Inventory Manager
Product catalogue workspace

Keep every product task moving.

Turn catalogue issues, questions and recommendations into prioritised work — assigned to the right people and tracked through to approval.

Works with Shopify· WooCommerce· Maropost Commerce Cloud (formerly Neto)

Open work Sorted by priority
JM Missing specifications — Fishing rods 142 products · needs product team input High
AC Rewritten descriptions ready for review 38 products · awaiting approval Review
SP What is the warranty period on these? Question · assigned to purchasing Waiting
TL Duplicate titles across variants 17 products · data inconsistency Queued
JM Category page copy — Camping Approved 2 days ago Done

The problem

You know the catalogue needs work. You can’t review all of it.

Catalogue problems arrive from everywhere and sit nowhere. The result is a backlog nobody owns and a manager who becomes the bottleneck.

  • Spreadsheet of missing specs, three months old
  • “Can someone check the sizing on these?” in a group chat
  • Suggested rewrites nobody has reviewed
  • Questions only the purchasing team can answer
  • Changes waiting on someone’s approval
One queue Owner · priority · status
AC Missing specifications Assigned · due Friday High
SP Sizing question Awaiting answer Waiting
JM Suggested rewrites Ready for review Review

How it works

Four steps, whether the work is found for you or raised by your team.

1

Find or receive the work

Catalogue issues, gaps and recommendations enter the workspace — identified automatically, or raised by whoever spotted them.

2

Prioritise it

Focus the team on the products and changes that matter first, instead of working alphabetically through a catalogue nobody can finish.

3

Assign and collaborate

Route questions, corrections and decisions to the people who can actually resolve them — including outside your immediate team.

4

Review, approve and track

Nothing is published until someone approves it, and every item keeps a record of who decided what, and when.

Work types

Not every catalogue task is the same shape.

A missing specification, a question for the warehouse and a rewrite awaiting sign-off need different handling. All of them belong in one queue.

Data inconsistencies Missing product information Questions for staff Recommended changes Review requests Approvals Blocked work and follow-ups

For managers

See where the work stands without opening every product.

Progress by assignee, work type or category — so you can tell what is moving, what is stuck and what is waiting on you.

Open
Work in the queue right now
Ageing
Items sitting longer than they should
Awaiting answers
Blocked on someone’s knowledge
Awaiting approval
Ready, pending a decision
Completed
Resolved over time

Delegation and approvals

Most product decisions aren’t the catalogue manager’s to make.

Warranty terms sit with purchasing. Fit and sizing sit with the product specialist. Brand wording sits with marketing. Work can be routed to whoever holds the answer — and comes back for review.

Route to the right person

Assign an item to someone inside or outside your team, with the product context attached.

Ask a question

Some work is blocked on knowledge rather than effort. Ask, and track the answer against the product.

Review before publishing

Proposed changes stay proposals until someone with the authority approves them.

Keep the record

What changed, who approved it, and what it looked like before — available when someone asks later.

Recommendations

Suggestions help. People still decide.

AI-driven recommendations help your team find and improve catalogue issues faster. Your people supply the knowledge only they have, review what is proposed, and keep control of approval. Nothing reaches your storefront because software decided it should.

Integrations

Works with your commerce platform.

Shopify

Catalogue sync and approved changes written back.

WooCommerce

Catalogue sync and approved changes written back.

Maropost Commerce Cloud

Formerly Neto. Catalogue sync and approved changes written back.

Use cases

Where teams use it.

Catalogue cleanup

A backlog of known problems, broken into work that can actually be finished.

Product-data quality

Find what is missing or inconsistent, and keep it from drifting back.

Content review and approval

Proposed descriptions and titles reviewed by the people accountable for them.

New catalogue onboarding

Bring a new range up to standard without a spreadsheet migration project.

Agency and client collaboration

A focused space for a client to answer questions and approve work.

Ongoing governance

Catalogue quality as routine work rather than an annual clean-up.

Make catalogue improvement part of the workflow.

Not another project that never gets finished.

Accounts are set up by the agency or consultant managing your catalogue. If you are expecting access, they will send you a sign-in link. Not sure who to ask? Contact whoever looks after your product listings.