Flow for inventory location adjustment

Shopify Plus
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Is it possible to make a flow that will trigger on product order creation, that will move the inventory location of one specific product in any order, from a warehouse to a fulfilment location?

I have two inventory locations in Shopify, one is like a warehouse where I hold stock and the other is where I fulfil orders. Currently, orders are not taking inventory from the warehouse, leaving the inventory quantity unchanged, but taking it from the fulfilment location, putting the quantity there into negative figures.

I know the first simple suggestion would be to change the inventory location to where it’s fulfilled, but I can’t do this as the warehouse is insured for stock and the fulfilment address aligns with my public business details, but can’t hold inventory.

Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks

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Would this work for my requirement?

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That would move the whole order not just the line item(s) specific to a specific product.

4

You could use the new action Send Admin API request to move the single item by calling this API:

https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2024-07/mutations/fulfillmentOrderMove

5

Could you please explain further how to set this up? Is this done within Flow? I’ve only started using basic workflows so your solution looks great but I’ve no idea how to implement it. Thank you

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You are into complicated territory here because fulfillment is complicated.

I’m not sure where you are stuck. The best way to do this is to try it out and report back a problem that you are having.

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The API request / GraphQL option is complicated, I won’t be able to do this. But my requirement is really quite simple, are there no other ways to manage my inventory as I mentioned above? It seems Shopify wants you to accurately disclose locations and where inventory is, but then isn’t flexible enough to move inventory around as its ordered. Very annoying.

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If you’re open to some help on a paid basis, I’d be happy to help. I suspect this would take less than an hour for me to do.

9

Thanks Kalen, I sent you a direct message about your offer.