Assigning product packaging relationships helps divide larger quantities from your supplier into smaller quantities for sale, improving inventory tracking and order management.
Setup Example: A Box of 12 x 1L bottle can break into single 1L bottles
Important notes:
- Product relationships can only be set up using variant or standard products. Composite products cannot be used for product relationships.
- When assigning product relationships, each variant or standard product can only be divided once. For example, a box of 12 bottles can only be divided into packs of six OR single bottles, not both. However, you can divide the Box of 12 in pack of 6 and then the pack of 6 into single bottles.
Preparing to Assign Relationships
Set up each UOM as an independent product, whether a single standard SKU or a Variant. It is recommended to set up a product with variants if you sell more than one quantity of a product. This way, all the quantities you sell are accessible in one place, making inventory management more efficient.
Types of Product Relationships
- The products that [product] comes from: If the product is available in a larger packaging size, add the product it comes from here.
- The product that [product] breaks into: If the product breaks into a smaller packaging size, add the product it breaks into here.
Assigning Relationships
- Navigate to Catalog > Products and select the product.
- In the Variants section, click a variant and select Packaging.
- Use Product Comes From to link larger packaging (e.g., Box of 12), or Product Breaks into to link smaller packaging (e.g., single 1L bottle)
- In the relevant section, click Add a Product Relationship.
- In the Search or scan to add a product box, type the variant quantity search for the product (e.g., the 1L comes from the box of 12).
- Click the product to link the relationship.
- Enter the quantity of units from the product (e.g. 12 single bottles per box).
Note: Once you add a relationship to a variant, it will autofill in all relevant sections. For example, if you assign a relationship in the comes from section for the 1L variant, it will automatically show in the breaks into section for the box of 12 product.
Once all product relationships are set for a product, you can divide your inventory into smaller quantities for sale and tracking.