1. E-commerce Fulfillment SCM
  2. Who it's for
  3. Marketplace operations
Who it's for

Marketplace operations

Marketplace teams often receive the same order or shipping notice more than once. The order's channel and external order ID identify the selling source. Fulfillment events carry external event IDs, and operation receipts carry operation keys. Together these records help the team distinguish a retry from new work while keeping the customer order as the operating anchor.

How E-commerce Fulfillment SCM is set up for you

Order identity

Check the marketplace order ID and current revision before confirming a draft.

Delayed messages

Preserve the event's occurrence date and external ID when a pick or shipping notice arrives after another update.

Exception review

Inspect pending, failed and needs-review operation outcomes against external references before sending another action.

Return evidence

Connect a Returned event to the shipped order and check the provider refund event separately.

Marketplace teams often receive the same order or shipping notice more than once. The order's channel and external order ID identify the selling source. Fulfillment events carry external event IDs, and operation receipts carry operation keys. Together these records help the team distinguish a retry from new work while keeping the customer order as the operating anchor.

Pilot one marketplace feed with known order IDs and a small product set. Include an import retry, a delayed shipping event and a parcel that is partly shipped. The coordinator should find the original order, the operator should reconcile the line quantities, and the reviewer should trace a failed operation through its receipt. Test a duplicate provider event before using payment evidence to explain a refund. Agree which marketplace messages are observations and which require an operator decision.

[Plan the rollout](/scm-for-e-commerce-fulfillment/implementation), [review event history](/scm-for-e-commerce-fulfillment/modules/fulfillment-events), and [map integrations](/scm-for-e-commerce-fulfillment/integrations).

Features to start with

Roles on the team

Order Coordinator
Owns order entry and checks identity before confirmation.
Fulfillment Operator
Records allocated, picked, shipped, delivered and returned quantities.
Operations Reviewer
Reviews failed operations and authorizes compensating actions.
Finance Reviewer
Checks provider payment evidence and refund requests.

Set up E-commerce Fulfillment SCM your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started