Supplier performance dashboard updates

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time and scheduled updates to supplier performance dashboards for hydroponics/grow supplies retail.
1.2. Automated integration of purchase orders, delivery KPIs, quality incidents, price changes, and supplier communications.
1.3. Enable automated insights on supplier reliability, fulfillment accuracy, lead times, and cost variances.
1.4. Automatedly centralize supplier analytics, automate dashboard visualizations, and trigger proactive notifications for underperforming suppliers.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automatedly run on new or updated purchase order data intake.
2.2. Automator starts on goods receipt events or inventory system updates.
2.3. Automate on file imports (Excel, CSV) from supplier portals.
2.4. Schedule automation daily, weekly, or monthly.
2.5. Automated manual trigger from dashboard or workflow interface.
2.6. Automate on critical incident logging or quality issue flags.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power BI
• Feature/Setting: Automated dataset refresh scheduler; configure API data push from ERP/supplier management system.
3.2. Google Data Studio
• Feature/Setting: Automate connector to Google Sheets/BigQuery; auto-refresh based on webhook/API.
3.3. Tableau
• Feature/Setting: Automated Data Extract API; configure webhook ingestion from supplier platforms.
3.4. Qlik Sense
• Feature/Setting: Automate REST API calls for data reload; connect to supplier DB for scheduled pulls.
3.5. Looker
• Feature/Setting: Automate Looker API for scheduled dashboard updates and alerts.
3.6. Zoho Analytics
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly set up data import via API or email parser for supplier files.
3.7. SAP Analytics Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Connection automation to SAP S/4HANA with scheduled data acquisition.
3.8. Salesforce (Reports/Dashboards)
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled report refresh via Report API.
3.9. SAP BusinessObjects
• Feature/Setting: Automate universe refresh scheduler; connect to supplier ERP tables.
3.10. Klipfolio
• Feature/Setting: Automated data source polling; configure REST API endpoint or file watch.
3.11. Sisense
• Feature/Setting: Use Sisense REST API to automate dashboard refresh and email blast based on triggers.
3.12. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Automated cell-linking and update requests via webhooks for supplier KPIs.
3.13. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automate dashboard widgets linked to supplier auto-uploaded files.
3.14. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Airtable Automations for periodic supplier KPI summary report generation.
3.15. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Use Apps Script or webhook to automate sheet updates upon new supplier data ingestion.
3.16. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automate push notification to dashboard channels on out-of-threshold supplier events using Slack API.
3.17. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Teams bot automatedly posts KPI summaries; connect Power Automate for dynamic triggers.
3.18. Email (SMTP/IMAP API)
• Feature/Setting: Automate parsing and ingestion of supplier emails containing performance updates.
3.19. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled serverless scripts for batch dashboard refresh or metric calculation.
3.20. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Orchestrate multi-source data ingestion and automate dashboard updates as part of workflow.
3.21. Oracle BI
• Feature/Setting: Automate ETL pipeline execution and BI dashboard refresh configuration.
3.22. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate card creation based on supplier KPIs for performance review boards.
3.23. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Trigger Asana dashboard updates on supplier incident automation via API.

Benefits

4.1. Automatedly improves data accuracy, timeliness, and reduces manual intervention.
4.2. Automate supplier accountability and supports proactive risk management.
4.3. Automates supplier improvement cycles via fast insight dissemination.
4.4. Saves time, automates error reduction, and enhances confidence in supplier analytics.
4.5. Automating the dashboard enables scalable monitoring and swift response for retail grow shops.