Process: Offer product for sale
Flow
Objective
Offer an announced product for purchase in the sales catalog.
Description
Businesses must prepare products for sale in the catalog for ordering by customers.
Making a product available in the online sales catalog includes specifying:
- A price associated with the product.
- Merchandising associations.
The product attributes and state may be set to show information such as announcement date and availability date.
Features
- Specify announce, discontinue, or withdrawal dates.
- Specify if a product is displayable or non-displayable.
- Specify if a product is buyable or non-buyable within a specified period of time.
Customization
JSP files can contain logic to interpret product states and perform desired behavior.
Previously announced products may be offered for sale automatically by a data feed or based on the date specified on announcement.
Edition
Professional, Enterprise, Express
Subprocesses
Tasks
| Task | Description | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Set product state |
A product can have associated states to indicate its stage in the life cycle: Announced Product, Available Product, Discontinued Product, or Withdrawn Product. The product state can include dates to indicate the next state change |
Product Manager |
Business artifacts
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