Inventory Module Overview

Inventory Catalogues

An Inventory Catalogue consists of inventory positions that can be aggregated from multiple sources. Inventory catalogues hold stock on hand (SOH) of products, variants, and groups. The Inventory Catalogues configuration allows users to create and manage inventory catalogues.

Inventory Catalogue configuration contains the list of inventory catalogues for a particular retailer. Clicking

`Catalogue Ref`

Control Groups

Control Groups manage buffers and safety stock when providing virtual inventory to sales channels.

Control Groups configuration contains the list of control groups for a particular retailer. Clicking 

`Ref`

Virtual Catalogues

Virtual Catalogues represent fast-moving dynamic data such as buffered inventory and multiple dynamic inventory counters. A Virtual Catalogue commonly consists of virtual positions based on products in a location, products in a network, and products in a category based on the requirements of retailers. 

Virtual catalogue configuration contains the list of virtual catalogues for a particular retailer. Clicking 

`Ref`

Cross-Catalogue Views

Cross-Catalogue Views represent displaying information from the cross-catalogue perspective (Virtual Catalogue, Inventory Catalogue, and Control Group) for a particular retailer.

Location Inventory Views

Location Inventory Views represent inventory from a location perspective. The Location Inventory Views page displays the list of locations.

Features

The Inventory module provides several features that allow to manage inventory efficiently.

Manage Control Groups

Control Groups represent the collection of controls 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`

A Control represents a specific value to be applied as part of a Virtual Position's AVAILABLE TO SELL calculation. Controls 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 Controls.

For more details about the specifics of creating and editing Control Groups, check out the following guide.

Manage Virtual Catalogues

The Virtual Catalogue module 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 InventoryCatalogue module allows users to create and manage inventory catalogs.

For more details about the specifics of creating and editing inventory catalogs, check out the following guide.