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    • BigSeller Purchase -- To make high efficiency purchase process

    • Introduction to Purchase Feature

    • Introduction to Supplier List

    • Introduction to Purchase Suggestion

    • How to print purchase orders without showing price?

    • Introduction of Purchase Suggestion for In-Stock Products

    • Introduction of Purchase Suggestion for Out-of-Stock Products

    • How to set purchase days and safety days?

    • How to print product labels after receiving the purchase order?

    • Introduction to 1688 Purchase Order (Place 1688 Purchase Orders in BigSeller)

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Introduction of Purchase Suggestion for In-Stock Products

Feature: the system automatically generates the quantity of stock to be prepared according to the sales volume, inventory and other data for users to stock up in advance.

【1】Conditions for triggering Stock-up Suggestions: (purchase days + safety days) * average daily sales > available stock + on-the-way stock

【2】Calculation formula of Stock-up Suggestions = (purchase frequency + purchase days + safety days) * average daily sales - (on-the-way stock + available stock)

How to use Stock-up Suggestion

Step 1: fill in the purchase days and safety days of Merchant SKU

The system will not generate a stock-up suggestion for the Merchant SKU without Purchase Days and Safety Days.



Step 2: Set the Stock-up Suggestion Strategy


  • Purchase Frequency: how often you purchase;
  • Default Purchase Days: default estimated time taken from purchase creation to purchase receiving;
  • Default Safety Days: default buffer time to prevent purchased products from not arriving on time;
  • Daily Sales: daily sales volume calculated according to the propotion average of avg3, avg7, avg15, avg30 or weighted average daily sales;
  • Sales Coefficient: for example: When the sales on a promotion day is about twice than usual, you can set the Sales Coefficient on this day to 0.5 to make the final average sales more reasonable.


Step 3: After triggering the Stock-up Suggestion, you can generate a purchase order with one click, either in bulk or single

Conditions for triggering Stock-up Suggestions: (purchase days + safety days) * average daily sales > available stock + in transit stock


Tips:

  1. If the purchase order is still in the draft box, the stock-up suggestion list will exist

  1. If the purchase order has been [on the way] and the purchased stock is sufficient [(purchase days + safety days) * average daily sales > available inventory + in transit inventory)], the stock-up suggestion list will not exist

  1. Our system calculates once a day automatically

  1. If you want to view real-time suggestions, you can click the calculate button manually

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