Girish Padmanabha

Product at Fluent Commerce

I authored

articles. I write about:

Intelligent Inventory Processing

Batch processing

Inventory processing

Inventory Batch API

Out-of-the-box features

API recommendations

Fluent Big Inventory

Decision logic / Orchestration

Ingestion

Enterprise Inventory Availability (GI)

Inventory management lifecycle

GraphQL

Other resources

Modules

Boiler plates and reference modules

Recommended practices

User action

Customer Service

GraphQL mutation

API

GraphQL query

Order customer service

Core Reference Module

Rule

Order management lifecycle

Increase speed-to-market

Rule plugin

Building blocks

Workflow

Inventory entities

Product entities

Integrate

Extend

Inventory Reference Module

Blogs I have written

Girish Padmanabha

Fluent OMS: Inventory Accuracy & Soft Reservation Guide

Fluent Order Management System (OMS) implements a three-layer inventory architecture designed to provide real-time inventory accuracy and prevent order cancellations during high-traffic scenarios. This guide documents the platform's core concepts, integration patterns, and implementation details. Key Benefits:

99.0% inventory accuracy with real-time stock management
<5% order cancellation rate (down from 50%)
35% reduction in cart abandonment
+$X revenue increase per flash sale

25 June 2025

25 min read

Docs I have written

The timestamp
The User who created it (`USER_VIEW` Permission is required to access the User data)

This feature allows Users to record specific business actions and events, providing a comprehensive history of interactions and updates.

Core Module: Improved SetState Rule Handling

Edited 206 days ago

Create a Custom Ruleset for Batch Inventory Input for Custom Quantity Types

Edited 405 days ago

Enable Batch Inventory Pre-Processing

Edited 475 days ago

How Inventory Batch Pre-Processing works

Edited 7 days ago

This document outlines the functionality of Inventory Batch Pre-Processing, offering insights into how unchanged records are filtered during the inventory ingestion process using Inventory Batches.

Enable Batch Inventory Pre-Processing

Edited 307 days ago

Install Reference Modules using Plugin and Workflow APIs

Edited 206 days ago

Tax Type Product and Inventory Quantity Status Bulk Update

Edited 651 days ago

Submit Inventory Batches With Attributes

Edited 5 days ago

Send Enhanced Inventory Attributes in Your Payloads

Edited 7 days ago

Inventory payloads can include additional Inventory Quantity attributes to capture richer stock context.This article explains how to use the `attributes` object to include additional data in inventory payloads. It supports both simple key-value pairs and custom JSON structures to meet diverse business requirements - whether you’re:

managing detailed product information
optimizing warehouse processes
or integrating with custom workflows

The Inventory Reference Module supports a set of reference attributes that are persisted automatically, while custom attributes provide additional flexibility.

Girish Padmanabha

Blogs I have written

Docs I have written

Inventory Batch Pre-Processing: Technical Guide with Examples

Capture User Details as part of a User Action

Comment GraphQL API Overview

Core Module: Improved SetState Rule Handling

Create a Custom Ruleset for Batch Inventory Input for Custom Quantity Types

Enable Batch Inventory Pre-Processing

How Inventory Batch Pre-Processing works

Enable Batch Inventory Pre-Processing

Install Reference Modules using Plugin and Workflow APIs

Tax Type Product and Inventory Quantity Status Bulk Update

Submit Inventory Batches With Attributes

Send Enhanced Inventory Attributes in Your Payloads