This article will cover how you can set a low inventory threshold for your product categories in Mission Control
You can utilize a low inventory threshold (LIT) to avoid having products show on the menu when they are out of stock.
- Login into Mission Control
- Go to Categories, then select the category you wish to set up a LIT for and select Edit
- You will notice a field for Low Inventory Threshold, there you will be able to set the low inventory threshold for that category.
When a product in that category reaches below the low inventory threshold that was set, that product will no longer be shown on the menu for customers to order.
*Please note, this will affect products that are categorized under active and inactive inventories in your POS. If you have a product that is not associated with any particular inventory, it will not sync with the LIT.
When sub-categories are being used on an ECOM menu, it is very important to note that a Low Inventory Threshold that has been set for a main category also needs to be set for the underlying sub-categories in order for the Low Inventory Threshold ( LIT ) to apply on the desired products in the sub-category as well. In the example below the main category "Extracts Ingested" has a Low Inventory Threshold established, and in order to make it work on all underlying sub-categories, the LIT needs to be added in them as well:
