Products get added to the platform through sync after connecting your Marketplace account(s). This article provides instructions on adding products and using the available tools to manage your product inventory.
Add your Marketplace Products
Step 1: Log in to the platform and access the Connected Marketplaces page by navigating to Onboarding > Marketplaces > + Add Marketplace Account.
Step 2: Then, choose your Marketplace channel from the list and enter the remaining required information (refer to the image below for guidance). Once completed, click Add. This will start a sync of your products with Focal.
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Please take note that you can only assign one primary account. Everything else will be labeled as “non-primary.”
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You’ll see slight differences in the information to supply depending on the Marketplace you have picked.`
Manage your Products
The app synchronizes your Marketplace products, therefore, changes you make on the products within your Marketplace channels (e.g. Amazon) will reflect on Focal. Here are ways to navigate through your active products on the Focal software to help you manage products easily.
By Active SKUs
SKUs make it easier to keep track of your stock throughout the selling process. From your homepage, navigate to Inventory > SKUs. You can filter your product SKUs by All Inventory, Reorder Inventory, or Non-reorder Inventory. Click Search to apply the filter.
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All Inventory: This will show the entire list of the products in your inventory.
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Reorder Inventory: This will filter only the products in your inventory that need to be restocked.
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Non-reorder Inventory: This will filter only the products with enough quantity for selling.
Click the green (+) icon to view additional information about your SKUs. Note that you can also click Export to download a copy of your SKUs on a spreadsheet for further analysis so you can manage your inventory better.
By Product Details
You can use this to view product attributes in detail and identify any existing product variations.
Filter first by Marketplace by selecting one from the drop-down menu. From here, you can view basic product details including attribute names and values.
When your product has variations in your marketplace, you will find them listed at the bottom of the page. Clicking the “See more detail” purple icon lets you view details about a particular variation.
By Product Hierarchy
Focal automatically creates a hierarchy to enable the filtering of active and inactive products. This makes it easier to distinguish products that are currently available and can be found by customers on the platform, from those that are unavailable for sale, possibly due to being out of stock, discontinued, or hidden from the platform.
You can filter by Status and Marketplace to narrow down your selection and specify further by using the search box.
By Warehouse Management
This section allows you to set up your warehouses and locations. Once set, you can facilitate the transfer of your stocks between warehouses for easy tracking and monitoring. Click Inventory > Warehouse Management to access it.
Warehouses
This is where you can add and manage your warehouses.
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Click + Add a Warehouse to add a new one. Supply the needed information such as the name, phone number, address line, etc., and click Create.
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Toggle the status bar right to set your warehouse to “Active”, or left to set it to “Inactive.”
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Click any Action button to view details, edit information, or view locations within a warehouse.
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Click Export to download details about your warehouses.
Locations
A location is an area or a site within a warehouse. You can access it by clicking Locations in Warehouse Management. From here, just click Add a Location and enter the required details.
Click Generate Shelves to add the number of racks, brackets, etc. you have for the location.
Once done, click Create to add the location.
On the list of Locations, use the available buttons to trigger the status and do more actions to a location like viewing and editing more information. If you want to configure shelves and racks, click View Shelves.
Add the number of racks and rows and click Add Racks. The shelf on the right will expand so you can add bins for each rack/row.
Transfer Documents
Transfer documents contain transfer orders; these are documents used in warehouse management to move goods between warehouse locations or storage units within a warehouse. It helps ensure that the correct items are transferred to the right location.
To make a transfer order, navigate to Inventory > Warehouse Management, and click + Add Transfer Doc. On the pop-up window that opens, enter details about the transfer and click Save.
Use the different filter options, specifically when you have a lot on your list, to easily identify those you need. Here are your filters:
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From Warehouse
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To Warehouse
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Transferred By
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Date Range
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Start Date
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End Date
Once you have selected your filters, click Search to apply them.
To edit details or delete transfer documents, click the ⚙️gear icon to the right of the transfer documents.