n8n & workflow automation for warehouse and manufacturing operations — built by someone who's spent 20+ years on the floor, not just in the tooling.
A powered-industrial-truck (forklift/PIT) fleet was being assigned by memory and radio calls. This workflow replaces that with an automatic match-and-notify system.
An employee or supervisor submits which type of equipment they need and where.
The workflow reads current equipment status instead of relying on someone's memory of what's free.
If a unit is available, it's assigned automatically. If nothing is free, the requester is notified immediately instead of waiting on a radio call.
The assignment is logged, the equipment is marked in-use, and the assigned employee gets notified — no manual paperwork.
Stock was getting checked manually and reordered reactively — after a part ran out, not before. This workflow watches levels continuously and triggers the reorder itself.
The workflow reads current stock levels from the tracking sheet on a set interval — no manual walk-through needed.
Each item is compared against its own reorder point, so fast-moving parts get flagged sooner than slow-moving ones.
Anything below threshold gets flagged, the right person is notified with what to order, and the action is logged so there's a record of what was reordered and when.
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