Predict Shopify stockouts with GPT-4o and email suppliers via Gmail Workflow Solution

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🚀 How it works Runs daily at 06:00 UTC, pulls every Shopify product variant's stock level, calculates real sales velocity from the last 7 days of orders, then uses GPT-4o to predict stockout dates and decide whether to reorder — automatically. 🛍️ Fetches all Shopify product variants and current inventory quantities 📦 Pulls the last 7 days of orders and computes units sold per variant ⚡ Calculates sales velocity (units/day) and estimated days until stockout 🤖 AI Agent classifies risk: critical / high / medium / low and recommends reorder quantity (30-day demand + 20% safety buffer) 📧 Sends a formatted reorder request email to your supplier for high-risk variants 📊 Logs every decision (reordered or skipped) to Google Sheets for inventory tracking 🛠️ Set up steps Estimated setup time: ~15 minutes Shopify — create a Custom App in your Shopify Admin → Apps → Develop Apps; enable read_products and read_orders scopes; copy the Admin API Access Token OpenAI — connect your OpenAI API credential (GPT-4o) Gmail — connect Gmail OAuth2; replace supplier@example.com with your real supplier address Google Sheets — connect Google Sheets OAuth2; replace YOUR_REORDER_LOG_SHEET_ID with your sheet ID; create a sheet tab named Reorder Log Follow the sticky notes inside the workflow for per-node guidance 📋 Prerequisites Shopify store (any plan with Admin API access) OpenAI API key Gmail account for supplier notifications Google Sheets for reorder log Custom Workflow Request with Personal Dashboard kumar@smartflowcraft.com https://www.smartflowcraft.com/contact More free templates https://www.smartflowcraft.com/AlekSystem-templates

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