Price comparison and notification from multiple suppliers

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time price aggregation from multiple agricultural suppliers on various channels and notify procurement managers when target conditions such as lowest price or preferred vendor thresholds are met.
1.2. Streamline supplier selection by providing immediate visibility into price fluctuations, availability, and delivery terms for bulk agricultural products.
1.3. Minimize manual price-checking labor, prevent missed savings opportunities, and improve response speed to market shifts.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled intervals (e.g., every 6/12/24 hours) to fetch prices from supplier APIs or portals.
2.2. Manual trigger by a procurement manager request via dashboard, email, or chat command.
2.3. Price drop matching user-defined thresholds or rapid price changes detected on any supplier source.
2.4. New supplier API addition or update in supplier list.
2.5. Low inventory warnings triggering procurement inquiry.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS notification; use Messages API (POST /Messages).
• Sample configuration: Destination = procurement manager's phone; Body = price alert.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automated email; use Mail Send API (POST /mail/send).
• Sample configuration: JSON payload with supplier prices.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Channel alert; use chat.postMessage method of Slack API.
• Sample config: Channel = #procurement-alerts; Text = formatted price comparison.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automated message; use Incoming Webhook connector.
• Sample: Webhook URL, message title "Supplier Price Update".
3.5. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Data logging; use Sheets API (spreadsheets.values.update).
• Sample: Rows = supplier name, product, price, date.
3.6. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Live database update; use REST API (PATCH /records).
• Sample: Table = 'Price Watch'; Fields = Supplier, Product, Price.
3.7. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Opportunity updates; use REST API (PATCH /sobjects/Opportunity).
• Sample: Field update when price favorable.
3.8. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Contact alert; use Engagements API (POST /engagements).
• Sample: Log note for purchasing team.
3.9. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Multi-app automation; use Webhooks app.
• Sample: Trigger on new price, forward updates to email/Slack.
3.10. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Flow orchestration; use HTTP action with supplier endpoint.
• Sample: Compare prices and post summary.
3.11. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Price repository; use Notion API (PATCH /pages).
• Sample: Update 'Product Pricing' database.
3.12. Pipedrive
• Feature/Setting: Deal timeline update; use Deals API.
• Sample: Add activity if price drops.
3.13. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Notification automation; use API to update board items.
• Sample: Status = “Best Price Alert”.
3.14. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Bulk notification email; use Messages API (POST /messages).
• Sample: Recipients = purchasing group.
3.15. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: Bot alert; use sendMessage API call.
• Sample: Chat ID = manager; Text = supplier update.
3.16. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Task creation on price change; use Tasks API.
• Sample: Task = “Review New Price” assigned to buyer.
3.17. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Channel notification; use Webhook POST.
• Sample: Channel = #supply-chain; Message = JSON with prices.
3.18. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Event creation on procurement need; use Events API (POST /calendars/events).
• Sample: Title = “Review Prices”.
3.19. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Card update; use Cards API (POST /cards).
• Sample: List = “Price Monitoring”; Card title = “Latest Supplier Data”.
3.20. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket creation for anomalies; use Tickets API (POST /api/v2/tickets).
• Sample: Subject = “Price Spike Detected”.

Benefits

4.1. Maximize savings by catching best market rates across suppliers in real time.
4.2. Cut manual admin time and errors in cross-supplier price tracking.
4.3. Accelerate purchasing cycles through automated alerts and workflow integration.
4.4. Improve decision confidence and documentation for compliance/audits.
4.5. Heightened agility to respond to volatile market conditions and supplier changes.