Choosing stock and product models
Compare what you sell, what you keep in stock, who owns it and how fulfilment works.
Sell a component kit or stock a finished set?
Choose what the warehouse counts before deciding how a set consumes components.
Fixed packs or customer-built bundles?
Define the choices a bundle sells, not just its display name.
Track quantities, batches or individual units?
Choose the smallest stock identity staff need to find again.
Separate sale stock from rental assets
A sold unit leaves stock; a rented unit has a future return and a continuing identity.
Choose owned stock or a consignment relationship
Physical custody does not decide who owns goods or how sales are reported.
Warehouse shipping or supplier-direct delivery?
Choose the delivery path before creating a warehouse receipt.
Buy for a specific order or supply from pooled stock?
Decide whether incoming supply belongs to one customer demand.
One SKU with units or a separate pack product?
A fixed quantity pack differs from a separately assembled offer.
Stock variant or a custom order instruction?
Use a variant for a stocked choice and an order field for one-off instructions.
Sell an item or a service line?
Choose whether fulfilment hands over stock or completes work.
Pool refurbished grades or list each unit?
Match the catalogue promise to how interchangeable the finished goods are.
Keep substitutes as separate products
Related products and acceptable replacements are different relationships.
Put expiry on a product or its batch?
A shelf-life rule and an actual batch expiry answer different questions.
Pick first received or first expiring stock?
Choose a physical picking order that matches the supplied delivery promise.
Warehouse totals or exact bin locations?
Add location depth when it changes how staff find and put away goods.
Separate stock locations from trading branches
The branch selling an order need not be the place holding its stock.
Spare stock or installed equipment?
Keep shelf quantity separate from equipment installation history.
Use customer-owned materials in a job
A job can consume shop materials and handle customer materials without buying both.
Repeat order or a subscription contract?
A reminder to reorder differs from an ongoing supplied plan.
Standard assembly or a job-specific build?
Retain a reusable standard without hiding a customer-specific build inside it.