What Are Stock Notifications?
A stock notification is an automated alert you receive when the inventory level of an item drops below a defined threshold. For example:
- An email to the purchasing department
- A push notification to your phone
- A task on your dashboard
- An automatically generated purchase list
The goal is simple: avoid running out of stock.
Why Stock Alerts Are So Important
If you don’t set up alerts, you only find out something is out of stock when it’s already too late. This leads to:
- Lost sales
- Production delays
- Angry customers
- Emergency purchases or ad hoc solutions
- Loss of reliability and reputation
A simple notification at the right time can prevent all of this.
In Plain Terms:
“We only had 4 boxes of screws left at location A12. Someone saw it, but no one reported it. Now the picking task is incomplete.”
If there had been a notification? The stock could’ve been replenished in time. No stress.
What Types of Stock Notifications Are There?
1. Minimum Stock Reached
Example: “Item X has dropped below the 20-piece threshold.”
2. Safety Stock Breached
Example: “Only 5 pallets left of product Y – notify purchasing and planning.”
3. Automatic Reorder Trigger
Example: “When stock drops below 10, generate or prepare a PO automatically.”
4. Notifications per Customer or Project
Example: “For customer Z, we must never drop below 30 – send a warning to the account manager.”
What Can Babeldat Do With Stock Notifications?
Babeldat offers a flexible and smart alert system:
- Notifications based on minimum stock per item, customer, or zone
- Routing to specific users, departments or external contacts
- Alerts via email, app, push or API (e.g. Slack, Teams, SMS)
- Triggers based on live stock, reserved stock, or incoming orders
- Ability to automatically generate purchase lists or tasks
- Logging of who received the alert, when, and what action was taken
Real-World Example
A company processes hundreds of webshop orders daily. Item A is a fast mover with a 5-day lead time.
With Babeldat configured as follows:
- Minimum threshold: 50 units
- Expected sales: 80 units over the next 4 days
Once the count drops below 50, a notification is automatically sent to purchasing, and a purchase recommendation is created.
Result: timely ordering, no stockouts, happy customer.
Stock notifications are simple but powerful. They prevent errors, save money, and create peace of mind throughout the supply chain.
With Babeldat, you configure notifications exactly the way you want – per item, customer, or team. And you receive them wherever you work: on screen, in your inbox, or on your phone.
So you’re never too late to reorder or restock again.
