Intra-Company Transfers - Corporate & Retail Stores
Stan Ward - Inventory Technology Partners
Hello,
I am wondering how people are dealing intra-company movements of stock. For example, for a business which owns several stores with a central warehouse, how are people tracking the transfer of stock between the central warehouse and the stores? Anybody doing more than simple Stock Transfers? We want to be able to make the transfer more like a sale, in so far as, the retail store would make an order for the inventory they need and then the retail store would be able to check the status of the order as it flows through DEAR Inventory.
Anyone doing something like this? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Stan
Thanks Guy. Very interesting. I bit involved, but it makes a lot sense and seems to be an effective and relatively efficient way to get it done with the current system. Thank you for taking the time to write it up.
Who does this in your organization?
You mention you use the API. By that, do you mean using the export and import of data for sales and purchases, respectively?
By the way, when you say you are "implementing 17 versions of DEAR Systems" are you saying that you have 17 separate subscriptions, or 17 locations in one subscription? If 17 separate subscriptions, why did you choose to do that versus one subscription? Are the retail locations separate legal entities?
Thanks!
-Stan