Inventory management for health and nutritional supplies

Purpose

1.1. Automate low-stock alerts, restocking, usage tracking, and reporting for nutrition and health supplies across Anganwadi centers.
1.2. Centralize real-time data on incoming, outgoing, and current stock, linking to procurement teams.
1.3. Eliminate manual errors, ensure uninterrupted nutrition access for children, support compliance reporting, and minimize wastage by FIFO management.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Inventory level drops below preset threshold for any item.
2.2. Scheduled inventory audits or reconciliations.
2.3. Entry of new stock via supplier delivery logs.
2.4. Periodic (daily/weekly/monthly) inventory summaries.
2.5. Missed consumption or anomaly (e.g., spike in use/expiry).
2.6. Mandated government reporting deadlines.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Sheets API ‘onEdit’ and batchUpdate for live tracking; triggers Webhooks for alerts.

3.2. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Inventory record integration via SharePoint Lists; automated flow using ‘When an item is modified’ trigger.

3.3. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: ‘Record changes’ automation and API for low-stock trigger.

3.4. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: REST APIs for inventory update and reorder workflows.

3.5. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: B1if integration for item master, stock transfers; alert function.

3.6. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Custom objects for supplies; process builder for automated notification.

3.7. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Actions; Inventory module’s webhook for threshold crossing.

3.8. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Inventory endpoints to sync stock changes via API calls.

3.9. TallyPrime
• Feature/Setting: ODBC interface for item balance check, email module for low-stock alert.

3.10. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks for alerting staff of item depletion.

3.11. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: API to send low-stock or expiry SMS to supervisor phone numbers.

3.12. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Chat Webhook to post inventory alerts in a dedicated channel.

3.13. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional Email API for restock notice to supplier contacts.

3.14. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Card creation via API for replenishment action item assignment.

3.15. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: API to update boards for daily/weekly consumption reporting.

3.16. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Update inventory table blocks and trigger reminders using API.

3.17. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: InventoryLevel and Webhook API to update/track supply stock.

3.18. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket auto-generation via API for critical shortages/incidents.

3.19. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Inventory REST API; webhook for product quantity update.

3.20. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteScript for automation, Inventory Management SuiteApp triggers.

3.21. Mailjet
• Feature/Setting: Email API for multi-lingual notifications.

3.22. Asana
• Feature/Setting: API to create tasks for manual verification or urgent restocking.

3.23. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Webhook to send notification to nutrition program team channel.

3.24. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow tool with inventory property, automatic alert emails.

Benefits

4.1. Reduced manual tracking, saving staff time.
4.2. Faster response to shortages, ensuring nutritional continuity.
4.3. Real-time audit trails for compliance and funding oversight.
4.4. Minimized loss through timely consumption of near-expiry items.
4.5. Accurate, automated reporting for district/state authorities.
4.6. Enables scalability across multiple centers with consistent standards.