Managing Your Inventory with ShipHero's Warehouse Management Software

Summary

This video guides users through the process of managing inventory with ShipHero's intuitive system. From connecting sales channels to importing products, creating kits, and assigning barcodes, ShipHero streamlines inventory setup. Users can organize stock with location types, track quantities in real-time, and efficiently manage orders. Additional features like barcode scanning, cycle counting, automatic reorder points, and multi-location inventory management help optimize warehouse operations. With easy-to-follow tutorials and powerful tools, ShipHero ensures users can manage their inventory and warehouse like professionals, preventing overselling and ensuring seamless order fulfillment.

Takeaways

• 😀 Connect your sales channels to ShipHero for easy product importing and syncing.
• 😀 Automatically import products from your eCommerce sites as you add new SKUs.
• 😀 You can create products individually or in bulk through CSV file uploads.
• 😀 Create product kits (bundles) either individually or through API/CSV upload.
• 😀 Assign barcodes to your products easily, with options to pull from sales channels or auto-generate them.
• 😀 Organize your inventory into different location types, such as bins and overstock, for better management.
• 😀 Use pickable and non-pickable locations to control where orders are processed from in the warehouse.
• 😀 Real-time inventory updates across all sales channels help prevent overselling.
• 😀 Use purchased orders to receive inventory into the warehouse and manage stock via mobile apps.
• 😀 Leverage cycle counting, barcode scanning, and reorder points for efficient inventory management.
• 😀 Manage multi-location inventory across different warehouses with ease, ensuring optimal stock control.

Q & A

What is ShipHero’s primary function?

ShipHero is a powerful and easy-to-use inventory management system that allows you to track inventory availability and synchronize it with connected selling channels.

How does ShipHero handle product imports?

ShipHero automatically imports products from connected sales channels as new SKUs are added to your eCommerce sites. Products can also be created manually or uploaded in bulk via CSV files.

What are kits, and how can they be created in ShipHero?

Kits are bundles of items sold together. They can be created individually or in bulk via API or CSV upload, making it easier to manage bundled products.

How does ShipHero manage barcodes for products?

ShipHero pulls barcodes from your sales channels if available. If the SKUs do not have barcodes, ShipHero will automatically generate them, and you can adjust them in bulk later.

What are the different location types in ShipHero, and how do they function?

ShipHero allows you to create different location types, such as bins, receiving, and overstock. Locations can be marked as pickable (for order picking) or non-pickable (excluded from picking routes).

What categories are displayed on the ShipHero inventory dashboard?

The dashboard shows key categories like 'on hand' (total units in the warehouse), 'allocated' (units owed to customers), and available stock. You can filter by additional categories such as backordered quantities, warehouse locations, or product tags.

How does ShipHero prevent overselling?

ShipHero updates inventory in real-time across all sales channels, ensuring that available stock is accurately reflected, which helps prevent overselling.

What are purchased orders, and how are they used in ShipHero?

Purchased orders in ShipHero are used to receive inventory into your warehouse. The mobile app allows you to put away items, and a replenishment report ensures that pickable locations are stocked with enough inventory.

How do ShipHero’s picking, packing, and shipping features work together?

ShipHero ensures that the picking team only processes orders with sufficient inventory in pickable locations. This helps streamline the order fulfillment process and ensures that stock levels are managed effectively.

What additional features does ShipHero offer for managing inventory?

ShipHero offers features such as barcode scanning, cycle counting for regular audits, automatic reorder points, bin locations for better organization, and multi-location inventory management across different warehouses.