Buffer inventory

Buffer inventory

Instead of showing actual inventory values in online storefronts, you may prefer to display an estimated quantity which includes a safe buffer to avoid overselling. Cin7 Core lets you set buffer inventory for individual products, as well as for an entire sales channel.

Prerequisites

  • Update stock levels in [sales channel] must be enabled in your integration settings.

Set buffer inventory for the sales channel

Buffer inventory for the whole channel is controlled from your sales channel integration.

  1. Go to your sales channel integration in Cin7 Core, and select the Setup section.

  2. Enable Use buffer inventory. This setting allows for an inventory buffer on stock quantities pushed to the entire sales channel.

  3. Enter an integer number in the Buffer inventory field which is now visible. The stock level passed to the sales channel (Sync quantity) will be equal to the actual stock minus the buffer inventory quantity. You will be able to make the buffer for a specific product higher or lower later. You can also set this to 0 if you only wish to set buffer inventory for a product or for multiple products.

  4. List or update products to apply the buffer inventory changes.

When this setting is enabled, Sync quantity and Buffer inventory quantity are added as fields to the Catalog and Bulk Listing tables alongside stock availability.

Set buffer inventory for a product

You can set buffer inventory for a product that is higher or lower than the value for the sales channel. You must have already Set buffer inventory for the sales channel before you can do this.

  1. Go to the Catalog section of your sales channel integration.

  2. Click on a listed or unlisted item to open a pop-up window.

  3. Enable Use product-level buffer inventory to enable.

  4. Enter an integer value for Product-level buffer which overwrites the channel buffer value for this product.

  5. Save and Close to continue.

  6. Update or List the product for the new stock level quantity to be displayed in the channel.

The product level buffer inventory will always take priority over the buffer inventory for the sales channel. If the buffer inventory for the sales channel is changed, this will not affect any product level buffers

Set buffer inventory for multiple products

You can set buffer inventory for multiple products at once that is higher or lower than the value for the sales channel. You must have already Set buffer inventory for the sales channel before you can do this.

  1. Go to the Bulk listing section of your sales channel integration.

  2. Use the search box and filter options to filter for the required products.

  3. Select Turn on product level setting from the dropdown field for Use buffer inventory. You can also remove product-level buffer for a product, or make sure that existing product-level buffers stay the same.

  4. Enter an integer value for Product-level buffer.

  5. Click List to update the filtered products.

Turn on inventory buffer for a product

You may want to turn on inventory buffer for certain products only.

  1. Set buffer inventory for the sales channel, then set buffer inventory for a product to 0.

  2. Set product level buffer to any integer for one product or for multiple products. +

  3. List or Update to apply the changes.

View buffer inventory

When buffer inventory is enabled in your Shopify settings, Sync quantity and Buffer inventory quantity are added as fields to the Bulk listing and Catalog tables alongside sale location stock availability.

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