Launchpad
Launchpad serves as the central hub for all HotWax Commerce applications, providing seamless access to development, user acceptance testing (UAT), and production versions.
This document outlines key pages and functions within the Launchpad.
Key items:
Home page
Application categories
Application instances
Home page
The Home page allows accessing all HotWax Commerce applications.
Characteristics:
Single Sign-On (SSO): Enables users to log in applications using their credentials. After the initial login in the Launchpad, they gain automatic access to all associated applications without the need to enter their login details again.
Application categories
Apps in Hotwax Commerce OMS are categorized on basis of their characteristics.
1. Orders
This category revolves around managing the orders using the three apps: BOPIS, Pre-Order Management and Fulfillment.
BOPIS (Buy Online, Pickup In-Store) HotWax Commerce’s BOPIS app enables users to handover store pick up orders to customers.
Pre-Order Management HotWax Commerce’s Pre-Order Management app enables users to manage pre-orders and backorders, with planned future inventory to fulfill the orders.
Fulfillment HotWax Commerce's Fulfillment app enables users to pick, pack, and ship orders brokered to the stores from the OMS.
2. Workflow
This category revolves around managing the workflow using the three apps: Threshold Management, Job Manager and Import.
Threshold Management HotWax Commerce’s Threshold Management app enables merchandisers to set inventory thresholds for a group of products.
Job Manager HotWax Commerce’s Job Manager app helps the operations teams to manage jobs by scheduling new jobs, skipping or canceling scheduled jobs and finding failed jobs that need attention.
Import HotWax Commerce’s Import app enables users to import inventory and purchase orders.
3. Inventory
This category revolves around managing the inventory using the three apps: Receiving, Cycle Count and Picking.
Receiving HotWax Commerce’s Receiving app enables users to manage incoming shipments, purchase orders, and return orders.
Cycle Count HotWax Commerce’s Cycle Count app enables stock associates to count the store’s inventory, and reconcile systematic and physical inventory.
Picking HotWax Commerce’s Picking app enables the fulfillment team to efficiently pick order items during order fulfillment.
4. Administration
This category revolves around managing users and facilities associated with the OMS using two apps: User Management and Facilities.
User Management HotWax Commerce’s User Management app allows businesses to create and manage users within the HotWax Commerce OMS.
Facilities HotWax Commerce’s Facilities app assists businesses in overseeing multiple facilities like stores and warehouses, and managing attributes like facility details and fulfillment options for each facility.
Application Instance
Users can access specific instances of the HotWax apps in the Launchpad.
1. Production Instance: To access the production instance of an app, users can click on the respective app card.
2. UAT (User Acceptance Testing) Instance: Clicking on the bottom right icon of the respective app card allows users to access the UAT instance.
3. Dev (Development) Instance: Clicking on the bottom left icon of the respective app card allows users to access the dev instance.
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