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title: "White Paper: The Five Ws of Inventory Sourcing & Allocation"
description: "Enable flexibility in inventory sourcing and allocation rules utilizing an order management system to configure the five Ws: Who, What, Where, When, & Why."
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# The 5 Ws of Inventory Sourcing and Allocation

Enable flexibility in inventory sourcing and allocation rules utilizing order management system (OMS) to configure the five Ws: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and WHY.

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## Retailers, Distributors, and Manufacturers...

Buy from anywhere and fulfill from anywhere in today’s competitive retail landscape is the ultimate goal for retailers. However, many are behind in their omnichannel rollouts, which can impact their competitiveness and customer service capabilities.

An omnichannel OMS is the critical tie between physical and digital commerce and enables buy, fulfill and return anywhere customer-centric commerce. Moreover, an OMS provides the ability to configure the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and WHY of inventory sourcing and allocation:

- WHO gets the inventory?
- WHAT inventory and WHAT quantities?
- WHERE is the inventory sourced from?
- WHEN is the fulfillment order created?
- WHY is the inventory sourced from a particular location?

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