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Restocking suggestions so you never have to worry about under or overstocking your inventory -
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An intuitive interface to access all inventory information
Helium 10 Inventory Management Overview
Restock Suggestions
Suppliers
Local Warehouse
Purchase Orders
Inbound Shipments
Settings
The Main Features and Benefits
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What you have in stock -
Where the items are stored -
Reorder status and date -
Supplier details -
Lead delivery times -
Purchase orders -
Shipments
How Helium 10 Inventory Management Can Save You Money?
Ways to Maximize the Use of Helium 10 Inventory Management Feature to My Benefit
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Manage your suppliers . Use the vendor management feature to manage your supplier list, send purchase orders electronically, and track deliveries. -
Track inventory levels . Closely tracking inventory levels will help you avoid overbuying or underbuying certain products. -
Calculate inventory turnover rates . This tool will give you data regarding how often your stock turns over time so you can take measures to increase it for higher profits. -
Track Amazon storage fees . You can keep a close eye on Amazon’s FBA fees and take measures to minimize them.
How to Set Up My Inventory Management?
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Ensure your information is correct . All supplier and product information must be accurate. -
Ensure everyone knows how to use the system . If you run your Amazon storefront with a team, everyone must know how to use the system and navigate the software. -
Set up regular check-ins . Regularly check inventory levels and ensure all data is accurate and up-to-date to avoid stock issues.
Connecting to Seller Central
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Create or log into your Amazon Seller account. -
Connect your MWS Token to Helium 10 to get started.
Automating Your Inventory
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By giving access to Helium 10 to see your inventory, it can recommend specific suggestions to optimize your operations. -
You can take the recommendations and set them as tasks for you to complete. The software will monitor your inventory levels and alert you when needed. -
You can take its suggestions or manually order or transfer your products. The software will then create a task in Helium 10 to record when you ordered your products. This ensures transparency from beginning to end.
Managing Your Supply Chain
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Purchase orders -
Local suppliers -
International suppliers -
Inbound shipments
Creating a Purchase Order
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Click the PO Button on the Purchase Orders page. Alternatively, you could navigate to your Restock Suggestions page, select one or more products, then click the Actions button and select Create Purchase Order. -
Both solutions function the same way. However, making the Purchase Order from the Restock Suggestion Page also pre-populates the Purchase Order with your specified SKUs. By pressing the + Add SKU option, you may add additional SKUs to the Purchase Order.
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On the Create New Purchase Order page, provide a unique Purchase Order Name in the appropriate field. Inventory Management automatically populates this field with a sequential PO number, but you may edit it if you want. -
Next, select whether you’ll ship the goods from your factory to Amazon or to your local warehouse. -
Direct Shipment is only available for Amazon purchases. -
Local Shipment is used to dispatch orders to nearby warehouses.
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From the Supplier drop-down menu, select the manufacturer and shipper. -
Inventory Management calculates the ETA based on your Lead Time parameters. This option allows you to modify the processing and shipment timelines. -
Depending on your input, Inventory Management automatically generates Units to Order, Suggested Units, and Product Cost per unit for each SKU. The application also calculates the overall cost and quantity of the order. Furthermore, inventory Management shows you the maximum number of units Amazon permits for each SKU, which will help you avoid overordering.
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If you want to add extra stock keeping units to the order, click the + Add SKU option. -
After you’ve finalized your Purchase Order’s options and included all required SKUs, click the Continue button. -
After the order has been produced, the Purchase Order Screen will load the order details. -
At the top of the screen, Inventory Management displays the current status of your Purchase Order. Both Local and Direct purchase orders show the whole development process, with minor differences in the statuses.
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When you create a Purchase Order in Inventory Management, you must also send it to the appropriate supplier. This can be done by emailing the vendor if you export your Purchase Order as an Excel or PDF file. -
If you are manually altering the status of a Purchase Order in Inventory Management, you can choose to mark the order as Confirmed. This will update the Purchase Order’s status indication on the Purchase Orders page as well.
Inbound FBA Shipment
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To request an Inbound Shipment, go to Seller Central’s Purchase Order box and click Create Inbound to FBA. Incoming shipments must be generated from the purchase order so that Inventory Management may simply shift accounted-for merchandise. Failure to do so will necessitate manually erasing the PO. -
Choose your own label and package. -
The address of your supplier populates the From Address column on the Inbound Shipment by default. -
Click Continue after validating the Amazon shipment quantity. Inventory Management sends a request to Amazon, and Amazon responds with a list of Shipment IDs, Units per Shipment, FBA Locations, and Label Types. Inventory Management sends this information to Helium 10.
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Seller Central will add your shipment to your Inbound Inventory under Restock Suggestions once you confirm it. -
When you select Confirm Shipment, Inventory Management creates a new shipment entry.
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Log into Seller Central to complete the shipment order. Click the Shipment ID to access an Inbound Shipment in Helium 10. This opens the order’s FBA Shipment window. -
Open the FBA Shipment window and click the blue link. You may access Inbound Shipment from Seller Central by clicking Inventory > Manage Inventory. -
From the Manage Inventory menu, choose Shipping Queue. -
Helium 10 will transport you to the freshly created shipment. Select Work on Shipment to complete the procedure in Seller Central.
Local Shipment
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Transfer Shipment will be used when sending the shipment from your warehouse to Amazon. -
When your supplier informs you that your cargo has been sent and is on its way to your local warehouse, update the status by clicking the Mark In Transit To Warehouse button.
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When the items arrive at your local warehouse, click the Receiving button. -
The Quantity Received field for each item on a purchase order must be updated once it enters the Receiving phase. Check that you have entered all required information before proceeding. -
After selecting the Mark PO Received button, entering updated information into the Quantity Received box will immediately reflect the adjustments to your local stock. All modifications made to an order after it has been marked as Received will be lost permanently. Once everything is in order, click the Mark PO Received button. -
Your stock levels will be amended with the quantity received field on the PO.
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Once a Purchase Order is closed, it is no longer shown by default. Click the Show Archived option on the Purchase Order Screen to look through closed orders.
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How to Use Restock Suggestions?
Urgent Restocks
Urgent Restocks Cost
Upcoming Restocks
Upcoming Cost
Open Purchase Orders
Open PO Cost
Search
Filters
Importing
Exporting
Add SKU
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When you click this button, a pop-up window will appear on the top left of your screen. -
Click the drop-down menu. This will show you a list of the SKUs you have in Seller Central so you can automatically add them to your Restock Suggestions database.
Actions
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Create a purchase order
SKU Table
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Days of Supply – how many days the inventory should last -
Reorder Status – tells you whether or not an item is in stock, needs more stock, or is running low -
Reorder Date – when you’ll need to place a reorder -
Reorder Units – how many units should be reordered -
Reorder Cost – how much the reorder will cost -
Transfer Status – the status of your SKUs and whether or not they need to be transferred to the Amazon FBA warehouse -
Transfer Date – when you need to transfer inventory from your local warehouse or third-party provider into Seller Central -
Transfer Units – how many units need to be transferred by the transfer date -
Current – how much inventory you have left in the Amazon FBA warehouse -
Inbound – how many open transfer shipments have been transferred but have not yet arrived at the Amazon FBA facility -
On Order – how many units you have on order from purchase orders -
Local – how much inventory you have at your local warehouse -
Updated – the last date the information was updated
What Are Lead Time and Reorder Frequency in Inventory Management?
Lead Time
Reorder Frequency
FAQs
Can I Download My Entire Inventory List Into Helium 10 Inventory Management?
Why Are the Helium 10 Inventory Management Numbers Different From My Seller Central Account Numbers?
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What’s in stock -
What’s being moved -
What’s ready to be processed for FCs
Conclusion