Alert notifications for low stock or sold-out items

Purpose

1.1. Automate alert notifications to instantly notify hawker stall operators in food courts when stock falls below preset levels or items are sold out.
1.2. Enhances automated sales and order processing by reducing manual inventory monitoring.
1.3. Automatedly prevents overselling, improves customer satisfaction, and ensures replenishment planning.
1.4. Enables food court street food vendors to automate timely restocking and avoid missed sales opportunities through real-time automation.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Predefined minimum stock levels for each menu item in a digital inventory system.
2.2. Item stock reaches zero (sold out) at point-of-sale.
2.3. Sales transaction recorded reducing stock to or below threshold.
2.4. Platform-specific webhook event, scheduled inventory scan, or POS update automates notification sending.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: SMS API, configure automated SMS alert to stall owner’s number; sample: trigger POST to /Messages endpoint with “Low stock” alert.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API, automate outbound transactional emails; sample: POST to /mail/send with subject “Stock Alert”.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks, send automated channel message; sample: POST JSON to webhook URL with item alert.
3.4. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot API, automate message to hawker group; set Bot to sendAlert via /sendMessage endpoint.
3.5. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook, configure automation to post to staff channel; POST adaptive card with stock info.
3.6. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Level API, automate webhook event "inventory_levels/update" to trigger alert function.
3.7. Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Feature/Setting: FCM Send API, automate push notifications to mobile app users; POST to /fcm/send with payload.
3.8. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Messages API, trigger automated WhatsApp alert to operator; use /v1/messages endpoint.
3.9. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Zap webhook/catch hook, automate multi-platform alert flow; trigger on app stock status change.
3.10. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Messages API, automate email alert using POST /messages with low stock subject.
3.11. Pusher
• Feature/Setting: Channels API, automate real-time frontend notifications for POS dashboards.
3.12. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Webhook, automate alert to staff Discord server/text channel; POST alert JSON to webhook.
3.13. Google Chat
• Feature/Setting: Webhook, send automated message to group chat; POST formatted card with item detail.
3.14. Amazon SNS
• Feature/Setting: Publish API, automatedly broadcast alert via SMS, email, or app push.
3.15. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Events API, automate incidents/alerts to on-duty operators; POST trigger event.
3.16. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Inventory change trigger + notification flow; drag-drop stock monitor and alert card.
3.17. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script trigger, automate email/SMS when “stock” column falls below target.
3.18. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation scripts, check ‘stock’ field, trigger alert action when value threshold reached.
3.19. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Integration via API, automate stock database monitor and send alert to integrated channel.
3.20. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Automation, custom property “Stock Status” triggers notification when “Low/Sold-out”.

Benefits

4.1. Automates early issue detection, reducing lost sales from stockouts.
4.2. Automated communications free up staff, increasing operational efficiency.
4.3. Enables automating stock data-driven actions precisely at the right time.
4.4. Reduces human error in inventory oversight with automated processes.
4.5. Automator systems build accountability and traceability via alert logs.