Inventory Interface
Author:
Fluent Commerce
Changed on:
4 Aug 2025
Overview
The interface of the Fluent Web app provides comprehensive management capabilities:
- Inventory visibility
- Inventory allocation
- The total quantity of stock for a specific item (stock on hand(SOH)) and the status of that inventory
- Available to promise inventory levels
- Inventory buffers to reduce overselling of products
Key points
- The Fluent Web app's Inventory interface offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including inventory visibility, allocation, total stock quantity (stock on hand), inventory status, available-to-promise levels, and strategically implemented buffers to prevent product overselling.
- The interface is equipped with various configurations, such as Inventory Catalogues, Control Groups, Virtual Catalogues, Cross-Catalogue Views, and Location Inventory Views, providing users with versatile tools to tailor their inventory management approach according to specific business needs and scenarios.
The interface contains the following configurations:
- Inventory Catalogues
- Control Groups
- Virtual Catalogues
- Cross-Catalogue Views
- Location Inventory Views
Inventory Catalogues
An Catalogue consists of positions that can be aggregated from multiple sources. catalogues hold (SOH) of products, variants, and groups. The Catalogues configuration allows users to create and manage catalogues.
Catalogue configuration contains the list of catalogues for a particular . Clicking `Catalogue Ref` opens the Catalogue Details page, which displays detailed information.
Control Groups
manage buffers and safety stock when providing virtual to sales channels.
configuration contains the list of for a particular . Clicking `Ref` opens the Control Group Details page, which displays detailed information about the Control Group and its .
Virtual Catalogues
Virtual Catalogues represent fast-moving dynamic data such as buffered and multiple dynamic counters. A Virtual Catalogue commonly consists of virtual positions based on products in a , products in a , and products in a category based on the requirements of retailers.
Virtual catalogue configuration contains the list of virtual catalogues for a particular . Clicking `Ref` opens the Virtual Catalogue Details page. The Virtual Catalogue Details page details the specific virtual catalogue and its virtual positions.
Cross-Catalogue Views
Cross-Catalogue Views represent displaying information from the cross-catalogue perspective (Virtual Catalogue, Catalogue, and Control Group) for a particular .
Location Inventory Views
Views represent from a perspective. The Views page displays the list of locations.
Features
The interface provides several features that allow to manage efficiently.
Manage Control Groups
represent the collection of for a particular Virtual Catalogue. As standard, a Control Group is created for each Virtual Catalogue with the Control Group reference added to the `controlGroupRef` field of the Virtual Catalogue it is associated with.
A Control represents a specific value to be applied as part of a 's calculation. can be of multiple types, each determining how the control is applied and to what Virtual Positions. These can be prioritized to be calculated in specific orders or instead of other .
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing , check out the following guide.
Manage Virtual Catalogues
The Virtual Catalogue configuration allows users to create and manage virtual catalogs.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing virtual catalogs, check out the following guide.
Manage Inventory Catalogues
The Catalogue section allows users to create and manage catalogs.
For more details about the specifics of creating and editing catalogs, check out the following guide.
