Prevent orders from being assigned to external warehouses

We have added the ability to choose whether items will be allocated to an external warehouse or not. This setting is configurable for each sales channel and will be passed to every order created in that channel. You can also overwrite this setting for individual orders during order processing.

What is an external warehouse? An external warehouse is a warehouse that is not managed by Endless. When you have external warehouses, Endless does not have a direct integration to that warehouse and cannot participate actively in order processing.

You might want to allow external assignment if: the sales channel has one or more direct connections to external warehouses and you are not ready to have Endless participate in active order management. This read-only setup still allows you to see all your orders in one place. In order to provide an accurate record of what happened to your orders, Endless will still assign line items to external warehouses if instructed to do so.

You might want to disable external assignment if: the sales channel is a B2B channel and you want to ensure that items are not assigned to external warehouses. If items are assigned to external warehouses for B2B orders, there will be no way to fulfill them because external warehouses do not have a fulfillment integration.