Price change alerts and update workflows

Purpose

1.1. Automate notifications and tasks related to price change events across department store suppliers and vendors.
1.2. Automatedly monitor price feeds, purchase orders, and catalog entries for pricing updates.
1.3. Streamline vendor negotiations, stock reordering, and promotional planning by automated triggers when supplier prices change.
1.4. Automate processes to ensure timely product pricing updates on storefronts and POS systems.
1.5. Ensure data consistency by automating data entry between vendor portals, ERP, and in-store systems.
1.6. Reduce manual labor, errors, compliance risk, and reaction delays through workflow automation.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated polling or webhook from supplier price update API.
2.2. Scheduled data sync or batch process detecting price differences.
2.3. Manual price update submitted to vendor portal, automating downstream notice.
2.4. Invoice or PO containing new pricing data imported into system.
2.5. Import of updated vendor price sheets, automating change recognition.

Platform Variants

3.1. SAP Ariba
• Feature/Setting: Configure receiving API alerts for catalog/price update events via webhook subscription.
3.2. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Automate Saved Search for item price change, flow triggers Workflow or SuiteScript.
3.3. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Price Book Entry update triggers Process Builder automation flow.
3.4. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Webhook on Product Update, automate with Admin API to sync incoming price data.
3.5. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automated cloud flow connecting supplier email/file trigger to Dynamics 365 product entity.
3.6. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: "New Row in Google Sheets" trigger for vendor price sheet, automated Slack or email alert.
3.7. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Butler automation moves card to "Review Price Change" list on trigger.
3.8. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS to buying team via automated webhook when price update detected.
3.9. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook to designated channel on product price update event.
3.10. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Automatically append detected changes when running scheduled Apps Script.
3.11. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automated email alert on price change, via single send API and dynamic templates.
3.12. Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket creation with REST API for price change approval workflow.
3.13. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Automated task creation via webhook on pricing update for assigned stakeholder.
3.14. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Automated update using API for new supplier price to Item records.
3.15. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automate Base update and trigger automation on pricing field modification.
3.16. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automated recipe “When column changes, notify team” on the product price column.
3.17. Amazon S3
• Feature/Setting: Put event for CSV price sheet uploaded, triggers Lambda automator for parsing.
3.18. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Automate function invocation on price feed change detected via Pub/Sub.
3.19. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Flow Designer automates ticket routing from price alert webhook.
3.20. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Automated creation of vendor notice using API integration upon price change event.
3.21. Magento
• Feature/Setting: Automate price synchronization via REST API following external price alert.
3.22. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Automated update of product prices using REST API when vendor prices change.
3.23. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: Trigger contract renegotiation workflow on price update via webhook.
3.24. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automate pricing update tasks for CRM deals using workflow automation API.
3.25. Outlook 365
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly forward supplier change notification emails to involved parties using flow rule.

Benefits

4.1. Automates manual checks, enabling real-time data and reducing staff workload.
4.2. Automated workflows accelerate price change adoption and ensure pricing accuracy.
4.3. Automator ensures compliance with pricing strategies and policies.
4.4. Automation reduces costly errors, enabling agile response to supplier market changes.
4.5. Automatedly keeps all teams—procurement, sales, finance—informed and coordinated.
4.6. Automatable workflows provide audit trails for all pricing actions and communications.