Inventory movement and usage history notifications

Purpose

1. Automate alerts to notify staff and managers in real-time about fish, potato, oil, and supply usage or movement for effective stock management and fast response to shortages or overuse.

2. Automating movement and usage history enables proactive resupply, mitigates waste, improves inventory turnover, and ensures compliance with food safety standards.

3. Track automated inventory deductions after POS sales or wastage events, consolidating data for insights and historical analysis of supply chain efficiency.

Trigger Conditions

1. Inventory item added, removed, or physical count completed in POS or inventory system.

2. Predefined thresholds for ingredient volumes reached (e.g., fish, potatoes drop below minimum buffer stock).

3. End of service or shift data sync for usage summary.

4. Manual intervention, such as spoilage marking or emergency transfer to another branch automatedly triggers logs and alerts.

5. API webhook from delivery or supplier platforms automates update of incoming stock movement.

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Use Programmable SMS API to automate SMS alerts for low inventory.
  
• Sample: Configure automation to send SMS on stock below threshold.
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automated email notification via SendGrid Mail Send API.
  
• Sample: Automate notification to manager’s email with usage history attached.
  

3. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Use Slack Webhook or API to automate #inventory channel alerts.
  
• Sample: Automate posting real-time movement notification.
  

4. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Automate usage notifications with Teams Messaging API.
  
• Sample: Trigger adaptive card message to inventory channel.
  

5. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Automate entry of inventory changes via Sheets API.
  
• Sample: Real-time automated log of all item movements.
  

6. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automates updating inventory base using Airtable API.
  
• Sample: Inventory adjustment automation after every POS transaction.
  

7. Shopify POS

• Feature/Setting: Use inventory webhook to automate inventory deduction and movement notifications.
  
• Sample: Triggered API call after sale.
  

8. Square POS

• Feature/Setting: Automate updates with Square Inventory API.
  
• Sample: Automated webhook alert on low supply.
  

9. Lightspeed POS

• Feature/Setting: Automator with real-time alerts via Lightspeed Webhooks.
  
• Sample: Triggers for every inventory movement.
  

10. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Automated stock update and history retrieval via Commerce API.
  
• Sample: Sync and automate email when critical levels reached.
  

11. Fishbowl Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Automate data extraction and push notifications with Fishbowl API.
  
• Sample: Usage history automation daily.
  

12. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Workflow rules with automated notifications via Zoho Inventory API.
  
• Sample: Reorder point trigger automates SMS/email.
  

13. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Automate alerts with SAP B1 Service Layer API.
  
• Sample: Inventory change triggers automated mail.
  

14. Oracle NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Automation using SuiteTalk API for inventory events.
  
• Sample: Automated reporting on usage movement weekly.
  

15. Freshdesk

• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket creation for unusual inventory movement via API.
  
• Sample: Incident workflow automation.
  

16. Mailgun

• Feature/Setting: Real-time stock notifications via Mailgun Email API.
  
• Sample: Automated router for segmented email lists.
  

17. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Creates automated Trello cards with movement or usage event via Trello API.
  
• Sample: Each depletion triggers new card.
  

18. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Automate board updates for inventory tasks via Monday API.
  
• Sample: Automatedly assigns restock job on trigger.
  

19. Notion

• Feature/Setting: Automate entry and alert in inventory database via Notion API.
  
• Sample: Each movement updates log section.
  

20. PagerDuty

• Feature/Setting: Automate incident assignment for urgent shortfalls via PagerDuty REST API.
  
• Sample: Alerts escalated automatedly to supply manager.
  

Benefits

1. Automated notifications increase speed and accuracy in inventory decisions.

2. Automating reduces manual errors and staff oversight.

3. History automation helps in forecasting, auditing, and regulatory compliance.

4. Inventory automation optimizes costs, minimizes waste, and encourages proactive management.

5. Automation enables real-time response, ensuring fresh and available stock in fast-paced food environments.