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Create inventory assets
Since inventory is operational data, it changes daily, as the customers purchase products from the store, or return items to it. As a result the inventory levels go up and down as you sell products, and as the fulfillment centers receive new inventory from suppliers.
The WebSphere Commerce Accelerator allows you to complete the following inventory related tasks:
- Record expected inventory
- Receive expected and ad hoc inventory from vendors
- Adjust inventory
- Maintain return records
- Maintain return reasons
- Receive returned inventory from customers
- Manage returned inventory disposition
- Create inventory adjustment codes
To add inventory adjustment codes for the store:
- Create vendor assets
You can define the vendor that the store supports in one of the following ways: Using the store tools in WebSphere Commerce Accelerator; In an XML file that will be loaded by the loading utilities, or by the Publish wizard.
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