Automated temperature monitoring system notifications

Purpose

1.1. Ensure food safety, compliance, and freshness by continuously tracking storage, fridge, and kitchen temperatures.
1.2. Instantly alert staff to abnormal temperatures to prevent spoilage, costly losses, or health code violations.
1.3. Automate temperature data collection, reporting, and escalation for audit readiness and operational efficiency.
1.4. Streamline maintenance scheduling by notifying relevant personnel of repeated equipment issues detected through temperature thresholds.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Temperature sensor logs a reading outside set safe range (e.g. 0–4°C for refrigerated items).
2.2. Periodic scheduled data check (e.g. every 10 minutes).
2.3. Failure of a data transmission from the sensor.
2.4. Non-acknowledgment of a previous alert by responsible staff within defined time.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS via Programmable Messaging; configure "From", "To", "Body" fields for alert text and recipient.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Send email via "Mail Send API v3"; set "personalizations", "from", "subject", "content" with temperature alert details.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: "chat.postMessage" API in a dedicated channel; message contains sensor name, value, and escalation instructions.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Use Incoming Webhook to send JSON payload containing timestamp, sensor affected, and corrective action steps.
3.5. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Webhook bot posts formatted temp alert; parameters "space", "message", "@mentions" for role-based notification.
3.6. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Trigger incident with "Events API v2" including "routing_key", "event_action", and custom details (sensor, limit, current value).
3.7. Opsgenie
• Feature/Setting: "Create Alert API" provides alert title, message, priority, and responder teams.
3.8. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: "Insert Incident" REST API; fill "short_description", "description", "urgency" based on sensor reading.
3.9. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Create ticket with "Tickets API"; set "subject", "description", and assign to facilities group.
3.10. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Use "Issue Create" API; set "project", "issuetype", "summary", "description" for engineering follow-up.
3.11. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Append temp data to a row with Sheets API; columns for timestamp, location, value, outcome, responder.
3.12. Notion
• Feature/Setting: "Create Page" API in temperature log database; properties set for device, value, action required.
3.13. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: "Create Record" in alert table; set "temperature", "zone", "time", "status".
3.14. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Webhook triggers channel message; parameters for sensor name, value, urgency emoji.
3.15. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: "Webhooks by Zapier" for passing JSON alert data to associated apps or workflows.
3.16. IFTTT
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks service; trigger webhook on out-of-range detection, action email or notification.
3.17. Pushover
• Feature/Setting: "messages" API for mobile push; parameters "token", "user", "message" with temp alert.
3.18. Freshservice
• Feature/Setting: Create incident via API; set fields for asset, location, issue summary (temperature warning).
3.19. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Add card to "Maintenance" list using "Create Card" API; set "name", "desc".
3.20. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: "Engagements API" creates a task for facilities; set "ownerId", "type", "subject", "body".
3.21. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: "Create Item" in board; set "pulse" fields for alert parameters and escalation chain.
3.22. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: "messages" API for email; "from", "to", "subject", "text" fields containing sensor and threshold info.
3.23. SMSAPI
• Feature/Setting: HTTP POST to "/sms.do"; set "to", "message", "from" for rapid team notifications.
3.24. AWS SNS
• Feature/Setting: "Publish" API in SNS topic; message string details sensor, temperature, and required action.

Benefits

4.1. Immediate response to temperature breaches reduces product loss and protects customer safety.
4.2. Ensures HACCP compliance with automated, timestamped logs and alert trails.
4.3. Minimizes downtime by rapidly escalating equipment issues to engineering or maintenance.
4.4. Multi-channel notifications guarantee all stakeholders receive the alert in their preferred platform.
4.5. Historical data enables trend analysis, predictive maintenance, and continuous process improvement.