Automated stock level monitoring and alerts for feed, medicine, and supplies

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time monitoring and updating of poultry farm inventory: feed, medicine, and supplies levels tracked continuously.
1.2. Automate low stock notification, replenishment requests, and threshold-based alerts to mitigate shortages.
1.3. Automates data collection from sensors, supplier systems, and manual entries, integrating inventory status across platforms.
1.4. Automate reporting on usage trends, expiration, and projected needs for procurement optimization.
1.5. Provide automated dashboards and logs for traceability and compliance.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automatedly triggers on stock below minimum thresholds for feed, medicine, or supplies.
2.2. Automate on scheduled intervals (daily, hourly) for inventory audits.
2.3. Automator event: inventory updated via IoT, ERP, or manual data entry.
2.4. Automated restock event from a connected supplier system.
2.5. Expiry nearing for medicine or feed batch detected automatically.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: SMS messaging API; automates SMS alerts to managers at defined low stock thresholds.
• Configuration: Automator flow with Twilio Send SMS, input: contact, message, trigger variable.

3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email notification API; automates sending low inventory emails.
• Configuration: Automated SendGrid Send Email, template variables mapped from stock data.

3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks/API; automates inventory alerts posted to channels.
• Configuration: Automator Slack Send Message, webhook URL, automate on low stock.

3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook; automates inventory alerts direct to Teams channels.
• Configuration: Automated webhook post, payload mapped from inventory tracker.

3.5. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Sheets API; automatedly log real-time inventory status/alerts in spreadsheet.
• Configuration: Automator create row/update cell, map inventory field values.

3.6. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Inventory threshold automation zaps; automates notifications, restock task creation.
• Configuration: Inventory Zap, trigger: Google Sheets/ERP update, action: SMS/email/Slack.

3.7. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Inventory Level API; automate pulling stock data for farm store inventory.
• Configuration: API GET on /admin/api/2023-01/inventory_levels, automate webhooks on update.

3.8. QuickBooks
• Feature/Setting: Inventory management API; automatedly fetch inventory objects and monitor quantities.
• Configuration: Automator queries via Inventory API, threshold checks in logic.

3.9. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk API; automates read inventory quantities, trigger alerts via SuiteScript.
• Configuration: SuiteScript 2.0 scheduled script, automating checks, outbound notification logic.

3.10. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API; automated inventory updates and triggers.
• Configuration: HTTP call to /InventoryGenEntry endpoint, update/monitor automated logic.

3.11. Oracle Fusion Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Inventory REST API; automate monitoring and notification process.
• Configuration: Automator queries InventoryItems, trigger output pipelines to alert system.

3.12. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Inventory app API; automates on-hand quantity checks and feedback.
• Configuration: XML-RPC/REST to stock.quant endpoint, automating threshold detection.

3.13. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflows/Custom API; automate stock-based workflow triggers and alerts.
• Configuration: Automate workflow on webhooks, integrate logic with inventory fields.

3.14. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Bases API; automated inventory records management and change log.
• Configuration: Automator update/create Record, automate threshold watch.

3.15. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Database API; automate entry of current levels, automated page updates.
• Configuration: PATCH database API, automate triggers on property change.

3.16. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Card API; automate visual task creation on stock below minimum.
• Configuration: Automator create card, map inventory issue to card fields.

3.17. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Item API; automatedly add board items when supplies low.
• Configuration: API mutation for create_item, automate status assignment.

3.18. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Inventory objects; automate alerts with Flow Builder, API, or Apex.
• Configuration: Automated trigger on Inventory__c, action: create task/notification.

3.19. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API; automate fetch and alert on current stock state.
• Configuration: API GET /inventory, automator notification setup.

3.20. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Row/Alert API; automate posting to sheet and triggering alerts.
• Configuration: Automator add row/update, automated alert configuration.

3.21. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Automated transactional emails for inventory warnings.
• Configuration: Send message API, dynamic payload from inventory tracker.

3.22. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Incident trigger API; automate escalation of critical inventory issues.
• Configuration: Automator event post to incidents endpoint, automate severity rules.

Benefits

4.1. Automates manual inventory review, reducing human error and workload.
4.2. Automated, real-time notifications prevent critical shortages.
4.3. Automator configuration with diverse SaaS platforms maximizes flexibility.
4.4. Automated data integration improves accuracy in procurement planning.
4.5. Automating audit trails enables regulatory compliance and transparency.
4.6. Automation empowers proactive, data-driven farm management decisions.