Boosting Product Quality with Advanced Validation
We're excited to introduce new automated checks to improve product quality and accuracy. These checks ensure that all critical product details are correct before your items are available for sale, helping you avoid common issues and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Key Validation Checks
Ensuring Complete Product Information
Importance: Missing or incorrect product details like size, color, or pricing can confuse customers and lead to returns.
Examples:
- Missing Required Properties: Makes sure that essential details like "Color" and "Size" are included for items like configurable furniture.
- Missing Supplier Prices: Ensures that all supplier-based products have correct pricing to avoid margin issues.
- Missing EAN Code: Confirms that products have their EAN code for seamless inventory tracking and sales.
Preventing Product Errors
Importance: Inactive components or duplicate variations can disrupt sales and inventory management.
Examples:
- Inactive Bill of Materials: Checks that all components in a product are active, ensuring manufacturable products like custom PCs are complete and can be sold.
- Duplicate Variations: Prevents multiple identical product variations, maintaining a clean and efficient catalog, especially for items like configurable apparel avoiding future errors.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency
Importance: Proper inventory and pricing management are vital for smooth operations, reducing customer complaints, and optimizing profitability. Examples:
- Missing Stock: Alerts when an active product lacks stock and doesn't allow backorders, helping to prevent order fulfillment issues for items like high-demand electronics.
- Missing Manual Price List Override: Ensures that manual price lists have the correct override prices, avoiding pricing errors that can impact sales margins.
- Missing Lead Time: Verifies that products out of stock have a defined lead time, ensuring customers are informed about when they can expect the product to be available again.
Why These Checks Matter
These updates are designed to protect your brand’s reputation by ensuring that every product is listed accurately and completely. By catching issues early, these checks save time, reduce errors, and enhance the customer experience, ultimately driving higher satisfaction and loyalty.
Bran David
CTO