What does sku mean?
SKU=StockKeepingUnit (stock keeping unit).
It is a unit of inventory measurement, such as pieces and boxes. Now SKU has been extended to the abbreviation of the unified product number (the concept and concept of a single product has become more complicated and has become another extended meaning) , and each product has a unique SKU number. For a commodity, when its brand, model, configuration, grade, unit, production date, shelf life, use, price, origin and other attributes are different from other commodities, it can be called a single product. And a single product needs its own independent sku to identify it
for example:
A piece of clothing with red, white, and blue has different SKU codes. If the codes are the same, it will cause confusion and wrong delivery when the goods are shipped out of the warehouse.
Another example is an Apple mobile phone iPhoneXR, the capacity is divided into: 64G, 128G, 256G; colors are divided into: coral, white, red, blue, yellow, black, each combination is a SKU , 64G black iPhoneXR and The 64G red iPhoneXR represents different SKUs.
It is worth mentioning that, since SKU is defined as the smallest physically indivisible unit of inventory, it should be handled according to different business formats and different management models.
For example, there are 50 cigarettes per cigarette, ten boxes in one cigarette, and 20 cigarettes in one box. These units have to set SKUs according to different needs.
