Supplier & Inventory AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automating early warnings from suppliers, logistics providers, or external data feeds (weather, ports) to minimize service interruptions.
1.3. Integrates supplier, procurement, POS, and communication tools to ensure stakeholders are automatically notified.
1.4. Enables automator-driven actions: sourcing alternatives, pausing promotions, or adjusting menu depending on disruptions.
1.5. Supports automatable escalation to managers if high-priority items, especially for critical Moroccan recipes, are affected.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Inventory thresholds breached in POS or ERP system for crucial ingredients (e.g., saffron, preserved lemons).
2.3. Shipment status changes (delayed, damaged, cancelled) from logistics APIs.
2.4. Downtime or outages reported by supply marketplace integrations.
2.5. Scheduled or unscheduled data syncs showing negative variance or automatable discrepancies.
Platform Variants
- Feature/Setting: Automated SMS trigger on supply event via Messaging API (Configure POST to /Messages with dynamic inventory data)
3.2. SendGrid
- Feature/Setting: Automator-notification setup to email chef or GM — Enable Single Send with supply event webhook as trigger
3.3. Slack
- Feature/Setting: Automated channel notification to management via Slack Incoming Webhooks API endpoint
3.4. Microsoft Teams
- Feature/Setting: Automated message to dedicated team channel via Teams Connector from supply alert webhook
3.5. WhatsApp Business API
- Feature/Setting: Automatedly send message blast to kitchen staff when disruption JSON received
3.6. Shopify
- Feature/Setting: Automated app extension for low-stock ingredient notifications via Inventory API webhook
3.7. Zapier
- Feature/Setting: Setup multi-step Zap to automate supplier-event triggers to any comms/outreach app
3.8. Airtable
- Feature/Setting: Automated Inventory base with Views filtered by “disrupted” status and webhook onUpdate
3.9. Trello
- Feature/Setting: Card automatically created or labeled in Supply Disruption list by Butler automation rule
3.10. Google Sheets
- Feature/Setting: Formula-driven detection of disruptions, then automate Apps Script triggered alerts
3.11. Google Chat
- Feature/Setting: Automated Chat Bot posts to procurement group when Google Form logs supply chain incident
3.12. PagerDuty
- Feature/Setting: Automated escalation policy activation for disruptions above criticality threshold
3.13. ServiceNow
- Feature/Setting: Automated incident ticket creation via Table API posting details of supply issue
3.14. Oracle NetSuite
- Feature/Setting: Saved Search automation with SuiteScript for inventory level-based automated alert
3.15. Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: Automated Case Auto-Creation Rule from supplier disruption webhook
3.16. SAP ERP
- Feature/Setting: Automated Workflow (SAP Business Workflow) triggers on supply event (CreateEventActivity)
3.17. Monday.com
- Feature/Setting: Item status automations for flagged suppliers, auto-notify via integrations
3.18. Outlook 365
- Feature/Setting: Inbox Rule to highlight, auto-forward, or automate response to disruption alerts
3.19. Freshdesk
- Feature/Setting: Automated ticket creation and team notification via Event API
3.20. Mailgun
- Feature/Setting: Automated transactional email sent on supply event webhook POST to /messages
3.21. Discord
- Feature/Setting: Automated bot ping to #inventory-alerts using Discord Webhook
3.22. Jira
- Feature/Setting: Automated issue type “Supply Disruption” created via REST API POST on event
Benefits
4.2. Triggers automator-driven workflows ensuring staff are alerted and alternatives sourced.
4.3. Reduces downtime, automating menu or procurement adjustments for Moroccan cuisine.
4.4. Centralizes disruption data for automated post-mortems and vendor performance tracking.
4.5. Automatable workflows ensure no event is missed, and escalation is timely across locations.