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Amazon Vendor Central Retail Purchase Order Automation

Last Updated: Jun 11, 2024

InfiPlex Inventory & Order Management System is integrated with Amazon Vendor Central Retail via the Amazon SP-API. This document outlines the Amazon Vendor Central Retail purchase order process and the parts that InfiPlex OMS can automate.

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Purchase Order Process:

Please note that this process overview is for Amazon Vendor Central Retail. If you are looking for information regarding Vendor Central's drop-ship program, Direct Fulfillment, please go here.

Amazon Vendor Central Purchase Orders

New Purchase Orders will be created in the Vendor Central portal by Amazon. Vendor Central Purchase Orders must be reviewed and each requested SKU, price, and quantity must be confirmed or rejected in the Vendor Central portal. InfiPlex can automate the Vendor Central PO confirmation process, which will help facilitate the creation of a new shipment.

InfiPlex Auto-Confirms Vender Central Retail Purchase Orders

InfiPlex can automate the purchase order confirmation process. InfiPlex can be configured to auto-confirm the SKUs on any new PO submited by Amazon Vendor Central. Each SKU can be configured with a minimum cost rule and a minimum inventory rule to determine if the system will auto-confirm the requested SKU. This requires that all Amazon Vendor Central SKUs be configured for Vendor Central Retail Auto-Confirm through our SKU Data Tool. InfiPlex can assist with the auto-confirm SKU set-up as part of a support package.

Once set-up, this will significantly decrease the amount of time it takes to finalize shipments within the Vendor Central portal.

  • 1) Get SKU Data:
    Enter the SKU and click the "Get SKU Data" button. This will load the SKU and allow the editing of the Amazon Vendor Central Retail Auto-Confirm settings.
  • 2) Price Rule:
    Set the price rule. Each SKU needs a Minimum Cost setting to determine if the price requested by Amazon is equal to or greater than the minimum cost you are willing to sell the SKU.
  • 3) Inventory Rule:
    Set the Inventory Rule. Each SKU needs a Minimum Inventory level setting to determine if the quantity requested by Amazon can be fully or partially fulfilled.
  • 4) Enabled:
    After the Price and Inventory rules have been set, the auto-confirm for the SKU can be enabled.This setting must be enabled for a SKU to be auto confirmed.


 

Amazon Confirm Packing Details & Schedule Pickup

The auto-confirmed purchase orders will then be available in the Vendor Central portal to configure the package details for the order and schedule pickup. These steps must be done in the Amazon Vendor Central portal.

Finalized shipments in the portal can then be pulled by InfiPlex to facilitate the shipment of that order, either within InfiPlex or through a connected ERP or WMS system.

Amazon Vendor Central Invoicing

Invoicing is an optional set-up within InfiPlex. This is typically done in conjuction with an ERP connection like NetSuite, and requires additional billable set-up time.