inventory management
Questions for Online Marketplaces
1. Marketplace Name:
2. Location:
3. Name of Representative:
4. Name of Interviewer:
5. What are the types of products they are selling?
6. Consumers generally from which age group?
7. What are the issues that their vendors face currently?
8. Are the vendors who are selling on your marketplace also selling on other marketplaces?
9. How do the vendors placing inventory on your marketplace manage their inventory?
a. Are there any issues faced with managing their inventory?
b. Do they ever face the problem of receiving orders for an item that their vendor is not able to fulfill because it is out-of-stock (over-ordering or running out of stock)?
i. If no, can this be a problem they might have in the future?
1. If no, why not? ii. If yes, how does the vendor handle it?
1. Cancels Order
a. Does cancelling order affect your relationship with the customer?
b. Does cancelling order affect the customer reputation for the vendor?
c. Are there any other issues associated with cancelling an order?
2. Purchases from another vendor to fulfill order
a. Does it affect their profit margin?
b. Are there any other issues associated with purchasing from another vendor?
3. Vendor will manufacture additional products to fulfill order
a. Does this affect the delivery time?
i. If yes
1. Is changing delivery time okay with you?
2. Is changing delivery time okay with the customer?
b. Are there any other issues associated with manufacturing product after an online order has been received?
4. Is there another way to handle this issue apart from Cancelling and Order / Purchasing from another vendor / manufacturing additional products? iii. Would it help your vendors to have a tool that allows them to manage inventory across multiple online marketplaces?
1. If yes
a. would your vendors be willing to pay for such a tool?
b. Does your marketplace allow for a software to connect to your online marketplace using a WebService API to
1. Marketplace Name:
2. Location:
3. Name of Representative:
4. Name of Interviewer:
5. What are the types of products they are selling?
6. Consumers generally from which age group?
7. What are the issues that their vendors face currently?
8. Are the vendors who are selling on your marketplace also selling on other marketplaces?
9. How do the vendors placing inventory on your marketplace manage their inventory?
a. Are there any issues faced with managing their inventory?
b. Do they ever face the problem of receiving orders for an item that their vendor is not able to fulfill because it is out-of-stock (over-ordering or running out of stock)?
i. If no, can this be a problem they might have in the future?
1. If no, why not? ii. If yes, how does the vendor handle it?
1. Cancels Order
a. Does cancelling order affect your relationship with the customer?
b. Does cancelling order affect the customer reputation for the vendor?
c. Are there any other issues associated with cancelling an order?
2. Purchases from another vendor to fulfill order
a. Does it affect their profit margin?
b. Are there any other issues associated with purchasing from another vendor?
3. Vendor will manufacture additional products to fulfill order
a. Does this affect the delivery time?
i. If yes
1. Is changing delivery time okay with you?
2. Is changing delivery time okay with the customer?
b. Are there any other issues associated with manufacturing product after an online order has been received?
4. Is there another way to handle this issue apart from Cancelling and Order / Purchasing from another vendor / manufacturing additional products? iii. Would it help your vendors to have a tool that allows them to manage inventory across multiple online marketplaces?
1. If yes
a. would your vendors be willing to pay for such a tool?
b. Does your marketplace allow for a software to connect to your online marketplace using a WebService API to