02 Manufacturing & Inventory

Connect manufacturing, inventory and ecommerce demand.

When you manufacture or assemble products and sell them online, inventory is more than a stock count. You need to know what materials are available, what production requires, what products are ready to ship and what each item actually costs. Omnimerce helps connect manufacturing and inventory processes with your ecommerce operations.

What we solve

Materials are disconnected from production planning: Raw material availability is disconnected from production planning, so shortages surface when an order is already waiting.
Finished stock is not synchronized with online channels: Finished stock is not synchronized with online channels, and bundles and kits make stock calculations difficult to keep correct by hand.
Product costs do not reflect actual usage: Product costs do not reflect actual material or labour usage, reordering depends on manual checks, and returns and damaged goods create inventory discrepancies.

Illustration for manufacturing and inventory solutions.

Manufacturing and inventory capabilities

Bills of materials: define materials, components and quantities required to produce each item.

Production workflows: track work orders, production stages, material consumption and finished goods.

Product costing: combine material costs, labour and applicable overheads to understand manufacturing cost.

Quality and wastage: record inspection outcomes, material waste and rejected products where required.

Procurement planning: use stock levels, supplier lead times and demand to support purchasing decisions.

Central inventory and allocation: maintain stock records across warehouses and locations, and calculate available stock after reservations, safety stock and other constraints.

Marketplace synchronization: publish appropriate stock quantities to connected sales channels.

Barcode operations and replenishment: support scanning workflows for receiving, picking, packing and stock counts, and generate purchasing recommendations using defined stock and demand rules.

Example workflow: an order for a manufactured product.

Order received

The order enters the operational system.

Stock checked

Inventory is checked and reserved.

Requirement identified

If stock is insufficient, the system identifies the replenishment or production requirement.

Production

Production consumes the required materials.

Finished goods

Finished goods are recorded and made available for fulfilment.

Dispatch

The order is dispatched and the related transactions are updated.

What is the same in every project

Understand before changing: Identify the underlying cause instead of immediately replacing a tool.
Keep data ownership clear: Define which system owns each record and how updates flow between systems.
Test beyond the happy path: Plan for failures, exceptions, duplicate events and recovery.

This fits if

You manufacture or assemble part of what you sell
Bundles and kits make your stock hard to calculate
You sell through more than one channel

The exact workflow depends on your production model, order handling and ERP configuration.

This does not fit if

Your production model and stock rules are not defined yet
You expect marketplace sync without allocation rules
Material and labour costs are not recorded anywhere

Frequently asked questions

Can you support both manufactured and purchased products?

Yes. A business can manufacture some products, purchase others and assemble additional products from components.

Can inventory be synchronized across marketplaces?

Yes, where the required APIs and connector capabilities are available. Allocation rules and synchronization safeguards must be defined.

Can manufacturing costs be connected to ecommerce profitability?

Yes, provided the manufacturing costs and downstream selling expenses are captured consistently.