The buyer hears the item
is low — before the
shelf is empty.

A reorder dashboard only works if someone acts on it. Fast Inventory fires WhatsApp, email and SMS alerts from real stock events — an item crossing its reorder level, a lot nearing expiry, a receipt or issue posting, a count variance adjusted — so buyers reorder in time, quality moves near-expiry stock, and nobody discovers a stock-out by reaching for an empty bin.

6
alert families — reorder to stock-out
3
channels — WhatsApp, email and SMS
Event-driven
fired by the stock, not by memory
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Item
Alert
Recipient
Channel
Status
Bearing 6205Below reorder level
Reorder
Buyer
WhatsApp
Sent
Lot B-2207Expiry in 12 days
Near-expiry
Quality
WhatsApp + SMS
Sent
Alloy bar 40mmGoods receipt · GRN
Movement
Requester
Email
Sent
Count varianceAdjustment posted
Adjustment
Inv. head
Email + SMS
Sent
Gasket kitOn-hand 0 · stock-out
Low-stock
Purchase
WhatsApp
Sending
Reorder alert sent Bearing 6205 · buyer notified by WhatsApp
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Micro India
Nikhtish
Kakade Laser
Shree Engineering
Jayson Agro
Cement Marshall
Mubea
Priceway
Bikree
Solidus
Micro India
Nikhtish
Kakade Laser
Shree Engineering
Jayson Agro
Cement Marshall
Mubea
Priceway
Bikree
Three channels, one rulebook

WhatsApp is where the team lives.
Email & SMS carry detail and reach.

All three channels fire from the same stock events, so you choose the medium per alert — a WhatsApp thread to the buyer, a one-line SMS when an item hits a hard stock-out, a full email with the item history for the record. One event, your choice of channels.

Where the team is
WhatsApp alerts
The conversational channel buyers and storekeepers already check all day: reorder-level nudges, near-expiry warnings, movement notifications and stock-out alerts land in the thread they act from — item, store and what's needed, in a message they don't have to log in to read.
Reorder nudges Near-expiry warnings Movement updates Read on the floor
Detail, record & reach
Email & SMS alerts
Email carries the full picture — item, store, on-hand, reorder level, lot and expiry — and doubles as a stock-history paper trail for the auditor. SMS gets read anywhere in the plant or the field, with or without data — the channel of choice for a hard stock-out on a critical item.
Full item context Audit paper trail Reads anywhere Critical stock-outs
How it works

Stock events fire alerts.
Alerts drive the action.

No one has to remember to notify anyone. The item's own lifecycle — a reorder level crossed, a lot nearing expiry, a movement posted, a variance adjusted — is the trigger.

Stock Event Happens
An item crosses reorder, a lot nears expiry, a receipt or issue posts, or a count variance is adjusted
Alert Rule Matches
The event maps to a recipient and a channel — buyer, storekeeper, quality or inventory head, by WhatsApp, email, SMS or a combination
Message Delivered
The alert goes out with the item, the store and the expected action — enough to act on without logging in first
Action Lands on the Stock
The buyer reorders, the near-expiry lot is moved, the count is reconciled — and the stock ledger and dashboards reflect it immediately
The alert families

Six alerts that keep every item,
lot and count from slipping

Every alert is tied to a real item in the item master — so the notification, the action and the stock history always agree.

Below min Buyer
Reorder-level alerts
The reorder-level dashboard knows what's below minimum. The alert puts it in front of the buyer before the item runs out, not after the shelf is bare.
Fires at the reorder point
Item, on-hand and level named
Reaches the buyer to reorder
Before the shelf is empty
Expiry near Quality
Near-expiry & FEFO alerts
Lots approaching their expiry date flag ahead of time, so near-expiry stock is issued first, moved or returned before it is written off — the enforcement arm of FEFO.
Driven by the expiry date
Lot and days-to-expiry named
Move or return before write-off
Keeps FEFO honest
Receipt Requester
Goods-receipt notifications
When a goods receipt brings stock on hand, the requester who was waiting on the material is told — item, quantity and store in the message, so the next step starts without a chase.
Fires on the GRN, instantly
Requester and store named
Quantity received stated
No chasing the stores
Issue / transfer Storekeeper
Issue & transfer notifications
A material issue or a stock transfer between stores notifies the storekeeper and receiving store, so movement is visible as it happens — the receiving side knows stock is on its way.
Fired by issue and transfer
From-store and to-store named
Receiving side kept in the loop
Movement visible in real time
Variance Inventory head
Stock-adjustment notices
When a physical-count variance is reconciled by an increase or decrease adjustment, the inventory head is notified — so every correction to on-hand is seen, not silent.
Fires on the adjustment
Increase or decrease flagged
Reconciles a count variance
No silent correction
Stock-out Purchase
Low-stock & stock-out alerts
When free stock hits zero or falls critically low, purchase and the inventory head get an urgent alert — the last line before a job or an order is held up waiting on a part.
Fires on a hard stock-out
Item and on-hand named
Urgent, to purchase
Last line before a hold-up
01 — Reorder & Near-Expiry Alerts

The dashboard shows it.
The alert makes someone act

A reorder-level dashboard and an expiry dashboard are only as good as the person who opens them. When an item crosses its reorder point in stock reports, or a lot nears its expiry date, the alert reaches the buyer or quality owner with everything needed to move: which item, which store, on-hand versus level, days to expiry. The dashboard and the person's awareness start together, so nothing waits for someone to check a screen.

Reorder alert the moment an item crosses minimum
Near-expiry alert ahead of the write-off
Full context: item, store, on-hand, level, expiry
WhatsApp for the thread, SMS for the field — or both
Reorder Alert — WhatsApp
To: S. Kale · Purchase
Reorder alert: Bearing 6205
Store: Main store
On-hand: 2 · Reorder level: 6
Lead time: 7 days
Suggested: raise a PO now
SMS: Bearing 6205 below reorder (2/6). Raise PO.
Illustrative alert content · sent when stock crosses reorder
02 — Notifications & the Alert Ladder

Notify on the movement.
Escalate only when it slips

Good alerting has a ladder. A goods-receipt notification tells the requester their material has landed. A reorder-level alert gives the buyer the chance to replenish before the item runs out. And a hard stock-out fires an urgent alert to purchase. Each rung is tied to a real stock movement — so people act on exceptions, not on a printed pending list nobody reads.

Receipt, issue and transfer notifications on the movement
Reorder alerts fire before the item runs out
Item and action named — accountability, not noise
Stock ledger and dashboards stay the source of truth
The alert ladder — one item's timeline
Goods received
GRN posted
Requester told
Email
Issued to job
Stock consumed
Storekeeper notified
WhatsApp
Crosses reorder
Below minimum
Buyer alerted
WhatsApp + email
Lot nears expiry
Days to go
Quality alerted
Move / return
Hits stock-out
On-hand 0
Purchase alerted
Urgent · SMS
03 — Multi-Channel, One Stock Record

The item never waits
on a missed screen

Most teams find out an item is out of stock when they reach for it, and that a lot expired when they go to issue it. Fast Inventory alerts on the reorder level of every item, on near-expiry lots, on movements and on hard stock-outs — by WhatsApp, email and SMS together, each a view of the same stock record. So stores restock in time, near-expiry stock moves first, and no alert lives only on a screen nobody opened. The alerts feed the same reorder-level dashboard your team already runs.

Reorder-level alerts before the shelf is empty
Near-expiry alerts ahead of the date
WhatsApp, email and SMS from one event
One item record behind every channel
Reorder & Expiry Alerts
4 due
Bearing 6205On-hand 2 · reorder 6
Below reorder
Lot B-2207Expiry in 12 days
Move first
Cover plateOn-hand 5 · reorder 20
Reorder
Gasket kitOn-hand 0 · reorder 4
Stock-out
Full capability set

Everything WhatsApp, email & SMS alerts cover

Reorder-Level Alerts

The reorder-level dashboard drives alerts to buyers before the item runs out — the reorder gets raised, not discovered overdue when the bin is empty.

Near-Expiry & FEFO Alerts

Lots approaching expiry flag ahead of time so near-expiry stock is issued first, moved or returned before it is written off — the enforcement arm of FEFO.

Movement Notifications

Receipts, issues and transfers notify the requester, storekeeper and receiving store, so stock movement is visible as it happens — no chasing the stores.

Stock-Adjustment Notices

When a count variance is reconciled by an increase or decrease adjustment, the inventory head is notified — every correction to on-hand is seen, not silent.

Low-Stock & Stock-Out Alerts

When free stock hits zero or falls critically low, an urgent alert reaches purchase and the inventory head — the last line before an order is held up.

Multi-Channel by Design

The same events drive WhatsApp, email and SMS together, and feed Dhruv AI analytics — one item record behind every channel.

"We used to find out an item was out of stock when a job stopped for it, and that a batch had expired at the next stock take. Now the buyer gets the reorder on WhatsApp the second stock crosses the level, and the near-expiry alert lands in time to move the lot — the store runs without anyone chasing a report."
SM
Stores Manager
Food & beverage distributor — Maharashtra
On the floor
reorder and near-expiry alerts reach buyers and quality on WhatsApp, where the team already is — no login needed to act
Never a stock-out
reorder, low-stock and expiry alerts keep items, lots and counts ahead of the date, not behind it

See the alert ladder run
on a real reorder

30-minute demo: issue stock until an item crosses reorder, watch the buyer get alerted on WhatsApp, flag a near-expiry lot and watch the notice fire. Your items, not slides.

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