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Power Users Training Sessions Day 2 - Session 1: Attribute Level Inventory Tracking and the Dreaded SubSKU!

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Page 1: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Power UsersTraining Sessions

Day 2 - Session 1:Attribute Level Inventory Tracking

and the

Dreaded SubSKU!

Page 2: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Do I Need SubSKUs?

Page 3: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Do I need SubSKUs?

• Do You Have A Prescription For Valium

• Do You Enjoy Red Bull

• Did You Bring Your Thinking Cap

• Is It On

• You’ll Need Paper And Pencil To Take Copious Notes

• Don’t Worry If You Don’t “Get It” The First Time

• Or The Second Time…

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Do I need SubSKUs?

• Do You Have Products With Selectable Options

• Do Options Represent Different Items In Inventory

• Do All Of A Product’s Options Impact Inventory Tracking

• Does My Cart Provide Attribute Level Inventory Tracking

• Do Options Represent Other Products

• Do Options Cause Changes In Price, Weight Or Cost

Page 5: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

What Is A SubSKU Anyway…

• An Inventory Item Commonly Referred To As A “Variant”

• Represents A Specific Combination Of Options

• Has Its Own SKU, Pricing, Cost, Barcode, QOH, Etc…

• Not Recognized By Most Shopping Cart Systems

• Has A Single Parent

• Can Have A Ton Of Siblings

• Can Be Excruciatingly Complex To Comprehend And Manage

• Can Be Built With The Click Of A Button!

Page 6: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Attributes vs. Options

• Attributes Describe Variations In A Product

• Options Define The Available Choices For An Attribute

• Many Options Per Attribute (maybe)

• Attributes Without Options Cannot Impact SubSKUs

• Attribute Types Supported

Page 7: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

FIRST!

• Determine The Cart(s) Where These Items Will Be Sold

• Determine How You Want The SKU Built

• Are Items Already Online

• Can “Parent” Products Be Imported From My Cart

• Some Options Do Not Impact Inventory

• Do You Sell Kits With Selectable Components

• Consistency Counts!

• Garbage In – Garbage Out

Page 8: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Handling Options

• Options Are Options

• Options Are Products

• All Options Build SubSKUs

• Some Options Build SubSKUs

Page 9: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Adding & Editing Options

• Shopping Carts

• Adding Attributes

• Attribute Order

• Attribute Types

• Attribute Price, Weight, Cost Modifiers

• Adding Options To An Attribute

• Option Price, Weight, Cost Modifiers

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Options are Options

• No SubSKU Building

• Where Do Options Go

• Watch That Delimiter

• Options At Manual Orders

• Options At View Orders

• Options At POS

• Option Limitations

• Revisions To Parent

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Some Options are Products

• No SubSKU Building

• Option Coding Necessary

• Only Supported Through Order Import

• OptionDestination Must Be “Line Item”

• Option Price Represents Product Price

• No Relation To Parent Product

• Cannot Be Used If Using Build SubSKUs

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Had Enough?

Page 13: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

All Options Build SubSKUs

• SubSKU Building On

• No Option Coding Needed

• Only Supported Through Order Import

• All Options Impact SubSKU

• Revisions To Parent

• Pertinent Parameters

• Mountainous SubSKUs

Page 14: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Building SubSKUs

• Time

• What Happens To Existing SubSKUs

• Missing SubSKUs

• SubSKU Maximums And Database Destruction

• Batch Building

• Un-needed SKUs

• Parents Only

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Some Options Build SubSKUs

• SubSKU Building On

• SubSKU Control

• Option Coding Optional

• Only Supported Through Order Import

• Some Or All Options Impact SubSKU

• Revisions To Parent

• Pertinent Parameters

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Had Enough Yet?

Page 17: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Attribute Ordering

• What Does It Mean

• Why Do We Have It

• What?! Huh?!

• What Can Be Done With It

• Where Supported

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Oddities…

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Selectable Kits

• Coding Highly Recommended

• Exponential Growth In Number Of Kits

• Management Nightmare

• Can Be Worth The Effort

• Parts Inherit Parent’s Options

Page 20: StoneEdge Power Users Training Session Day 2 Session 1

Power UsersTraining Sessions

Day 2 - Session 1:Attribute Level Inventory Tracking

and the

Dreaded SubSKU!