Stock availability notifications to sales team

Purpose

1.1. Automate instant notifications to the sales team when specific alcoholic beverage stock levels hit predefined thresholds.
1.2. Ensure proactive restocking, enable real-time sales guidance, prevent overselling/out-of-stock scenarios.
1.3. Integrate seamlessly with warehouse, inventory, and sales systems to streamline communication and reduce manual checks.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Stock quantity falls below or equals a minimum threshold for any SKU.
2.2. New inventory received, impacting critical items or promotional products.
2.3. Scheduled or periodic inventory validation reveals supply gaps in fast-moving alcoholic products.
2.4. Sudden spike in orders leading to immediate low inventory status.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Programmable Messaging API; configure to trigger SMS with SKU and quantity info to sales team numbers.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Transactional Template; API call sends email alerts to sales group with product and stock status.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; post detailed stock alerts to #sales-alerts channel with SKU and current count.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Connector or Webhook; push adaptive cards into a specified Team’s channel on stock event.
3.5. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Webhook integration; send formatted messages to group conversation with product links.
3.6. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot with webhook; configure to notify sales role and channel immediately on trigger.
3.7. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Message Template; trigger pre-approved alert to sales team group chat.
3.8. Pusher
• Feature/Setting: Channels API; deliver push messages to mobile/web app users identified as sales personnel.
3.9. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: API for automatic email notifications; embed product table and actionable links.
3.10. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Process Builder or Flow; create tasks or Chatter posts alerting assigned reps.
3.11. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation; send internal notifications or assign follow-up tasks.
3.12. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Trigger-based email or in-app alerts; log ticket when critical SKUs are low.
3.13. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Rule; push notification to mobile app and CRM dashboards.
3.14. Asana
• Feature/Setting: API task creation; add stock-check or reorder tasks for sales lead.
3.15. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automation with Board Webhook; create cards in “Urgent Orders” when critical low reported.
3.16. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automation recipe; notify board group and set item status “Stock Alert.”
3.17. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automation rule; generate and assign issue to sales or supply chain personnel.
3.18. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Script or Automation; update notification field and send alert email.
3.19. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Server Actions; automated internal messages or activities for product managers.
3.20. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Alerts management; configure workflow to send emails/notifications for stock threshold events.
3.21. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks; trigger notifications to sales apps/extensions when inventory is low.
3.22. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Automations; notify via email or pop-up for predefined stock events.

Benefits

4.1. Rapid action on inventory issues, reducing lost sales opportunities.
4.2. Enables seamless cross-team collaboration by centralizing critical alerts.
4.3. Minimizes risk of manual oversight, providing audit trails on notification events.
4.4. Improved customer satisfaction by maintaining continuous product availability.
4.5. Scalability—expandable to multi-location, multi-channel inventory environments.