Wanting to optimize your FBA inventory planning? Check out these Seller University resources!
Hi Sellers,
We wanted to highlight some recently refreshed Seller University modules about FBA inventory planning and best practices:
- FBA inventory requirements overview: Explore core FBA inventory requirements that sellers in the Amazon store must follow.
- Intro to the FBA Inventory page: Gain knowledge of the ‘FBA inventory’ page in Seller Central to help manage excess or aged inventory, as well as metrics to improve overall inventory health.
- Manage your FBA Inventory: Learn how to use the ‘Inventory Amazon Fulfills’ page in Seller Central to maintain the FBA inventory you’ve shipped to Amazon fulfillment centers.
- Intro to Send to Amazon: Understand the benefits of FBA’s new shipment-creation workflow, Send to Amazon, and find out when you should try it.
- Send to Amazon – Step 2: Confirm shipping: Get step-by-step instructions for Step 2 of the Send to Amazon workflow. Learn how to review shipment details for the FBA inventory you chose to send in Step 1. Then find out how to confirm those details by setting your Ship date and choosing small parcel or pallet as your Shipping mode.
- Intro to the Inventory Performance Index (IPI): Learn about the IPI score, which measures how well you avoid excess FBA inventory and keep your high-demand FBA products in stock. In this video, you’ll learn where to find your IPI score and our tips for improving your score.
Other helpful FBA resources that have been refreshed:
- Guide to FBA fulfillment costs and related fees: FBA costs depend on the products you sell and the exact services you use. In this guide, you’ll learn about FBA fulfillment costs, which vary based on product size tiers, shipping weight, and product category; FBA storage costs, which vary based on the daily average volume your inventory occupies in Amazon fulfillment centers; and other FBA costs you may encounter, such as a returns processing fee. Plus, locate additional resources and tips for planning your inventory levels and estimating your fees.
- Estimate core selling and FBA fees: Learn how to estimate core selling and FBA fees using three tools on Seller Central: the ‘Estimated fee per unit sold’ column on Manage Inventory, the Revenue Calculator, and the Fee Preview report. We also review the Product Fees API available through Selling Partner API (SP-API).
- Review fees you’ve paid: Learn how to review selling and FBA fees using tools and reports on Seller Central.
We hope you find these educational modules helpful! If you’d like to highlight any other FBA resources that may have helped you throughout your Amazon selling experience, please feel free to drop those in the replies of this thread.
Please let us know if you have any questions on these refreshed modules. We will work with the proper partner teams to get your questions answered as soon as possible.
Thank you!
Seller_BfISe37wuDdw8
I was just in the middle of doing FBA inventory planning around the same time you created your post but... then my account was suspended.
FBA inventory planning for failure.
Why do you mods create these post? It's not hard to see from the replies what you're going to get. I'm starting to think that you'll want to irritate the people who actually use these forums on a regular basis.
Seller_tzb0Adb4whsRu
Inventory planning is a nightmare now with the Low Inventory Fees and Historical days of supply.
1. FBA Inventory reports show the most recent updated historical days of supply (only updated once a week it appears)
2. The Restock Inventory page shows Total Days of Supply which is significantly higher than the Historical days of supply.
Questions:
- Should sellers still refer to the Total Days of Supply before sending in FBA inventory?
- Or should sellers concentrate fully on the Historical Days of Supply?
Example: If we only sell an average of 275 units of a specific ASIN in a month, the current historical days of supply is 29.1, the total days of supply is 64 days for the 686 units available. The historical days (29.1) number tells us we need to ship more units to avoid low inventory fees, but the total days of supply (64) tells us we're good with the current number of units on hand (686). That's over 2 months worth of inventory for a specific ASIN. Based on historical SALES, we feel we don't need to send in inventory this month.
With the example above, what's the best information to use for tracking/shipping FBA inventory without having to look at multiple reports/pages, etc. and pay stupid amount in any kind of fee?
Amazon has made this a trap and a no win situation for sellers.
-You'll either pay more in storage fees because you're sending in more inventory to avoid Low Inventory fees, or pay the low inventory fees to keep storage costs down. We can't catch a break or get ahead anymore!
Of course the Inbound Placement fees and higher carrier cost fees is a whole other can of worms.
Looking forward to a response from a mod.
Thanks :)
