventory table when event occurs.
  

17. Jira Automation

• Feature/Setting: Automated issue creation; set automation rule to fire upon change in inventory custom field.
  

18. IFTTT

• Feature/Setting: Automate via Webhook and SMS/Email integration; set applet to trigger on HTTP post from inventory system.
  

19. HubSpot Workflows

• Feature/Setting: Automate email alert; configure workflow on inventory pipeline, trigger low-stock email notification.
  

20. Monday.com Automations

• Feature/Setting: Automate pulse/action; trigger when inventory column < set value, send automated message.
  

**4. Benefits**

1. Automate redundant manual checks, liberating human resources for strategic operations.

2. Automated stock level alerting ensures zero disruptions to barracks logistics.

3. Automatedly prevents costly overstocking and understocking with programmable reordering logic.

4. Centralized automation delivers real-time, auditable history for superior oversight.

5. Automation enables seamless integration with other defense digital logistics and command platforms for a responsive supply chain.