Availability Service

Manages the availability and physical location of a product.

Key features and benefits

• Manages availability and stock at hand of a product in a physical location

• Manages the exact location of products inside a warehouse/store — zones, racks, shelves, bins

• Searches for a product's location in a physical place

• Displays the availability of a product on either a virtual site (website, mobile site) or physical site (warehouse, store)

• Tracks stock levels of products at a site

• Identifies the physical location of a product, such as a rack, shelf, or bin, to guide packers to it

• Turns stores into mini DCs

• Enables Click & Collect from a store

• Runs dark stores or fulfillment from a warehouse

• Uses location information to optimize the pick-pack process

• Uses stock level information in local stores to feed Google Search and other digital product discovery services

• Understands availability in different locations

• Provides buyers with stock information before they buy

• Shows stock levels/availability based on stores, for example, nearby to a customer

• Offers customers accurate information about the availability of a product in a store, for example, when a customer chooses Click & Collect