Procurement & Inventory Admin
Mastering Procurement & Inventory with GelatoConnect
Welcome, Procurement and Inventory Teams. Your role is the backbone of production, ensuring the right materials are in the right place at the right time, every time. This video series is your guide to transforming manual, time-consuming tasks into a streamlined, automated system using GelatoConnect Procurement.
We will walk you through three distinct phases: Mastering Purchasing, Activating Intelligent Inventory, and Optimizing Your Warehouse. Each video is a critical step on the path to eliminating stockouts, reducing waste, and gaining total control over your supply chain. Let's begin.
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Unified Purchasing Management
Placing Your First Orders
Learn how to immediately start purchasing from GelatoConnect’s pre-approved supplier network. We'll show you how to browse the catalog and place orders in just a few clicks, giving you a quick win from day one.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Order from GelatoConnect Suppliers
Adding Your Own Suppliers
Now, let's unify your purchasing. This module walks you through importing your existing suppliers, their products, and pricing into GelatoConnect, so you can manage everyone from a single dashboard.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Add and Order from Your Own Suppliers
Training Your Team to Track & Receive Goods
A purchase isn't complete until it's on the shelf. Learn the best practices for training your team to monitor order status, follow up with suppliers, and confirm receipt of goods to ensure your data is always accurate.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Train Your Team to Track, Follow-up, and Receive Orders
Activating Intelligent Inventory
Importing Your Inventory SKUs
This is the foundation of inventory management. We'll show you how to import your existing SKUs, creating the digital backbone that links the products you buy to the stock you manage.
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🔗[Getting Started - GCP] Import Your Inventory SKUs into the System
Setting Up Stock Levels & Attributes
Let's make your inventory intelligent. In this module, you’ll define the rules for each SKU, including minimum stock levels and default suppliers. This is the critical setup that powers all future alerts and automation.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Set Up Attributes and Current Stock Quantities for SKUs
Maintaining Real-Time Inventory Accuracy
Accurate data is non-negotiable. Learn how to train your team on the simple, daily processes for updating stock levels, ensuring the system's data always reflects the reality in your warehouse.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Train Your Team to Maintain Inventory Updates
Switching to Automated Replenishment
This is where you unlock true efficiency. With your data and rules in place, learn how to activate auto-replenishment. We'll show you how to let GelatoConnect handle reordering, saving you time and eliminating stockouts.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Switch to Automated Inventory Replenishment
Optimizing Your Physical Warehouse
Creating Your Digital Warehouse Map
Go beyond just knowing what you have to knowing exactly where it is. This module teaches you how to map your physical warehouses and storage locations within GelatoConnect.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Create Your Warehouses and Inventory Locations
Assigning SKUs to Warehouse Locations
Now, let's get organized. Learn how to assign every SKU to its specific location in your digital warehouse map, moving items out of the "unassigned" list and into their proper place.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Assign Locations to Your Inventory SKUs
Using Barcodes for Flawless Tracking
Eliminate human error with barcode scanning. We'll show you how to assign barcodes and use the GelatoConnect mobile app to track inventory movements instantly, making stocktakes and updates faster and more accurate than ever.
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🔗 [Getting Started - GCP] Assign Barcodes and Train on Location Updates
