What’s the big deal?
To some businesses, being able to capture detailed information about each product is vital. When you are working with products that require you to inform your customers of the OH&S requirements or the Nutritional information of the products that you sell, Product Attributes could be just what you need.
How product attributes can enhance your business
Attributes vs. Custom Fields
What’s the difference between a custom field and an attribute?
Custom fields are attributable to all the inventory items, whereas a set of inventory attributes can be connected to only those items that you choose to connect it to.
There are situations where some pieces of information need to be collected for one type of product:
and a different set of attributes apply to a different type of product:
The set of attributes for a Water Pump could be set up and a completely different set of attributes setup for Pressure Values. That way there is no confusion as to which fields are needed to be filled out for Water Pumps and which fields need to be completed for Pressure Valves.
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Nutritional Requirements
Another use of the Attributes functionality is in the recording of Nutritional Information for food products. There are many different sets of requirements for different types of products.
Here is one example (Click to enlarge):
Get the right information to your customers
Attributes functionality gives you greater insight into your product variations. This allows you to confidently run the business with all the right information – including Occupational Health and Safety, nutritional, or any other detailed information required for individual products. This means you have control, and won’t run the risk of omitting information you’re required to inform the market.
