Model 4 - Salesforce B2C Commerce Calculates ATS Values

Model 4 might be appropriate for the merchant who wants to update B2C Commerce's inventory status once per day or less frequently, and would like B2C Commerce to warn 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 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 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. The calculated ATS values will presumably be very close to actual. The storefront behavior is as follows.