Supply Chain & Inventory ManagementPurpose
1.2 Automate triggering of proactive, customized low stock email notifications to warehouse managers, procurement heads, and production planners to prevent out-of-stock delays, ensuring seamless supply chain operations and just-in-time procurement.
1.3 Enables rapid, automated response actions by integrating low stock alerts with vendors/supplier reordering processes, reducing manual effort and inventory disruptions in knitwear manufacturing.
Trigger Conditions
2.2 Periodic scheduled automated stock checks (e.g., hourly or daily).
2.3 Automated API triggers from ERP, inventory management systems, or IoT-based sensors reporting live stock consumption.
Platform Variants
• Function: "Send an email (V2)", automatedly triggered by "When a row is modified" in Excel/SharePoint/Dataverse
• Sample: Configure connector with inventory table, set conditional logic for threshold, automate Outlook email with template
3.2 Zapier
• Function: “Email by Zapier” using “New or Updated Row in Google Sheets/Airtable” trigger
• Sample: Automate connection to inventory tracker, use “Filter” for thresholds, send automatedly formatted notification
3.3 Make (formerly Integromat)
• Module: Gmail “Send Email” automatedly triggered by MySQL “Watch Rows”
• Sample: Set filter for stock < threshold, automate Gmail for warehouse contacts
3.4 Google Apps Script
• Function: “MailApp.sendEmail” in script bound to Sheets
• Sample: Automated script runs onEdit, checks inventory, automates email dispatch
3.5 Amazon SES
• API: sendEmail in AWS Lambda function · automate invocation from DynamoDB Streams on low stocks
• Sample: Automatedly format email, configure IAM and SNS for alerts
3.6 SendGrid
• API: “Mail Send” endpoint, automatedly called by webhook from ERP/inventory app
• Sample: Automate template, API Key config, dynamic fields
3.7 Twilio SendGrid
• Automatedly use “Email API” for transactional alert mails
• Sample: Automate integration with stock event webhook, customize HTML messages
3.8 Slack
• Feature: “Incoming Webhooks” automate channel/email workflow to alert inventory team
• Sample: Use Zapier or custom webhook for automating stock notifications to Slack & connected emails
3.9 Outlook 365
• Feature: “Send an email” automate action in Power Automate flow
• Sample: Configure automated triggers on Microsoft Lists/SharePoint Inventory, send alerts
3.10 Gmail API
• Endpoint: “users.messages.send” for automated, custom alerts
• Sample: Automate with Apps Script/Cron job from Sheets
3.11 Shopify
• Integration: “Inventory Level Update Webhook” automate with email notification app
• Sample: Configure webhook POST, automate external emailing
3.12 WooCommerce
• Hook: “woocommerce_updated_product_stock” automate to connected email service
• Sample: Automate mailer plugin or custom code for email alerts
3.13 Oracle NetSuite
• SuiteScript: Automate scheduled search for low stock, trigger SuiteFlow to send automated mails
• Sample: Define restlet/email automation for notification
3.14 SAP Business One
• Alert Management: Set automated alerts for minimum stock, configure automated email recipient
• Sample: Automate alert interval, template notification
3.15 Zoho Inventory
• Workflow Rule: Set “Low Stock” automated email rule
• Sample: Automate email template, embed SKU & quantity info
3.16 QuickBooks Commerce (TradeGecko)
• Low Stock Notification Setting: Automate alert to multiple emails
• Sample: Automatedly configure threshold & recipient list
3.17 Notion
• API + Zapier: Automate retrieval from inventory table, send Gmail/Outlook automated emails
• Sample: Automate threshold logic & email integration
3.18 Airtable
• Automations: “When record matches conditions” automate email step
• Sample: Configure automated filter for “quantity < reorder level”
3.19 Smartsheet
• Automated Workflow: “Alert someone” for low values
• Sample: Set up scheduled or on-change trigger, automate internal/external notification
3.20 Monday.com
• Integration: Automate email automation when inventory item hits lower limit
• Sample: Use “When status changes to X, send an email”
3.21 Netsuite
• Workflow Automator: Automate the evaluation of on-hand quantities, generate email extranet notifications for procurement
3.22 Freshdesk
• Custom Automations: Automate ticket creation and email to procurement if critical item is low, integrate with email API
Benefits
4.2 Automates early warning to prevent production halts and urgent procurement.
4.3 Centralizes and automates communication, ensuring procurement acts promptly.
4.4 Scales easily as inventory volumes and locations grow, reducing human error.
4.5 Improves supply chain visibility and automates audit readiness by maintaining a communication trail.