Model 4 - Salesforce B2C Commerce Calculates ATS Values

Model 4 is appropriate when you want to update B2C Commerce's inventory status. You can update the inventory status once per day or less frequently. B2C Commerce can warn your customers when products are out of stock, on backorder, or pre-order.

In this model, all products have inventory records. B2C Commerce maintains stock levels for product display, cart display, and checkout. The merchant keeps inventory data reasonably fresh, perhaps with a daily batch feed.

If the following conditions exist:

• There is an inventory list that is periodically refreshed.
• ProductInventoryList.DefaultInStock = false

There are product inventory records for all products. The new and modified records have these values:

• ProductInventoryRecord.allocation = {units}
• ProductInventoryList.perpetual = false

Optionally, set these inventory record fields to support backorder. These record fields affect the calculation of ProductInventoryRecord.ATS.

• ProductInventoryList.backorderable = true
• ProductInventoryList.preorderBackorderAllocation = {units}
• ProductInventoryList.inStockDate= {date}

Optionally, set these inventory record fields to support pre-order. These record fields affect the calculation of ProductInventoryRecord.ATS.

• ProductInventoryList.preorderable = true
• ProductInventoryList.preorderBackorderAllocation {units}
• ProductInventoryList.inStockDate = {date}

The result is that product inventory records indicate their availability. You can presume that the calculated ATS values are close to actual. The storefront behavior is as follows.