Inventory and Integration
How to manage inventory across warehouses and sales channels
Separate physical stock, reservations and returns while keeping channel availability accurate.
· Digital Department
On-hand is not sellable
Not every unit in a warehouse is ready for sale. Exclude damaged, return-inspection and reserved units from available stock. Track the physical count and sellable count separately for each location.
Define fulfilment routing
Choose a warehouse based on proximity, cost or capacity, then apply the rule consistently. The last available unit should not be offered independently on two channels.
- Warehouse and SKU mapping
- Reservation timing
- Transfer records
- Returned-item inspection state
Find differences daily
Reconcile physical and system quantities. When a gap appears, inspect recent orders, transfers and returns before making a manual adjustment that could hide the cause.