More and more retailers are demanding to know your inventory, especially the dot-com companies.
First off, it is usually pretty rare to tell the exact quantity you have in your warehouse. Reasons for doing this vary--for example, an item may be on replenishment for a few different customers, or you may just leave option open for a large quantiy closeout buy.
Many companies like Macy's.com allow you to simply use 1 for instock or 0 for out of stock. You can also put a set "available" quantity that is really an amount substantially lower than what you have available but higher than you expect daily demand to be.
In Edisoft Merchant Express, you use the "user defined Field 1" in Customer Items to set the amount. Then with the outbound 846 document, select the items to include, set the date, and send.
One more trick is for the certain customers I will build the file on Monday, then create 4 additional 846, and just change the file dates.
These appear in the Outbox---I place hold on Tuesday-Friday's, and send Monday's. Then each morning I clear the hold off that morning's 846 and send with the 997's.
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