Guide

One view of stock across stores, warehouse and online

For a multi-store retailer, the hardest question is often the simplest: how many do we have, and where? When stores, the warehouse and the website each keep their own figure, customers are promised stock that isn't there, and transfers happen by phone.

The answer is one stock record, with each location's figure visible to the point of sale, the website and the buyer. Born Clothing and Michael Murphy Home Furnishing are two of our earlier projects that joined stores, the warehouse and online sales so management saw one picture.

On Odoo, Point of Sale, Inventory and eCommerce share that record. The work is in the rules: which stock the website sells, how transfers are raised, and what happens when two channels want the last item.

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