You can use 3Dsellers' Listings Manager and Report Center to create automated CSV purchase orders to send to your suppliers.
In this article, we are going to create a purchase order for only one supplier, however, you can create as many automated PO's as you need.
Step 1 - Label your suppliers
You can skip this step if:
your suppliers have a constant value in their SKUs
(Ex: MS_0001, MS_0002, MS_0003),or if you only have one supplier.
Pro Tip: Use custom filters to find listings from certain suppliers and tag them in bulk.
Step 2 - Create a Custom Report
We will create a low-inventory CSV report that will contain SKUs and quantities of items from a specific supplier.
Visit the Custom Reports tab:
General Settings:
Choose Listings Simple for the Report Type,
and for Fields, we've chosen SKU & Warehouse Inventory.
This will provide a CSV with a list of SKUs, along with the current inventory. Then we can modify the inventory for the PO and send it to our supplier.
Note: Warehouse Inventory is used with Inventory Control. If you do not use this feature, use Quantity where this article uses "Warehouse."
Set Two Filters:
Filter 1: include only listings from one supplier
If you only have one supplier, skip to the next filter.
If your supplier has a constant value in their SKU, use these filter settings:
>> SKU
>> Contains
>> {{value}}
If using Tags (from Step 1), use these settings:
>> Tags
>> Is
>> {{supplier tag}}
Don't forget to replace {{example settings}} with your own values
Filter 2 - include only low quantity listings
Apply another filter for low inventory items.
For this example, we've chosen filter settings:
>> Warehouse Inventory
>> Less Than
>> 6
Save your report:
Save the report as a template:
Step 3 - Automate the report and send it
Use Report Center's Automation feature to schedule the report to run daily, weekly, or monthly.
When the report is generated, simply download, modify, and send it to your supplier.