Managing Inventory
Cahoot tracks inventory in real-time as orders are processed so that you can monitor and replenish inventory in advance of stock-outs, which is important for all order types, but critical for Seller Fulfilled Prime SKUs.
Note: Cahoot does not track inventory outside of Cahoot warehouses, including Seller managed warehouses. And Cahoot does not update Inventory Qty Available to any sales channels.
Video Walkthrough
Step-by-Step Guide
1. Go to Inventory > Your Inventory with Partners.
Partner Qty Available is real-time inventory available for each of the SKUs stored across Cahoot warehouses.
Partner Qty Committed is the number of units actively assigned to orders for fulfillment (i.e. orders in Match Confirmed Order Status), but not yet Shipped.
Partner Qty On Hand is the total number of units in stock, which is equal to the Partner Qty Available (units not yet committed to an order) PLUS Partner Qty Committed (units already committed to an order).
Note: Inventory is Committed to an order at the time it is assigned to a Cahoot warehouse for fulfillment, and it is simultaneously deducted from Inventory Available (because it can no longer available to be committed to new orders for the SKU). When the order is fulfilled (Shipped Order Status), the Partner Qty Committed is decremented to zero.
When Partner Qty Available at all locations reaches zero (0) units, orders are put into No Match Found Order Status for Sellers to ship or manage themselves.
We highly recommending adding Reserve Quantity to all your SKUs to help avoid stock-outs and over-selling. Learn more.
IMPORTANT: Your Qty Available is not tracked by Cahoot. This is a static number that usually follows these guidelines:
- 0 - Seller is out of stock, all orders will be fulfilled by Cahoot (unless Cahoot is also out of stock).
- 1 - Seller inventory is low but is still able to fulfill orders.
- 99 - Seller inventory is adequate; there is no concern about near-term stock outs.
If you are using Cahoot Shipping Software, it is your responsibility to let Cahoot Support know when you run out of inventory or receive a new replenishment so these values can be updated and orders fulfilled accordingly.
Lastly, make sure to verify that all the SKUs that have positive inventory at Cahoot Fulfillment Centers are Open for Cahoot Fulfillment.
IMPORTANT: Do not change any SKU or ASIN value for SKUs Cahoot has in stock without informing the Cahoot Support Team well in advance. It will break the SKU mapping and orders will not be recognized as fulfillable. Learn more about Creating and Managing Products and Alias SKUs.