Microsoft introduced the channel-side inventory calculation in release 10.0.8, which n is a mechanism that takes the last-known channel inventory data in Commerce headquarters as a baseline, and then factors in additional inventory changes that occurred on the channel side that aren't included in that baseline to calculate a near-real-time estimated on-hand inventor
The following inventory changes are currently considered in the channel-side inventory calculation logic:
- Inventory sold through cash-and-carry orders in store
- Inventory sold through customer orders in store or online channel
- Inventory returned to store
- Inventory fulfilled (pick, pack, ship) from store warehouse
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/calculated-inventory-retail-channels
It looks like it is more reliable calculation, is there any consideration / pre-requisites before enabling this feature.
Another concern is there may have some retail transaction is from external channel (e.g. Department Store Consignment, assume they can share the transaction near real time), for this type of integration, should we import the retail transaction to D365 commerce HQ, and we should import the transaction via API Call in CSU.
