Automated supply chain notifications and tracking

Purpose

1.1. Provide real-time automated notifications to all stakeholders throughout the supply chain for status updates, delays, arrivals, and critical milestones.
1.2. Ensure continuous tracking of inventory, part shipments, and order fulfillment for compliance, efficiency, and risk management.
1.3. Integrate seamlessly with manufacturing execution, procurement, and logistics systems for instant alerting and situational awareness.
1.4. Reduce manual checks, accelerate production responsiveness, and enable proactive crisis mitigation in aerospace operations.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Supplier shipment creation, updates, or dispatch scanned/events logged in ERP/WMS.
2.2. Logistic partner tracking status changes (e.g., pickup, in-transit, delayed, delivered).
2.3. Incoming discrepancy detected on delivery via IOT scanners or manual entry.
2.4. Threshold breach for inventory or work-in-process stocks.
2.5. Scheduled milestones or compliance checks.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API to send SMS to supply chain managers; configure webhook triggers from ERP.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional Email API to automate email notifications to vendor/supplier groups.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook for automated channel alerts; map to logistics event stream.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Connector for channel notifications; set up Power Automate flows for supply milestones.
3.5. SAP
• Feature/Setting: Supply Chain API to extract shipment / delivery event status and trigger outbound notifications.
3.6. Oracle SCM Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Business Events API to feed shipment progression data into notification workflows.
3.7. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Flow Builder API for custom process automation on part arrival, delays, or milestone breaches.
3.8. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automation rules for ticket generation upon logistics exceptions or missed handoffs.
3.9. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Logic workflows for orchestrating cross-system notification logic on supply events.
3.10. AWS SNS (Simple Notification Service)
• Feature/Setting: Topic-based pub/sub for shipment status notifications to subscribed endpoints.
3.11. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Google Chat Bot for group notifications via webhook on stock/part movement.
3.12. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Flow Designer for automated incident creation upon delivery discrepancies.
3.13. IBM Sterling Supply Chain
• Feature/Setting: Prebuilt monitoring flows for shipment tracking and real-time alert triggers.
3.14. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automation center for status change alerts and timeline reminders for supply milestones.
3.15. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Power-Up automations to generate checklist item alerts and due date reminders.
3.16. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Incident orchestration API for critical supply interruption escalations.
3.17. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Automated ticket and notification rules on logistics SLA breaches.
3.18. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Webhook event triggers for order fulfillment and shipment alerts within B2B modules.
3.19. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Workflow rule triggers for low stock notification to procurement.
3.20. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation to alert account managers about vendor-related shipment changes.
3.21. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: File request and sharing alert set-up for digital proof of delivery uploads.
3.22. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteFlow process automation for delivery notifications and status updates.

Benefits

4.1. Early awareness and escalation of any supply chain disruptions.
4.2. Elimination of manual tracking and status checks.
4.3. Centralized and real-time visibility across all partners and internal teams.
4.4. Reduction in costly delays and missed deadlines via proactive engagement.
4.5. Enhanced compliance, audit trails, and accountability across the supply chain.