Warehouses

A warehouse is the physical inventory Commerce: The process of checking product availability in one or more warehouses; or, a complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building. location with an address from where product Commerce: various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including products, variations/SKUs, bundles, and packages. Also known as a catalog entry. items are shipped or picked up by customers. As an e-commerce manager in an organization with many fulfillment centers, you can define and manage physical store locations, multiple stock locations, stock figures for a product variant Commerce: a variant or SKU corresponds to a specific product with specific characteristics. For example, a product line of shirts has individual variations/SKUs that include size, color, and collar size. (SKU Commerce: Stock keeping unit; corresponds to a purchasable product with specific characteristics. For example, a product line of shirts has individual variations/SKUs for sleeve size, color, and collar size.) by warehouse, and total product availability among warehouses.

Warehouses can be set up differently, and are often integrated with external systems. You can check in-store stock, reserve and pick up in-store, and deliver to store. By default in Optimizely Commerce, you specify the warehouse where the item is being stored when you create a product variant.

Creating and editing warehouses

1. Open the Administration view and select Warehouses.
2. In the Manage Warehouses overview, click Create to add a new warehouse, or select Edit in the context menu to modify an existing one.
   
3. Enter information for the Overview tab.
   
   
   • Name. Enter the name of the warehouse.
   • Code. Enter the location code for the warehouse.
   • Sort Order. Sort order for the category entry.
   • Available. Select Yes to make the warehouse available; otherwise No.
   • Is Primary. Select Yes to make this a primary warehouse; otherwise No.
   • Is Fulfillment Center. Select Yes to make this a fulfillment center where you can place orders for outgoing shipments; otherwise No.
   • Is Pickup Location. Select Yes to make this a pickup location where you can place orders for in-store pickups; otherwise No.
   • Is Delivery Location. Select Yes to make this a delivery location that you can use for future in-store pickups; otherwise No.
     
4. Enter information in the Address tab.
   
5. Click Save.
   

Deleting a warehouse

In the Manage Warehouses overview, select Delete in the context menu for the warehouse you want to delete. Click OK to confirm.