Zoho Inventory Community Digest November 2021 - a monthly rundown

Hello all!

We hope you are all pumped for another shopping season. I am sure you are getting ready to offer some great sales and use some of our newest features from Zoho Inventory.

  

1. Spotlight

Did you take a look at our exclusive Zoho Inventory holiday season page? It offers features, webinars, and other information to help you get through this busy shopping season.

Take a look at the holiday page.

 

2. Major product updates

• The Amazon integration with Zoho Inventory for the UK edition can now help you integrate Amazon FBA. It also allows you to manage shipments and purchases that are inbound to your Amazon FBA warehouses integrated with your Zoho Inventory account.
  
  
•  You can now associate taxes for your Shipping charges in a sales order or an invoice for the India, Australia, and Canada editions of Zoho Inventory.
  
  
• Import of initial stock within the multiple warehouses in Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory is now live in Zoho Inventory.
  
  
• Hindi language is now supported in Zoho Inventory templates for creation of transactions.
  

For more detailed product updates, watch the Product Updates section in our Zoho Inventory forums.

3. Holiday

As the holidays get underway, take a look at our extensive holiday page which talks about everything that you need to run your business during this final shopping season of 2021.

Check out the holiday page.  

4. Customer Corner

Managing educational institutions and their inventory is complicated, from renewals and replenishments to students and candidates. We are extremely happy to hear from Leoron Institutes about how Zoho Inventory has been helping out with their daily inventory management needs.

We would love to hear your feedback on Zoho Inventory too. Check out our customer testimonial page and click Share your story on the right side of the page to let us know your thoughts! 

 

5. Ask The Experts - Zoho Inventory

Join us on the 27th episode of 'Ask the Experts - Zoho Inventory' this month to discuss the Google Shopping integration for Zoho Inventory. We will be live from 4pm - 9pm IST | 9am to 3pm PST on December 1st, 2021.

Join us for the session.




6. Hottest inventory management tips

In this month's most-discussed tips, we would like to bring to you an exciting topic from our forums: automatically notifying your vendors once the goods are received in your warehouse. See the complete details of this implementation including the code.

As always, we encourage you to join our webinars and follow our community forums to stay up to date on Zoho Inventory and inventory management best practices.

If you need any additional assistance, feel free to send us an email at support@zohoinventory.com. We'll be happy to help you find all the answers you need.

Cheers,
Salman Nazar
Community Manager | Zoho Inventory

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