From restocking to arrival, ANIMA moves work forward
Call ANIMA in your LINE group to discuss purchasing. ANIMA Workspace can also draw on past experience to prepare purchase recommendations, compare supplier quotes, and track delivery dates for your review.
ANIMA WorkspaceInboxGood morning
ANIMA completed 4 tasks overnight. 2 need your review.
ERPKey raw material · Restock 8 metric tons recommendedERPPackaging · Below safety-stock level
GmailConstruction materials · Three-supplier comparisonGmailImported items · Delivery dates confirmedLearn: Plan purchasing around usage and lead times
ANIMA uses past usage, seasonality, and supplier lead times, so recommendations follow your safety-stock rules.
Execute: Stock below threshold, ANIMA gets started
When stock falls below its safety level, ANIMA prepares purchase suggestions and quote requests, even on weekends.
Share Context: Buyers, warehouse, and finance stay in sync
Quote requests, delivery dates, and arrival records stay with the purchase order for whoever takes over.
Keep shortage decisions and alternatives
Production and purchasing discuss a possible raw-material shortage in LINE. Required quantities and alternatives are scattered across messages.The purchasing manager asks @ANIMA to summarize conclusions and assign an owner. Quantities, acceptable lead times, and alternative suppliers become company context, with sources.
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Production & purchasing · Shortage09:16
ANIMA Workspace · InboxGmailRebar quotes from C, D, and ENewLINED ships Nov 20, C ships Nov 26SyncedERP#5 rebar at 8 t, below thresholdAlertRebar quotes comparedBy criteriaQuotes and delivery dates together for a better decision
Supplier quotes arrive by email, delivery dates through LINE, and stock levels in ERP. Purchasing has to compare several places.ANIMA gathers relevant quotes, delivery dates, and stock alerts in the Inbox. Three rebar quotes have already been organized against the selection criteria.
GmailLINEERPSupplier replies update arrival tracking
Import delivery dates change with sailing schedules. When suppliers reply in LINE, purchasing has to update the tracking sheet manually.When a supplier replies with a delivery date, ANIMA updates purchasing tracking and alerts the warehouse to adjust receiving. Differences from the original date are flagged.
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Import purchasing · Lead times10:02
ANIMA Workspace · Auto ModeReorder · Material ALow stock triggers a purchase recommendation
Usage of a key raw material varies with orders. Purchasing must keep watching stock levels and lead times.ANIMA learns safety-stock rules and past purchasing practices. When stock falls below the threshold, it uses order forecasts and lead times to prepare quantities and ordering dates for approval.
ERPGoogle SheetsGmailHandle shipping delays as one team
A supplier reports a one-week sailing delay. Different colleagues handle receiving schedules and customer notices.ANIMA updates the arrival date to version 2. Warehouse staff adjust the receiving schedule in the same task, and sales then notifies affected customers.
GmailERPLINEANIMA Workspace · Shipping delayGmailSupplier G: ship delayed a weekTo doShipping delay · one taskANIMA Workspace · Command CenterERPMaterial B · Dec 2 confirmedConfirmedGoogle SheetsThis week: 8 t of material CPendingGmailH quote request due tomorrowReplyOnly 2 need you6 archivedPurchasing and arrivals in one view
Purchasing managers must check recommendations, unanswered quote requests, and incoming items individually.ANIMA gathers this week's recommendations, pending quote requests, and incoming items, archives confirmed work, and surfaces only decisions that need you.
ERPGoogle SheetsGmailMore workflows for your team
Start with a workflow from the library, then adapt it to how your company works.
