UX/UI
Research
Figma
Aug - Oct 2022
Spreetail is a full-service ecommerce accelerator that partners with manufacturers who want to grow their ecommerce reach & revenue without scaling up complexity or risk.
Spreetail is partnered with hundreds of vendors who ship their inventory from multiple warehouses. Since inventory is usually shipped to all seven of Spreetail’s warehouses at once, the process for deciding which origin point to ship from is automated, and does not exist in the Order Creation module. As Spreetail scales, the need to override shipping points and rewrite entire POs grows in proportion to the amount of multi-origin vendors working with Spreetail. Not only does this disrupt and delay the Supply Planner’s workflow, but ulimtately leads to delayed deliveries.
Supplier ship points may need to be altered due to inventory shortages or any warehouse disruptions. For that reason, its important for the Supply Planner to have the ability to make such changes during the Order Creation process.
Supply Planners desire the ability to see where items are coming from on the PO level, and route visibility on the Item level.
What if a SPer had to remove all items shipping from one of the origin points?
Item grade, MAP (minimum advertised price), and unit cost are item-specific and should not be on the PO overview page.
The distribution of inventory between Supplier Warehouses and Spreetail FCs is dependent on origin proximity to FC and item availability at each origin.
Supply Planners desire the ability to view which origin point an item is shipping from, and edit origin point across multiple items, at once.
Item Level
Supply Planners desire the ability to edit individual routes for a specific item, as well as the individual quantities being shipped to each Spreetail facility center (FC).
Organize by Origin point
Susceptive to redundancy for items that ship from multiple origins
Organize by Facility Center (FC)
Separation by FC would lead to inefficiencies in workflow when changing origin points across several FCs
Bulk action allows Supply Planners to manage multiple items at once, without redundancy.
Origin visibility on PO level, route visibility on Item level.
Although bulk management speeds up workflows, it functions on the premise that all selections will be changed in the same way. Managing the individual routes of an item should happen on the item level, where more granular item specific changes happen.
Remove ability to uncheck selected items when in the edit state
Add pagination option to modal in the case of many items selected
Add 'Remove Items' button
Supply Planners can now use bulk selection to remove items from the purchase order, or edit their origin point.
Supply Planners can now edit individual routes for any specific item, and the individual quantities being shipped to each Spreetail facility center (FC).
