Talk:Stock-keeping unit

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[edit] Questions about SKU

Say you have a box of 20 units of part number 1A and a box of 5 units of part number 1A- is this one SKU or two? -Nick Answer: It would be two different SKU's.

Is it a generic concept in China? Thanks Peter

  • How are stock keeping units formulated?
  • Is there any generally accepted format for SKUs?
  • Are SKUs unique in the world or just to a vendor?
  • Is there a vendor-identifying prefix or suffix?
  • Is there any standard or standards body relevant to SKUs?
  • Would it be possible for company A to buy out company B and find that they have a range of identical SKUs for non-identical merchandise? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.96.33 (talk • contribs)

Also, we could do with more about how SKUs relate to UPCs / EANs.

  • Do merchants use both?
  • How do they co-ordinate them?
  • Did SKUs come first?
  • If not, why was there felt to be a need for SKUs, given UPCs?

— Johan the Ghost seance 20:14, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

This article is mainly about "SKU number/name", except in the "Consider this" section, where the description of the SKU consept that separate "SKU" goes into the main theory that confuses people.
The article should firstly be explained in theory: The example with the balls, that are concept with the ball boxes, explained that the stock contains 220 boxes, but only three SKUs, is right to the point, albeit a bit too complicated for the common non-merchant man: Perhaps the fact that there are loose balls inside the boxes confuse?
A better example is perhaps a shipment of DVD films: 300x Star Wars Episode 1, 400x of Star Wars Episode 2 and 200x of Star Wars Episode 3 is undoubtedly both 900 _films_ and 3 _SKUs_.
Once the concept is described,naming and principles on that should be described as well as it is the article as it is now
Further referances should be made to Forecast Keeping Units and other variants. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.70.78.190 (talk • contribs) (I reformatted a bit for readability. — Johan the Ghost seance 13:46, 22 May 2006 (UTC))

[edit] trereree?

Surely a mistake, yes? I removed it. Jeff

[edit] SKU as product line

Various definitions (e.g. here and here) define SKU differently, as the product, not the identifier. I think this is a less common use of the term, but it should be clarified here. JulesH 23:46, 17 April 2007 (UTC)