Vendor and Supply Chain AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automate the tracking of vendor dispatches, in-transit statuses, ETA notifications, and delivery confirmations.
1.3. Ensure automated communication so teams can prepare for storage, inventory management, and production scheduling.
1.4. Automates updates to avoid manual tracking, reduce bottlenecks, and prevent supply chain disruptions.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. GPS or IoT tracking status changes during shipment progress.
2.3. Third-party logistics service updates order status via webhook/API.
2.4. Vendor marks delivery as completed or signed by restaurant staff.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Use SMS API to automate sending delivery updates to staff, configure webhook to trigger SMS on status change.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automate email delivery confirmations by connecting to delivery milestone webhook; insert dynamic shipment details.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks to automate posting order updates to dedicated supply chain channels.
3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automate channel messages via Teams API posting updates for each supply milestone.
3.5. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automate customer/vendor communication using template messages sent at status updates.
3.6. Telegram Bots
• Feature/Setting: Use bot API to automate shipment alerts for managers in private or group chats.
3.7. Webhooks (Generic)
• Feature/Setting: Automate event-driven data pushes between vendor platforms and restaurant systems.
3.8. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Automator triggers updates on delivery status and append rows for each shipment event.
3.9. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Sales Cloud API workflows automate shipment status updates in vendor relations records.
3.10. SAP ERP
• Feature/Setting: Automate inventory updates with SAP’s Goods Movement API when delivery is confirmed.
3.11. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Use Zoho Inventory’s webhook to automate order fulfillment status sent to downstream apps.
3.12. ShipStation
• Feature/Setting: Automates shipment tracking updates via ShipStation API to workflow apps.
3.13. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Configure webhooks to automate notifications as vendor deliveries update order fulfillment.
3.14. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-step workflows that update teams in Slack and Sheets when new delivery data arrives.
3.15. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automated emails using Workflow Automation trigger upon delivery stage change.
3.16. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automate cross-platform shipment notifications to Teams and mail using connectors.
3.17. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Board automation recipes trigger real-time alerts for delivery milestones.
3.18. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate card movements and comment posts for each delivery event via Power-Ups.
3.19. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automate record updates in inventory base upon webhook from logistics services.
3.20. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Automate personalized delivery notifications via transactional email API.
3.21. Google Chat API
• Feature/Setting: Automator sends real-time delivery bot notifications to procurement chat rooms.
3.22. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Automate creation and closure of supply chain tickets based on delivery data.
Benefits
4.2. Provides automated visibility into supply chain, improving kitchen prep and inventory readiness.
4.3. Automates exception management, quickly alerting teams about delivery delays or issues.
4.4. Enhances overall supply chain automation, ensuring vendor reliability and reducing order errors.
4.5. Stores automated logs for compliance and auditing, simplifying incident tracing.