Integrating a source in Flxpoint automates key inventory and fulfillment processes, ensuring accurate product data, order submissions, and shipment tracking. By setting up the right integration type, whether retrieving inventory, submitting fulfillment requests, or syncing invoices, you can maintain seamless operations with your suppliers. Be sure to check the specific integration requirements for your source to ensure proper configuration.
In step 3 of the onboarding flow, you created your fulfillment source(s). Remember a source:
- Feeds inventory data to Flxpoint
- Receives Fulfillment Requests and Fulfillment orders from Flxpoint
- Sends tracking information to Flxpoint
- Can provide invoices for reconciliation inside Flxpoint
| Examples of a Source |
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Now you will finish your source setup by configuring the desired integrations.
Integrating a source provides an automated way to perform important processes/operations, such as:
- Retrieving latest inventory/product data
- Submitting purchase orders/fulfillment requests (PO/FRs)
- Retrieving shipments for submitted PO/FRs
Source Integration Types
| Get Inventory [Primary] |
This process allows you to retrieve both: Product Content: includes things like variation structure Price, Quantity, Status (PQS) data: costs, MSRP, MAP, quantity, etc |
| Get Inventory [Secondary] |
This process allows you to retrieve:
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| Send Fulfillment Requests | This process submits PO/FRs to a source for fulfillment. |
| Get Fulfillment Request Acknowledgements |
This process retrieves purchase order/fulfillment request acknowledgements. If the source provides a separate file or process to acknowledge that a PO/FR has been accepted, this process can be used to capture this acknowledgement. |
| Get Shipments | This process retrieves shipments for PO/FRs that have been processed and are waiting shipments. |
| Get Source Invoices | This process retrieves source invoices for POs/FRs that were processed to a specific source. |
| Get Inventory Images | This process retrieves images from an FTP or ZIP file if they have a standard naming convention. |
How to Connect and Integrate
Requirements and supported integrations vary by source. For more information, please check the specific documentation for that source. In case the documentation is not created, you can write to support@flxpoint.com