Low stock and overstock alerts to procurement team

Purpose

1.1. Automate monitoring of inventory levels across garage door SKUs, automatedly notifying procurement team before stockouts or overstock situations, minimizing manual checks, ensuring optimal stock levels, reducing lost sales, automating procurement decisions, and supporting continuous supplier and inventory management automation for wholesale garage door suppliers.
1.2. Automates thresholds analysis using real-time stock data to distinguish low stock risk (order urgent resupplies) from overstock risk (pause/slow ordering), improving supply chain automation efficiency and cash flow.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger when stock level of specified product/SKU falls below pre-set minimum (e.g. “Reorder Point” in inventory platform).
2.2. Automatedly triggered on detection of overstock status (stock exceeds maximum holding threshold).
2.3. Optionally, automate triggers on predicted low stock from sales trends or incoming order spikes.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Configure SMS Notifications via Twilio API with automated trigger for sending texts to procurement team on stock events.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automate email alerts using SendGrid API, with template mapping SKU information and automated threshold reasons.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Use Slack Incoming Webhooks to automate posting channel messages for inventory alerts.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automate adaptive card posting using Microsoft Graph API for actionable alerts in Teams channels.
3.5. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Automate inventory log updates by connecting to Google Sheets API for auditability and alerts.
3.6. Shopify (if B2B e-commerce)
• Feature/Setting: Automate webhook notification based on inventory_level/change webhook.
3.7. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Automate queries and notifications using Service Layer API when stock crosses set parameters.
3.8. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Automated Saved Search triggers and SuiteScript for customized inventory automation alerts.
3.9. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Use Zoho Inventory API to automate detection and notification workflows for stock levels.
3.10. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated low stock alert setup via Inventory and Notification APIs.
3.11. Slackbot Custom Integration
• Feature/Setting: Automate inventory bot reminders using Slack Events API, push alerts to procurement.
3.12. AWS SNS (Simple Notification Service)
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-channel notification delivery for programmatic inventory events.
3.13. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Build automated flows triggering from inventory change to alert channels/emails.
3.14. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly update and detect low/overstock rows using Airtable Automations.
3.15. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Configure automation recipes to notify procurement on board item status change.
3.16. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate card creation for at-risk stock SKUs via Trello API.
3.17. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automated ticket generation for procurement action when over/under-stock detected.
3.18. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Automate notification via Process Builder/Flow for inventory object changes.
3.19. Pipedrive
• Feature/Setting: Custom webhook triggers for inventory objects to send automated alerts.
3.20. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automate workflow-based notifications using custom objects or integrations.
3.21. Gmail
• Feature/Setting: Automated messaging to procurement using Gmail API with custom templates.
3.22. SMS via Plivo
• Feature/Setting: Use the Plivo API for automated batch SMS alerts to procurement list.
3.23. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Set up automated WhatsApp notifications using business API on inventory alerts.

Benefits

4.1. Automates repetitive inventory checks, reducing procurement workload.
4.2. Automatedly prevents lost sales by timely reordering.
4.3. Minimizes capital tied in overstock via automated pausing and smart-ordering.
4.4. Automation standardizes processes, increasing reliability.
4.5. Automated inventory alerts enable proactive procurement, improving supplier relationships.
4.6. Automation scalability allows multi-location/warehouse stock control.
4.7. Reduces manual errors by automating data flows and thresholds.
4.8. Automates compliance reporting and historical audits for inventory levels.