The Best Ways to Manage Stock Across Several Sales Channels

joynic

Hello Everyone 😀,

I'm currently managing my inventory with Stock Management Labs software, and I'm searching for some tips on how to manage inventory effectively across several sales channels. My company sells products on a number of websites, such as our own Shopify store, eBay, and Amazon. Even though the software is excellent at tracking inventory levels, I find it difficult to maintain synchronisation, particularly when sales are at their highest.

I have the following specific problems:

Stock Level Updates: Following a sale, there may occasionally be a lag in updating stock levels across all platforms. On occasion, this has resulted in overselling on one platform when there is still stock left on another.

Replenishment Automation: I'm wondering if anyone has any experience putting up triggers for automatic replenishment. How do you choose the best reorder points, and what advice would you give to ensure that this procedure runs smoothly and without a hitch?

Sales Forecasting: It's always difficult to manage inventories during times of strong demand, such as the holidays. Which techniques do you employ to project sales and modify inventory levels appropriately? Any advice on how to incorporate this into Stock Management Labs would be highly valued.

Bundling Products: We sell product bundles, and occasionally I have trouble making sure that when a bundle is sold, the proper inventory levels are kept. I'd be interested in learning more about anyone's experiences managing bundles within the software.

I would be interested in knowing about your experiences and any best practices that you have created. I would be grateful for any guidance or suggestions on how to use Stock Management Labs more effectively for multi-channel inventory [alteryx] management!

Thank you in advance.

japiera

Hi joynic ,

Thanks for your post.

First, I changed the tags you assigned to this thread. The tag ‘Suggest a function’ does not make sense for a general inquiry.

FYI, this is mainly a support forum on the use of ATUM and its add-ons. So I'll try to answer your questions from that point of view.

Stock Level Updates: ATUM free works over WooCommerce so any existing plugin that synchronizes the external services with WooCommerce should work (if they exist). Please note that these sync tools won't work with ATUM Product Levels and ATUM Multi-Inventory. You'd need custom development to get the synchronization to work with these plugins.

Replenishment Automation: We have a Restock Status that should help you identify which products need to be restocked, also you can create POs for all products in the Restock Status with Purchase Orders Pro. Unfortunately, there is no way to trigger automatically the creation of POs. That would need custom development too.

Sales Forecasting: Sorry, we have no solution for that. Maybe you could use ATUM Multi-Inventory to separate the product stocks for the distinct platforms, but I don't know if that would suit you.

Bundling Products: ATUM is fully compatible with WC Product Bundles. You can find here the list of plugins we support.

I hope this helps.

Best Regards,
José Andrés

P.S. I removed your link to an external tool because that isn't allowed in this Forum.