Supplier reliability and on-time delivery analytics

Purpose

1.1. Automate the collection, analysis, and reporting of supplier reliability and on-time delivery metrics, enabling janitorial equipment wholesalers to monitor supplier performance in real time.
1.2. Automating visibility into late/early deliveries, defect rates, and compliance, allowing for proactive supplier management.
1.3. Enable automated data aggregation across purchase orders, shipment tracking, and inventory systems for data-driven decisions.
1.4. Deliver automated, customizable analytics dashboards and automated alerts to procurement and operational teams.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New delivery or shipment status update from supplier systems.
2.2. Automated scheduled data extraction (e.g., every hour, daily, or weekly).
2.3. Item receipt logged in inventory management system.
2.4. Supplier or SKU performance metric falls outside predefined thresholds.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automate flow with "When a new item is added in SharePoint" and "Run Excel Online Script" to ingest and analyze supplier logs.
3.2. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate by connecting Google Sheets with Slack for automated delivery reliability alerts.
3.3. Salesforce
• API: Supplier Performance Reports via "Reports and Dashboards API" with automation rules on threshold breach.
3.4. Tableau
• Feature/Setting: Use Tableau Prep automation to schedule and refresh on-time delivery analytics dashboards.
3.5. Google Apps Script
• API: Automate triggers for Google Sheets to capture and analyze delivery time data.
3.6. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Automates ETL by running functions on S3 upload triggers to parse new supplier CSVs.
3.7. Twilio
• API: Automated SMS notifications using "Messages API" for supplier performance exceptions.
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automation by configuring webhooks for custom channel alerts on missed deliveries.
3.9. QuickBooks Online
• API: Automates pulling supplier transaction data using "Reports API" to calculate on-time metrics.
3.10. SAP Business One
• API: Automated querying of purchase/order receipt data with the "Service Layer API" for recurring supplier analytics.
3.11. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Sheet automation workflows to update dashboards on supplier scorecard data changes.
3.12. HubSpot
• API: Automate "Workflow Actions" for supplier follow-up tasks when delivery KPIs are off-target.
3.13. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automate board updates from supplier integrations with automated status and reporting.
3.14. Notion
• API: Automate embedded database updates when new supplier delivery data arrives.
3.15. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation with "Scripting Block" to update and visualize supplier analytics.
3.16. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Automate task generation when a supplier’s on-time delivery drops below threshold.
3.17. Power BI
• API: Automate dataset refresh with "Data Gateway" for self-updating analytics on supplier reliability.
3.18. Google Data Studio
• Feature/Setting: Automate connectors for dynamic supplier delivery reporting.
3.19. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate card creation for tracking repeated late deliveries with Butler automation.
3.20. Klipfolio
• Feature/Setting: Automate dashboard refresh from supplier ERP systems with API connectors.
3.21. Oracle NetSuite
• API: Automates pulling supplier performance reports using SuiteAnalytics Connect.
3.22. DocuSign
• API: Automate notifications and document triggers for delayed or problematic supplier shipments.

Benefits

4.1. Automated visibility into supplier reliability and delivery performance metrics.
4.2. Automates alerts and escalation for underperforming suppliers.
4.3. Automated data-driven decision making for procurement and logistics.
4.4. Automation reduces manual tracking and human error in analytics.
4.5. Enables continuous supplier performance improvement using automation.
4.6. Automates actionable insights for cost savings and risk mitigation.