Product - Fulfillment

Use this page to add or maintain inventory information for your fulfillment centers.

Track Inventory
The Track Inventory list displays methods for tracking inventory. Select Track inventory to track inventory using WebSphere Commerce. Select Do Not Track Inventory if you do not want to keep track of inventory. Select Externally Track Inventory if you use an external system to track inventory.
Allow Back Order
Select this check box to allow a product to be backordered, if the customer chooses to accept a backorder. For example, if a customer places an order for a product which is unavailable, then the product will be shipped once the inventory is replenished. If this check box is not selected, then a customer cannot order the product if it is unavailable from the fulfillment center.
Force Back Order
Select this check box to temporarily suspend allocation of a product. When a customer places an order for this product, the product is placed on backorder, even if there is inventory available.
Release Separately
Select this check box to specify that a product should be packaged and delivered separately from the other products within the order. For example, fragile items, such as a chandelier, should be boxed separately from other merchandise to avoid potential damage to the product.
Returnable
Select this check box to indicate whether or not the fulfillment center should expect a return. For example, intimate apparel articles of clothing or swimwear usually cannot be returned, whereas a shirt would be acceptable.
Creditable
Select this check box to indicate that a customer can return a product for a refund. For example, some refurbished pieces of computer equipment offered through a company's outlet Web site might be marked as "non-creditable", while others can be returned for a refund. Although both types of equipment have gone through the production process and quality testing again, the merchant may decide not to refund certain types of equipment, due to low profit margins or lack of sales.
Enter the smallest amount that can be measured:
The smallest amount that can be measured or tracked by the inventory system. Inventory amounts are tracked in integral units. This number, along with the unit of measure you specify, indicates how much each integral unit represents. For example, if the product is a 2 kilogram bag of potatoes (priced by the kilogram), type 2 to indicate that only whole bags can be reordered. If you need to reorder 25 kilograms of potatoes, the quantity reordered would be rounded up to the next multiple of 2, in this case, 26 kilograms. The product is reordered in multiples of this quantity. Note: Once you have defined specified SKUs for this product, you cannot change this amount since it affects the meaning of all amounts of this product recorded in the database.
Unit of Measure
Use this field to select the unit of measure used for the product. In keeping with the example above, you would select kilogram, as you are pricing the bag of potatoes and bulk sugar per kilogram.

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