Introduction to Material Manager for Shopify

What is Material Manager?

Material Manager is a specialized inventory management tool tailored for Shopify stores that create their products on demand. This application bridges the gap between your raw materials and finished product inventories, offering a comprehensive solution to manage both seamlessly.

Who Should Use Material Manager?

Material Manager is ideal for any Shopify store that:

• Produces products on demand.
• Requires precise tracking of raw materials.
• Seeks to streamline the inventory management process for both raw materials and final products.

Core Features of Material Manager

1. Two-Way Inventory Management: Material Manager ensures a dynamic inventory tracking system, updating both raw material and product inventories in real-time based on sales, returns, and adjustments.
2. Raw Material and Product Association: Effortlessly link multiple raw materials to each Shopify product variant. This association allows automatic updates to product inventory levels when raw material quantities change.
3. Order Management Synchronization: The app integrates seamlessly with your Shopify store, adjusting raw material inventory with each order creation, update, cancellation, or return.
4. Multi-Location Support: Material Manager effectively tracks different inventory levels of raw materials across multiple locations, ensuring that product inventory reflects the raw materials available at each specific location.
5. User-Friendly Interface: Associate raw materials with product variants either directly in Material Manager or via the Shopify product page, providing flexibility and ease of use.
6. Efficient Return Processing: The app supports restocking of raw materials when products are returned, maintaining accurate inventory levels.
7. Real-Time Updates: Inventory levels are updated within seconds, ensuring that your store always reflects current inventory statuses.

Benefits of Using Material Manager

• Increased Efficiency: Streamline the process of managing inventories, saving time and reducing errors.
• Enhanced Accuracy: Keep track of inventory levels accurately, reducing the risk of overproduction or running out of stock.
• Better Resource Allocation: Understand your material usage better, enabling more informed purchasing and production decisions.

Getting Started

To begin using Material Manager, first install the application from the Shopify app store.

View our quick start guide to start syncing your raw material and product inventory levels.