How to see Inventory Sync in eretail?
Omni Channel and Multi channels selling has become an important part of business expansion for sellers. It tells the user that how much inventory is pushed to the marketplace(s) at what time and whether there is any error in uploading the inventory.
In Vin-eRetail this feature is provided under WMS>Inventory>MP Inventory (MP-Marketplace).
For information regarding the attributes and inventory calculation, you can click “click here” and it will show you the description of each column:
This screen shows the same headers that are required to map SKU’s or Link channel with SKU’s.
1. Client: (Only if the user is multi-client).
2. SKU: Any unique code which a user gives to the SKU while creating it in Vin-eRetail.
3. Channel SKU: This is SKU Code of Marketplace and linked as Channel SKU in SKU Channel Mapping.
4. Channel Product ID: This is Product Code or listing id or FSN Code of Marketplace and linked as Channel Product Id in SKU Channel Mapping.
5. Channel: Combination of channel name & channel code created by the seller on Vin-eRetail. (Refer to FAQ - how to add a channel/marketplace)
6. Inventory: Inventory calculated by the system and pushed to Channels and is calculated based on open orders, Buffer stock, Back Order Quantity.
7. Date: The user can see the inventory status of recent or backdated records.
8. Status: It is a dropdown box. It has four options.
- In Process indicates the records which are pending or in queue.
- Success indicates the records which are successfully pushed to Marketplaces.
- Submitted indicates that the request already submitted to marketplace channel and waiting for the final status update of the inventory feed submitted to the channel.
- Error indicate that the inventory sync failed because of mapping not present, any data issue, or API down etc.
9. Action Buttons: These buttons are given at the top right side of the screen:
- Normal: It will show the “In process” inventory for a particular marketplace. This is a default screen.
Normal screen can also show the inventory data with “Submitted” status.
This usually happens if the user is submitting the inventory with the help of an excel sheet/feed, then the status of those inventory items will be displayed as “Submitted.” It is an intermediate option which means that the inventory is submitted, but the final status is pending. Basis on the final status, the records will move to “Archival” to show whether the inventory push was “successful” or got an “error.”
- Archival: It will archive the data after the inventory is successfully pushed to the marketplace. The status of such inventory will be “Successful.”
It will also show the inventory which is not pushed due to some “error.” (The inventory will move to error stage if the system has tried pushing the inventory for 10 times but it got failed).
Snapshot of Successful Inventory push:
Snapshot if error is received after pushing it 10 times:
The user needs to either correct the data after looking at the error (if he is able to understand the reason of the error) OR he is required to connect with the Vin-eRetail customer support team to get the error corrected if the cause of the error is unknown.
Force push: If an inventory is getting error and user click the button of force push, then that inventory is moved from “error” state. It will again be pushed to the marketplace.
Export: To export the inventory log to the excel sheet.
Benefits of MP Inventory log Screen
- Seller can keep records of the Inventory pushed to different marketplaces – Channel-wise, product-wise, and timewise.
- In certain scenarios, seller might get an order despite the inventory sync status shows zero inventory, so seller can share the data from the MP Inventory log screen to marketplace to avoid any delay or penalty.