Product Class

In a traditional warehouse environment, inventory of finished goods is represented as a good quality product. Inventory that fails quality control requires representation as bad inventory. For example, shoes with a different shade than what is specified. In best practice situations, these must be maintained and transacted with the understanding that it is bad inventory.

The maintains bad inventory under a different product class. This maintains item integrity and simplifies handling from a global inventory perspective. This also provides immediate visibility of SKUs at their product class level. An example of product class attribute is described in the following table.

Table 1. Product Class Attribute
Location Node Item ID Product Class On Hand Quantity
13C01 Memphis Distribution Center ITEM1 FQ 100
    ITEM1 FD 20

Industry examples include:

The advantages provided include a single item ID across multiple product classes.