How invisible inventory can sabotage Unified Commerce

Unified Commerce requires timely data. And item availability in your selling channels is completely dependent on inventory being Available to Promise, which is fed by the inventory system of record in Merchandising. Every Merchandising integration that lags behind real time risks inventory becoming 'invisible' to ATP and therefore unsellable in any digital experience.

When even just one or two systems are not integrated in real time, any inventory transactions that occur in those systems are invisible to your sales channels (and unavailable for sale) until the batch updates occur.

This interactive infographic can help you visualize the impact to the customer experience – and sales – when just two enterprise systems are not integrated in near real-time.