Real-time inventory level tracking and alerts

**Purpose**

1.1. Automate real-time monitoring of fertilizer inventory levels to prevent stockouts and excess stock, enabling proactive restocking and optimizing cash flow.
1.2. Ensure automated accuracy and transparency for supply chain managers, enabling automated alerts and instant reporting for critical thresholds.
1.3. Facilitate automated data-driven decision-making, reducing human errors and maximizing efficiency via automation of notifications and workflows.

**Trigger Conditions**

2.1. Inventory quantity for a specific fertilizer SKU drops below a predefined minimum threshold (automating replenishment requests).
2.2. Anomalous usage or shrinkage patterns are detected by automated monitoring systems.
2.3. Physical or digital stock data is updated in the ERP/WMS, triggering auto-alerts.
2.4. Scheduled automated inventory checks flag discrepancies with system counts.

**Platform Variants**

3.1. **Twilio SMS**
• Feature/Setting: Automated SMS alerts via Messaging API; configure event-driven outbound messages (e.g., threshold breached).
• Sample: `POST /Messages` with dynamic inventory value and SKU.

3.2. **Slack**
• Feature/Setting: Automated channel notifications using Slack Incoming Webhooks for low-inventory alerts.
• Sample: Configure webhook per warehouse channel for targeted automation.

3.3. **SendGrid**
• Feature/Setting: Automate email alerts using SendGrid Mail Send API when inventory hits trigger points.
• Sample: `POST /mail/send` with template for urgent resupply.

3.4. **Microsoft Teams**
• Feature/Setting: Automated Teams messages using Microsoft Graph API; send inventory warnings to procurement channel.
• Sample: Use `chatMessage` endpoint for direct automation.

3.5. **Shopify**
• Feature/Setting: Automate webhook configurations for inventoryLevel/update event; trigger internal stock workflows.
• Sample: Inventory event webhook triggers custom automation.

3.6. **Zapier**
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-app inventory alerts; create Zap with “Inventory Updated” trigger and automated action steps.
• Sample: Connect inventory to multiple alert destinations.

3.7. **Google Sheets**
• Feature/Setting: Automated inventory monitoring with Google Sheets API; triggers on value changes.
• Sample: `spreadsheets.values.update` to automate flagging.

3.8. **QuickBooks**
• Feature/Setting: Use Inventory Tracking API; automate financial ledger entries and notifications.
• Sample: Push notifications on low-inventory accounting events.

3.9. **SAP Business One**
• Feature/Setting: Use Service Layer API for automated inventory status and event-driven alerts.
• Sample: REST event triggers at quantity threshold.

3.10. **Oracle NetSuite**
• Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk Web Services API automates inventoryThreshold notifications and dashboards.
• Sample: Automated suitelets for supply chain managers.

3.11. **Salesforce**
• Feature/Setting: Automated platform events & Process Builder to automate inventory alerts to mobile/email endpoints.
• Sample: Custom flow for each fertilizer SKU.

3.12. **Mailgun**
• Feature/Setting: API-based automated email alert solution on inventory events.
• Sample: `POST /messages` by inventory event.

3.13. **Trello**
• Feature/Setting: Automated board/card creation for out-of-stock items via Trello API.
• Sample: Trigger Kanban workflow for purchasing.

3.14. **WMS Systems (Fishbowl)**
• Feature/Setting: API-driven automated inventory status push on critical reorder points.
• Sample: Event queue to warehousing dashboard.

3.15. **Microsoft Power Automate**
• Feature/Setting: Automate flows triggered by Dynamics/Excel/ERP data update.
• Sample: Logic app for push notifications.

3.16. **WooCommerce**
• Feature/Setting: Product stock status webhook automates notifications and reorders.
• Sample: Configure `woocommerce_update_product` event.

3.17. **HubSpot**
• Feature/Setting: Automated email/task generation for low inventory via workflows or API.
• Sample: CRM dashboard updates.

3.18. **PagerDuty**
• Feature/Setting: Automated incident trigger with inventory event integration.
• Sample: Use REST event ingestion for supply alerts.

3.19. **Airtable**
• Feature/Setting: Base automation (Scripts/API) to automate inventory threshold alerts and records.
• Sample: `PATCH /records` for automated updates.

3.20. **WhatsApp Business API**
• Feature/Setting: Automated push notifications to purchasing managers.
• Sample: Template messages on low stock.

3.21. **Odoo ERP**
• Feature/Setting: Automated scheduled actions/scripts for low inventory via Odoo API.
• Sample: Python automation for resupply alerts.

**Benefits**

4.1. Automates reduction in human intervention and error; essential for time-sensitive supply chains.
4.2. Automated real-time insights prevent lost sales and emergency last-minute procurement.
4.3. High scalability as new SKUs, warehouses, and regions can be automatedly integrated.
4.4. Automated multi-channel alerts reach the right stakeholders—procurement, finance, and logistics—instantly.
4.5. Automation of data synchronization between online and offline records for 100% inventory accuracy.
4.6. Automates escalation workflows, enabling automated prioritization and resolution of supply gaps.