AMAZON UPDATE: New FBA Capacity Limits Now in Effect

How to Use the FBA Capacity Manager and Maximize Capacity Limits

As of March 1, 2023, Amazon restock limits and storage limits will be combined into a single monthly metric known as the FBA capacity limit. Amazon will also allow professional sellers to offer bids for additional storage capacity.?

Amazon sets capacity limits during the third week of each month. Amazon includes sellers’ limits for the upcoming month and an estimate for the two months following, which allows for planning inventory in advance.

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Strategies To Improve Your Amazon IPI Score & Increase Capacity Limits

The Inventory Performance Index (IPI Score) is a metric Amazon uses to gauge your inventory performance over time.?

FBA capacity limits are influenced by the seller’s IPI score, as well as other factors such as historical sales volume, seasonal and peak selling periods for your products, forecasts for your ASINs, the new selection that you carry, deals that you’ve scheduled, fulfillment center capacity, and shipment lead time. Read Article.

"Amazon Today": Amazon Expanding Same-Day Delivery Offerings

Even amid company-wide cuts, Amazon is continuing to invest in same-day delivery — and is trying to bring brick-and-mortar retailers into the loop. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is expanding its same-day delivery offerings by investing in new, smaller fulfillment centers near centralized urban locations. Sources tell Modern Retail that Amazon is also trying to include other brick-and-mortar retailers in its same-day delivery ambitions as part of this pursuit, as part of a program announced last year. Read Article.

Rewrite Your Game Plan for DTC Inventory Management

Plagued by supply challenges and overstock situations, many brands are reviewing their wholesale partnership models with aggressive plans to grow their Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) models.??Modern order fulfillment solutions that bring real-time inventory visibility are how brands will get a clear picture of inventory and reign their DTC markets.?Read Article.

myHorizons Inventory Management

Reduce guesswork with?myHorizons, our comprehensive Amazon seller software offers multiple tools to support you in taking control of your Amazon inventory strategy.?

• View an overview of your account’s inventory levels to assess restocking needs and general demand trends. Use the Inventory Adjustment tool to input different lead days and demand assumptions to see how inventory needs can change.
• Pin-down important data points for your inventory as you conduct your analysis at the most granular level. Assess your data by ASIN or SKU and group them by different views to see your data sliced in different ways.?
• Generate forecasted inventory based on the average trend for each ASIN over the last 60 days.?
• Quickly examine and validate a list of all shipments, their shipping status, and any discrepancies.?

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