Company-store admin permissions: separate catalog, orders and finance
Define company-store operator roles, restrict sensitive actions and test access boundaries with a practical permissions matrix and handoff checklist.
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Returned company swag: when can it go back into stock?
Separate refunds from restocking with a practical inspection workflow for returned branded merchandise, release gates and an illustrative recovery-cost example.
Employee gift allowances and promo codes: set the stacking rules
Separate employee gift funding from discounts, choose a promotion policy and test sale prices, automatic offers and remaining balances before launch.
Split company-store shipments: when is the order complete?
Close split merchandise orders using item quantities, parcel evidence and linked remedies—not the first delivery scan. Includes a six-case acceptance test.
School spiritwear: trace finished garments, not just blank shirts
Build a school spiritwear purchasing record that connects finished decoration, supplier evidence, production identifiers and distributed orders.
Company-store backups: prove you can restore the program
Turn store exports into a tested recovery plan: map backup coverage, reconcile employee balances and orders, and run a controlled restore drill.
Company-store card payments: authorization, capture and production release
Choose when to collect company-store card payments without trapping made-to-order merchandise between an expiring hold and a paid-order production rule.
Food-production apparel: manage clean issue, used returns and replacements
Plan food-production apparel around clean-stock availability, laundry turnaround, size-specific reserves and urgent replacements—not just employee headcount.
Employee gift refunds: return the payment, restore the right choice
Separate payment refunds from restored gift eligibility. Plan partial refunds, employee contributions, replacements and usable reselection without duplicate benefits.
Company-store delivery addresses: PO Boxes, street addresses and APO/FPO/DPO
Build a company-store address policy that checks actual shipping routes, handles PO Boxes and military mail, and resolves mixed-cart delivery exceptions.
Should your company store be public, unlisted or private?
Separate company-store search visibility from private access with an audience worksheet, public-showcase tradeoffs and eight launch acceptance checks.
Company swag inventory: SKUs, barcodes or individual asset IDs?
Choose variant-level counts or individual item tracking, map supplier codes to decorated merchandise, and test receiving, transfers and returns before rollout.
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