Automated low-stock inventory alerts to management

Purpose

1.1. Automates monitoring of ingredient levels specific to Argentine cuisine (meat, chimichurri, spices, etc.).
1.2. Automates the generation and dispatch of low-stock alerts to management, ensuring fast restocking and uninterrupted kitchen operations.
1.3. Integrates inventory with order and POS systems to automate inventory checks in real time.
1.4. Enables automatic escalation of critical shortages with alerts customizable by ingredient type, threshold, and urgency.
1.5. Supports comprehensive audit trails by automating logging of alert and stock adjustment actions for compliance and analytics.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger when real-time or scheduled stock entry for any ingredient falls below user-defined par level.
2.2. Automatedly checks triggered by order fulfilment or kitchen usage updates.
2.3. Automation can aggregate ingredient usage trends to predict and alert on anticipated low-stock scenarios.
2.4. Automates escalation after manual “low stock” acknowledgment to management or secondary roles.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Message API; configure automated SMS to management with stock details.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automated Email API; sends low-stock emails to pre-set addresses.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; automate inventory alert notifications in team channels.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Flow Connector for automated Teams posts with stock alert details.
3.5. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: API Bots; automate alert messages delivered to restaurant manager chat rooms.
3.6. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API; automated direct low-stock messages to owner/chefs.
3.7. WhatsApp (Meta API)
• Feature/Setting: Cloud API for sending automated WhatsApp alerts to management group.
3.8. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Event API; automate escalation for urgent ingredient shortages.
3.9. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket creation API; automates opening restock tickets for supply team.
3.10. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: API to automate creation of restock items in project boards.
3.11. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Task API; automatically assigns low-stock response tasks to purchasing.
3.12. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Case/Task creation API; automates tracking of inventory incidents.
3.13. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Sheets API; automate logging of stock alerts and ingredient names/times.
3.14. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Update Record Automation; automated adjustment of inventory records.
3.15. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Level API; automate notification when ingredient stocks are synced/updated.
3.16. Square
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Webhooks/APIs for automating real-time inventory notifications.
3.17. Lightspeed POS
• Feature/Setting: Webhook integration for automated alerting upon ingredient depletion.
3.18. Quickbooks
• Feature/Setting: API to automate inventory reporting and threshold monitoring.
3.19. Outlook
• Feature/Setting: Mail API for automated stock alert emails to management lists.
3.20. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automator connects triggers (POS/ERP) with notifications (SMS, email, Slack, etc.).

Benefits

4.1. Automates inventory oversight, reducing manual error and time spent on stocktaking.
4.2. Automated notification ensures critical ingredients for Argentine dishes are never unexpectedly out-of-stock.
4.3. Automator enables real-time responses, supporting kitchen efficiency and customer satisfaction.
4.4. Automating escalations leads to proactive supply chain engagement and reduced downtime.
4.5. Automation creates automatable reporting for ongoing inventory optimization and analytics.