SKU — SKU Management Reference

Quick-reference skill for SKU design, product hierarchy, and inventory classification.

When to Use

• - Designing SKU naming conventions for a product catalog
• Building product hierarchy (category → family → variant)
• Performing ABC/XYZ inventory analysis
• Managing SKU proliferation and rationalization
• Understanding UPC/EAN/GTIN barcode relationships

Commands

intro

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Overview of SKU concepts — definitions, purpose, and relationship to other identifiers.

naming

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SKU naming conventions — best practices, encoding schemes, and anti-patterns.

hierarchy

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Product hierarchy design — categories, families, variants, and attributes.

barcodes

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Barcode and identifier systems — UPC, EAN, GTIN, ISBN, ASIN, and check digits.

abc

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ABC/XYZ analysis — classifying SKUs by revenue contribution and demand variability.

lifecycle

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SKU lifecycle management — introduction, growth, maturity, decline, and end-of-life.

rationalization

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SKU rationalization — identifying and eliminating underperforming products.

metrics

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Key SKU metrics — inventory turns, fill rate, days of supply, and velocity.

help

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version

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Configuration