Unified Inventory Management

Unified inventory management combines inventory from every store, warehouse, POS, and ERP into one view, then publishes a single sellable count to each sales channel. In HotWax Commerce, it is part of the order management system (OMS). Rules like safety stock and thresholds are applied first, so channels only sell what the business can fulfill.

Inventory visibility software shows how much of each product is available at every location and on every channel, in real time. In HotWax Commerce, inventory visibility is part of the OMS: it combines store, warehouse, 3PL, and incoming inventory, applies your rules, and publishes a sellable count to each channel.

Real-time sync moves a number between systems quickly. Unified inventory decides which number to sync: it combines every location, subtracts reservations, safety stock, and thresholds, and leaves out offline locations, then syncs that sellable count to every channel in real time.

Yes. HotWax Commerce connects to Shopify POS and other POS systems such as Oracle Xstore, so store inventory is part of the same sellable count your website and marketplaces see.

Available to promise is the quantity a retailer can actually sell. It starts with inventory on hand and subtracts units reserved for orders, safety stock, thresholds, orders waiting to be routed, and inventory at locations that don't sell online.

Yes. Retailers can publish inventory from different groups of locations to each channel, set a higher buffer for channels with strict penalties such as marketplaces, and keep certain products off specific channels.

Yes. HotWax Commerce integrates natively with NetSuite and combines NetSuite warehouse inventory with store and POS inventory into one sellable count for Shopify and other channels.