Example Workflows

These examples show common workflow patterns you can build with Stockful’s Flow integration. Each one can be set up entirely in the Shopify Flow visual editor.

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Auto-tag low stock products

Automatically add a tag when a product is running low, and remove it when restocked.

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Tag on low stock

1. Trigger: Stockful - Low stock detected
2. Action: Shopify - Add product tags
   • Tags: low-stock

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Remove tag on restock

1. Trigger: Stockful - Restocked
2. Action: Shopify - Remove product tags
   • Tags: low-stock

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Slack alert when bestsellers stock out

Get immediate Slack notifications when your top-selling products go out of stock.

1. Trigger: Stockful - Out of stock
2. Condition: SKU is not empty (filter out untracked variants)
3. Action: Stockful - Get inventory health
   • Variant ID: use Variant ID from the trigger
4. Condition: abc_class equals A
5. Action: Stockful - Send Slack message
   • Channel: #inventory-alerts
   • Title: Bestseller out of stock
   • Message: *{{Product.title}}* ({{SKU}}) is out of stock at {{Location}}. Suggested reorder: {{Reorder quantity}} units.

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Weekly reorder report

Generate a reorder list every Monday morning and send it to your purchasing team.

1. Trigger: Shopify - Scheduled time (every Monday at 9am)
2. Action: Stockful - Get reorder list
3. Condition: total_count is greater than 0
4. Action: Stockful - Send Slack message
   • Channel: #purchasing
   • Title: Weekly reorder report
   • Message: There are {{total_count}} variants below their reorder point. Review the reorder list in Stockful.

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Demand adjustment for sales events

Increase demand forecasts before a planned sale, then reset after.

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Before the sale

1. Trigger: Shopify - Scheduled time (e.g. 1 week before sale)
2. Action: For each product tagged summer-sale:
   • Stockful - Set demand adjustment
     • Adjustment percent: 50 (increases forecast by 50%)

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After the sale

1. Trigger: Shopify - Scheduled time (e.g. day after sale ends)
2. Action: For each product tagged summer-sale:
   • Stockful - Set demand adjustment
     • Adjustment percent: 0 (resets to normal)

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Transfer suggestion on imbalance

When one location runs low, check if another location has excess stock to transfer.

1. Trigger: Stockful - Low stock detected
2. Action: Stockful - Get transfer suggestion
   • Variant ID: use Variant ID from the trigger
3. Condition: has_suggestion is true
4. Action: Stockful - Send Slack message
   • Channel: #warehouse-ops
   • Title: Transfer suggestion
   • Message: *{{Product.title}}* ({{SKU}}) is low at {{to_location}}. Consider transferring {{suggested_quantity}} units from {{from_location}} ({{from_available}} available, {{from_days_of_supply}} days of supply).

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Dead stock clearance workflow

Automatically tag dead stock products for discounting and notify your merchandising team.

1. Trigger: Stockful - Dead stock detected
2. Action: Shopify - Add product tags
   • Tags: dead-stock, clearance-candidate
3. Action: Stockful - Send Slack message
   • Channel: #merchandising
   • Title: Dead stock detected
   • Message: *{{Product.title}}* ({{SKU}}) has {{Available}} units at {{Location}} with zero sales velocity. Consider marking down or bundling.

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ABC class promotion alert

Notify your team when a product gets promoted to A-class (bestseller status).

1. Trigger: Stockful - ABC class change
2. Condition: New ABC class equals A AND Old ABC class does not equal A
3. Action: Stockful - Send Slack message
   • Channel: #product-team
   • Title: New bestseller
   • Message: *{{Product.title}}* ({{SKU}}) has been promoted to A-class (top 80% of revenue) at {{Location}}. Velocity: {{Velocity}} units/day.

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High sell-through safety stock increase

When a variant sells through most of its stock quickly, automatically increase safety stock to prevent future stockouts.

1. Trigger: Stockful - Sell through milestone reached
2. Condition: Sell through rate is greater than 0.9
3. Action: Stockful - Set safety stock
   • Variant ID: use Variant ID from the trigger
   • Safety stock days: 7
4. Action: Stockful - Send Slack message
   • Channel: #inventory-alerts
   • Title: Safety stock increased
   • Message: *{{Product.title}}* ({{SKU}}) hit 90%+ sell-through at {{Location}}. Safety stock increased to 7 days.