Glossary of Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Available | Stock that can be sold. Calculated as On Hand minus Reserved. |
| BOM (Bill of Materials) | The list of components needed to build one unit of a kit. |
| Carrier | A shipping company. Currently supported: UPS and GLS. FedEx, DHL, and USPS coming soon. |
| Circuit Breaker | Internal mechanism that pauses sync for a store experiencing repeated errors, preventing cascading failures. |
| Conversion (reservation) | When a reservation changes from Active to Converted, meaning the order was paid and stock is deducted from on-hand. |
| Custom Field | A user-defined data field on orders (text, number, select, boolean, or date). |
| Days Left | Estimated days of stock remaining based on sales velocity. |
| Delta Sync | A sync that only fetches products modified since the last sync, reducing API calls. |
| Discrepancy | A mismatch between Fulfiro's stock and WooCommerce's stock for the same product. |
| Full Sync | A sync that re-imports all products from WooCommerce regardless of modification date. |
| Ignored (status) | An order status that has no stock impact. Typically used for custom WooCommerce statuses like quote requests. |
| InventoryLevel | The source of truth for stock at one product at one location. |
| Kit | A product assembled from component products. |
| Location | A physical place where inventory is stored (warehouse, store, office). |
| On Hand | The physical quantity in your warehouse. |
| Organization | Your business in Fulfiro. All data belongs to an organization. |
| Packing Rule | A constraint for the auto-pack algorithm (product overrides, incompatible groups, item limits, padding). |
| Package Type | A reusable box template with predefined dimensions. |
| PO (Purchase Order) | An order to a supplier for new inventory. |
| Rate Shopping | Comparing shipping prices across multiple carriers for the same shipment. |
| Reorder Point | The stock level at which a product should be reordered. Calculated from sales velocity and lead time. |
| Reservation | Stock held for a pending order. Prevents the same stock from being sold twice. |
| Reserved | The quantity of stock being held for active orders. |
| Safety Stock | Extra buffer days added to the reorder point calculation to account for demand variability. |
| Sales Velocity | The average number of units sold per day, calculated from the last 30 days. |
| Shipment | A physical package being shipped to a customer. |
| Status Map | Per-store configuration that controls how WooCommerce order statuses affect inventory. |
| Stock Movement | An audit record of a single stock change (adjustment, sale, return, etc.). |
| Store | A connected WooCommerce store. |
| Sync | The process of keeping Fulfiro and WooCommerce data aligned. |
| Tag | A color-coded label applied to products or orders for categorization and filtering. |
| Webhook | A real-time notification from WooCommerce to Fulfiro when data changes. |
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