Alerting for low-stock or expiry

Purpose

1.1. Provide real-time alerts for low-stock or expiring nutrition, educational supplies, or medicines to Anganwadi center staff, supervisors, and local authorities.
1.2. Minimize risk of critical shortages or expired stock in community childcare through proactive notifications.
1.3. Ensure timely replenishment and disposal to comply with safety and child health mandates under Indian government norms.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Inventory data updates showing stock levels below predefined thresholds.
2.2. Approaching expiry dates on food, supplements, vaccines, or medicines (e.g., within 30 days).
2.3. Manual report submission by frontline staff indicating low or outdated inventory.

Platform variants

3.1 Twilio SMS
- Feature/Setting: Configure Messaging API to send automated SMS alerts; sample: Use POST to /Messages with stock details.

3.2 SendGrid
- Feature/Setting: Use transactional email API; configure dynamic templates for expiry/shortage alerts.

3.3 Slack
- Feature/Setting: Webhook to send channel messages; alert team when thresholds are breached.

3.4 Microsoft Teams
- Feature/Setting: Connectors for automatic posting to a designated group when triggers are met.

3.5 WhatsApp Business API
- Feature/Setting: Pre-approved template messages sent on low-stock event; configure via Cloud API.

3.6 Gmail (Google Workspace)
- Feature/Setting: Auto-send alert emails using Gmail API and conditional filtering.

3.7 Telegram
- Feature/Setting: Bot API to push alerts to group chats; method: sendMessage with alert text.

3.8 Facebook Messenger
- Feature/Setting: Page access token used to auto-message admins; set up webhook for inventory triggers.

3.9 Google Sheets
- Feature/Setting: Use Apps Script triggers to email alerts when sheet data goes below limits.

3.10 Zoho Inventory
- Feature/Setting: Use Webhooks and automation rules to send notification emails/SMS on low stock.

3.11 SAP Business One
- Feature/Setting: Use built-in alert management module to email supervisors.

3.12 Oracle NetSuite
- Feature/Setting: Saved Search with email alerts for inventory quantities.

3.13 Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: Workflow Rules to send email or push notifications on stock thresholds.

3.14 Freshdesk
- Feature/Setting: Configure ticket automation to assign resource-restock tickets and notify via email/SMS.

3.15 PagerDuty
- Feature/Setting: Event-triggered alerts to on-call responders, integrated via API.

3.16 Opsgenie
- Feature/Setting: API to create incidents when inventory events occur.

3.17 Amazon SNS
- Feature/Setting: Topic-based notification for low-stock; subscribe emails/SMS.

3.18 Google Chat
- Feature/Setting: Webhook for auto-posting alerts to appropriate space.

3.19 Monday.com
- Feature/Setting: Automations to trigger notifications to boards or users.

3.20 Trello
- Feature/Setting: Butler automation to add comment/tag member when a card (stock item) drops below set value.

3.21 Asana
- Feature/Setting: Custom rules trigger task creation or alerts on flagged inventory items.

3.22 HubSpot
- Feature/Setting: Workflow automation to send reminder emails to assigned contact on resource alerts.

3.23 Airtable
- Feature/Setting: Automations to email or SMS contacts when tracked field data drops.

3.24 Power Automate (Microsoft)
- Feature/Setting: Flow to send Teams/email/SMS by integrating with underlying inventory sheet or ERP.

3.25 Mailgun
- Feature/Setting: API-triggered low stock or expiry emails using transactional routes.

Benefits

4.1. Reduced inventory wastage and timely replenishment for uninterrupted child services.
4.2. Early warning ensures compliance with safety/nutrition regulations.
4.3. Minimizes manual monitoring effort and staff workload.
4.4. Multi-platform alerting enhances accountability across staff roles.