Cluster M · M10
Drop-ship and direct-from-vendor orders
Already described in the planned catalog (not built). Typical of: Online marketplaces and subscription commerce; Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Home improvement and building-supply retail and others.
Planned
Elements
The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:
- Order routed to vendor
- Vendor ship confirmation
- Margin and backorder tracking
Catalog items that already cover part of it
- Drop-ship / special order PO INV-0092
- Backorder tracking TKT-0039
- Vendor ordering list INV-0103
Classification
- Status
- Present in catalog
- Fit
- Element candidate
- Suggested module
- INV: Inventory, Products & Purchasing
- Suggested attributes
- Pro; priority Optional; optional online action. Starting points only.
- Cluster
- Distribution, supply chain and wholesale
- Public excerpts
- domain analysis
Archetypes and companies
Online marketplaces and subscription commerce; Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Home improvement and building-supply retail; Consumer electronics and services retail.
Example companies in these archetypes: Amazon, Wayfair, Chewy, eBay, Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, McLane, Core-Mark, C&S Wholesale, Home Depot, Lowe's. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.
Closest industry pages
- E-commerce and omnichannel retail
- Wholesale food and grocery
- Wholesale: diversified, building and industrial supplies
- Wholesale electronics, office and technology distribution
- Home improvement and hardware stores
- Furniture and home furnishings
- Electronics and appliance retail
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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.