Inventory & Supply ChainPurpose
1.2. Fully automates monitoring and notification workflows, delivering real-time expiry reminders to relevant staff or suppliers.
1.3. Centralizes expiration data tracking, automates escalation, and maintains audit trails for regulatory adherence.
1.4. Enhances inventory rotations and automates re-ordering or discounting before spoilage, reducing manual errors.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manual trigger on staff marking an expiry date in the inventory system.
2.3. API event when receiving new delivery with associated expiry dates.
2.4. Automatedly triggered on scheduled inventory audit intervals.
Platform Variants (at least 20)
- Feature/Setting: Use Messages API to automate sending expiry alert SMS to staff, e.g., POST /Messages with item name and expiry date.
3.2. SendGrid
- Feature/Setting: Automate expiry alert emails via the Mail Send API, configure sender and dynamic template for item notifications.
3.3. Slack
- Feature/Setting: Configure Incoming Webhooks to automatedly post expiry alerts to inventory or kitchen channels.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
- Feature/Setting: Automate expiry notifications via Teams Connector, posting adaptive card alerts for management review.
3.5. Google Sheets
- Feature/Setting: Automate row-based triggers using Sheets API to flag expiring items and auto-highlight or email responsible parties.
3.6. Monday.com
- Feature/Setting: Automation recipes to notify assigned users when the ‘expiry date’ column is within set period.
3.7. Airtable
- Feature/Setting: Scripted automation in Airtable Actions to send expiry alerts when a date field approaches.
3.8. Zoho Inventory
- Feature/Setting: Automated workflows using Inventory API for expiry date reminders to relevant teams.
3.9. Zapier
- Feature/Setting: Multi-app zaps automating detection of upcoming expiries and broadcasting to multiple channels.
3.10. Trello
- Feature/Setting: Automate card creation or due date reminders for expiring stock items via Power-Up API.
3.11. Freshservice
- Feature/Setting: Workflow automator for ticket creation when items near expiry in inventory logs.
3.12. Asana
- Feature/Setting: Rules or custom fields automating task assignment to check and act on expiring inventory.
3.13. Shopify
- Feature/Setting: API-triggered product tag or inventory notes update for items near expiry; automated email via app integration.
3.14. Odoo
- Feature/Setting: Automated scheduler to run expiry checks and send notifications using Odoo Inventory automation.
3.15. Notion
- Feature/Setting: Database automation for reminders or notification pages as expiry dates approach.
3.16. Outlook (Microsoft 365)
- Feature/Setting: Automated email alerts via Power Automate when flagged expiry data arrives in shared folders.
3.17. PagerDuty
- Feature/Setting: Create automated incidents when critical stock items near expiry threshold, escalating as configured.
3.18. Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: Process Builder workflow to automate notifications or tasks in opportunities when tracked products near expiry.
3.19. Google Calendar
- Feature/Setting: Automating event creation and reminders before perishable item expiry using Calendar API.
3.20. Mailchimp
- Feature/Setting: Automate targeted expiry alert emails to a list of recipients using Campaign API and dynamic content.
Benefits
4.2. Minimizes spoilage by automatedly notifying staff before expiry is reached.
4.3. Automates compliance with food safety standards by ensuring timely removal and reporting.
4.4. Enhances staff productivity through automatic, actionable alerts across preferred platforms.
4.5. Enables gastropubs to automate supplier communication for just-in-time reordering of perishables.
4.6. Improves customer safety and quality, leveraging multi-channel expiry alert automation.
4.7. Strengthens audit readiness with automated logging of all expiry alert actions.