The setting and implementation of warehouse inventory management refinement involves the division of inventory information refinement, warehouse location management rules, and in-and-out-of-warehouse operation process settings.
 
The setting of inventory information refinement is based on the actual needs of business management and operational cost considerations. To achieve the operational requirements of refinement, it is also necessary to set matching location management methods, warehouse operation processes, and system configurations.
 
The choice of location management method is jointly determined by warehouse operation efficiency (in-warehouse management) and inventory information refinement (business factors).

The content to be considered when determining inventory information refinement includes:

Refinement requirements: Traceability of information for the minimum unit of product flow (consumers or suppliers).

Front-end sales requirements: By SKU, by (SKU + batch), by (SKU + unique code)

Financial accounting: Refinement of inventory cost accounting (different costs for each batch of goods; different supply prices from different suppliers)

Supply chain management: Statistics of the procurement quantity by different suppliers, feedback on product quality, price protection policies, and return and exchange requirements.

The content to be considered when determining the location management method includes:

Warehouse location management: By owner -> by brand -> by category -> by SKU -> by batch (related to the company's business model)

Location setting rules: A single location corresponds to multiple brands, or multiple categories, or multiple SKUs, or multiple batches; a single location corresponds to a single brand, or a single category, or a single SKU, or a single batch; or various combinations. (Related to the categories of operation)

Location coding rules: Suggested generation rules for location numbers: (Warehouse area number) + passage number + shelf row number + shelf layer height + location number.