Operations & Workflow AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automate scheduling, assignment, status-tracking, inventory adjustment, and environmental monitoring associated with aquaculture lifecycle events for improved efficiency, compliance, and data-driven operational outcomes.
1.3. Automates coordination across disparate systems (IoT, farm management, communication, inventory, analytics) for seamless workflow from planning to harvest.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Calendar date/time/recurring schedules configured by farm management.
2.3. Inventory levels (seed/fingerling or feed supplies) reach predefined thresholds.
2.4. Manual initiation from mobile/web app by farm staff or management.
2.5. Automated alerts from compliance systems or regulatory platforms.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: “Schedule by Zapier” + Webhooks — automates event triggering, connects data across apps as operational signal.
3.2. Make (Integromat)
• Feature/Setting: Scenario builder — automates multi-step sequences for farm cycles, use HTTP modules for custom device integrations.
3.3. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled cloud flows; “HTTP Request” module for IoT triggers; automates alert logging and notifications.
3.4. Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Triggers for Calendar, Sheets, and Gmail — automate checklists, log sheets, and notifications.
3.5. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled or event-driven functions; automate execution based on farm sensor events or IoT Core rules.
3.6. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Recurrence/Schedule connector and IoT Central integration — automate workflows from device telemetry.
3.7. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Programmable SMS/WhatsApp API; automates dispatch of real-time mobile alerts to staff.
3.8. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API integration for automating harvest or status notifications to team/external partners.
3.9. Google Calendar API
• Feature/Setting: Automated event creation for operational milestones (e.g., seeding/harvest) on shared calendars.
3.10. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Webhook/App API for automated real-time operational feeds and alerts to on-site/off-site teams.
3.11. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Board/Card API; automate creation of checklist cards for each farming cycle or compliance step.
3.12. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Database automation for maintaining activity logs, inventory movement, and schedules.
3.13. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automations for form input, inventory adjustments, and cross-platform updates per event.
3.14. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automation recipes for assigning, tracking, and marking completion of workflow steps.
3.15. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Process Builder/Flow for automated contact updates, compliance tasks, and inventory tracking.
3.16. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation for reminders, follow-ups, and progress monitoring in farming operations.
3.17. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Automated alerts/updates using Data Shuttle and workflows for active project/task management.
3.18. Oracle Integration Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Integration/Process flows for automating data ingestion, compliance, and reporting.
3.19. IBM Watson IoT
• Feature/Setting: Automated telemetry routing — event-driven automator for monitoring and triggering on device data.
3.20. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Serverless triggers — automate response actions based on real-time cloud-connected sensor input.
Benefits
4.2. Minimizes risk via automated compliance checks and reporting in aquaculture.
4.3. Promotes production reliability through workflow automation and traceability from seeding to harvest.
4.4. Enhances decision-making with automated analytics and centralized operational logs.
4.5. Scales aquaculture operations seamlessly using modular, automatable integrations for diverse business needs.