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Supply chain | Supply Chain Management, Commerce
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Difference between catalogs and assortments

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Dear Commerce experts,

Can someone explain what the difference is between a catalog and an assortment in D365 Commerce? From MS Learn, I read that:

The catalog features found in Commerce can be used for multiple purposes. Initially the catalog features were created to support third-party e-Commerce integrations. Catalog setup allowed companies to create a grouping of products and attributes that could be published externally for consumption by a third-party e-Commerce solution.

When call center channel support was added, the catalog concept was expanded to add additional capabilities for supporting and managing features related to traditional direct-to-consumer marketing catalogs. A direct-to-consumer company will often produce printed catalogs, which are then mailed to one or more segments of customers. These catalogs will typically have specific promotions or offers that will only be honored if the customer provides a catalog identification code at the time of order creation.

However, catalogs can be linked to retail stores as well. To sum it up, my questions are:

  • What is the conceptual difference between a catalog and an assortment?
  • When would you use one or the other?

Thank you,

Peter

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    Catalogues are only of use with the online store in a B2B scenario, where you are able to assign them to Customer hierarchies to control the products that a customer can buy.

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