Inventory Allocation Mode – OneWarehouse

Function Description:

Inventory allocation function can help you accurately allocate inventory among different sales platforms and shops. We provide two inventory allocation modes, Exclusive Inventory and Shared Inventory, which are designed to meet the individual requirements of different business scenarios and demand sides. Through rational allocation of limited inventory resources, these models can optimise the overall sales process and improve sales efficiency and profitability.

Precautions：

When switching modes, it is often necessary to readjust the allocation of resources, which may have a significant impact on the inventory synchronisation task that is currently being automated. Please proceed with caution!
Saving a rule takes effect immediately: the editing of inventory mode switching and ratio adjustment is essentially the editing of a rule. When you modify a save rule, it takes effect immediately.

Exclusive or shared model?

Exclusive Mode: In this mode, each item's inventory can be split into different parts and then allocated to different shops. The inventory that each shop receives and the remaining unallocated inventory will add up to exactly equal the total inventory of the item. This allocation ensures that each shop has its own separate, exclusive inventory, thus effectively avoiding overselling and making inventory management much simpler and clearer.
Shared Mode: In this mode, your different shops can share the same percentage of inventory. Inventory of the same item will be distributed to all shops at a maximum of 100% to maximise inventory usage. Please note, however, that there is a certain risk of overselling since inventory is shared in this model. Therefore, when you choose this model, please be sure to constantly monitor the real-time status of your inventory to ensure timely replenishment and adjustment of your sales strategy!

For your different situation we recommend:

Mode	Feature	Sellers for whom the model is suitable
Exclusive Mode	Set up exclusive inventory for different shops; Preventing overselling of goods	Has a large inventory and wishes to target the allocation of inventory; Focuses on inventory control to avoid inventory build-ups or shortages;
Shared Mode	Fast turnaround and maximum stock utilisation; Possible risk of overselling	Have limited inventory but want to sell on multiple platforms or shops; Wish to accelerate inventory turnover and sell inventory quickly; Desire to share inventory together to reduce cost and risk.

Operating steps:

Step1 Select the distribution mode:

After you have entered Auto Sync/Manual Sync, select the appropriate inventory distribution mode.

Step2 Set up generic rules:

In the General Rules, OneWarehouse automatically synchronises the available stock in the warehouse to the platform warehouse in proportion to the individual platform-warehouse stock ratios you set.

独享模式举例：

As you can tell from the picture set up meanings:

80% of the total stock of the default product will be allocated to Shopline shop 1.
20% of the total stock of the default product will be allocated to Shopline shop 2.
Shopity shops that do not have stock synchronisation enabled will not be involved in any stock synchronisation calculations.

Example of a shared model:

As you can tell by the meaning of the picture settings:

Both shopline shop 1 and shop 2 are able to use 100% of the total inventory of the default items
The shopity shop does not have inventory synchronisation enabled and will not be involved in any inventory synchronisation calculations.