New Year Product Updates!

Hi there,

It has been a bit since our last product update so hopefully this will be enough of a taste of what has been released over the last few months. Dive in and let us know questions!

Inventory, receiving, and stock visibility

• Scan to Receive (barcode-based receiving)
  Warehouse teams can now scan carton barcodes or individual item barcodes to populate Receiving Reports faster and more accurately—while automatically converting scanned quantities into the PO/Shipment unit of measure. This keeps the workflow flexible (scan-first or manual) and adds clear error handling when scanned items aren’t on the selected PO/Shipment.
• Finished goods from Assembly Orders now appear in “Incoming” stock once Issued
  Forecasting is more realistic: when an Assembly Order is Issued (and beyond), the finished good quantity is now counted as Incoming, then moves to On-hand when the AO is Completed. This pairs cleanly with the existing behavior where components become Pending when an AO is issued. Once completed, stock is shown on-hand and components are depleted of course. To change the settings back to how the system use to count, go to Profile → System Settings → Inventory Settings.
• New stock quantity fields calculated on a schedule (Backordered, Via Assembly, Recoverable via Disassembly)
  Luminous now computes and stores additional inventory signals that weren’t previously represented in transaction logs—so you can add them to grids and SKU detail views for faster planning decisions:

• Backordered count - qty of unshipped sales items not currently on a fulfillment order
• Quantity available via assembly - a count of how many could be made available based on the components in stock currently (if an assembled BoM product)
• Quantity recoverable via disassembly - a count of how many could be made available by breaking apart assembled parent products (common if goods are stored in wholesale packs with unique skus which can be broken down for individual sale).

1. Stocks grid: “Recover via disassembly” bulk action
   A new bulk action on the Stocks grid lets teams initiate a recover-from-disassembly bulk order directly from the grid.

Purchasing and inbound shipments

• Import/export PO Shipment line items (CSV/Excel)
  You can now import shipment line items from spreadsheets (and export existing shipment line items for edits and re-import). Imports include validation and a preview step, plus “Replace complete shipment” vs “Add to shipment,” and smart allocation that assigns quantities to oldest outstanding POs first.
  Related workflow reference: managing shipments in Luminous.

Fulfillment + automation

• Auto-push Fulfillment Orders now supports a “Pick” state trigger
  Auto-push settings can now trigger pushes when a Fulfillment Order enters the configured Pick state—adding another automation hook for teams that want integration pushes aligned to pick/pack workflow stages.
  If you want broader context on fulfillment automation setup, this SOP - SOP: Smart Fulfillment Settings: How to Configure, Test, and Use Them in Luminous | Luminous Help Center is the closest related guide.
• Bulk Fulfillment Order creation via import (Order Fulfillment Allocation Sheet)
  Create Fulfillment Orders in bulk from an import sheet generated from Sales Orders—useful for allocating fulfillment across warehouses at scale.
• Global setting: “Order Split Threshold”
  Adds a configurable percent threshold to avoid excessive split shipments by requiring a minimum in-stock percentage before Fulfillment Orders can be created for partially available orders.

CRM upgrades

• New Transactions View by Company (all sales activity in one place)
  CRM customer records now include a centralized view of sales activity—Credit Memos, Sales Orders, Invoices, Fulfillment Orders, and Quotations—so teams can review customer history without hopping between sections.
• CRM account hierarchies (parent → subaccount)
  Accounts can now be related to each other for roll-ups and organization (useful for multi-brand, multi-entity, or franchise-style customer structures).
• CRM contact labels (tags for notifications & automations)
  Adds lightweight tagging for contacts so you can target notifications/automations (e.g., “Buyer,” “AP,” “Warehouse”) without messy workarounds.

Integrations + costing

• Shopify: push costs independently of inventory quantity pushes
  Shopify integrations can now push Unit Cost or Currently Landed Cost without requiring inventory quantity sync to be enabled, supporting “stocks only,” “costs only,” or “both.”
  For Shopify integration context and setup references:
• Extra cost allocation now supports Product Tags (in addition to Categories)
  When allocating duties/taxes and other landed costs, you can include products by Category and/or Tag (union, deduped) for more precise variant-level allocation. For landed cost background and methods:
• FIFO cost layer import enhancement (multi-value + quantity support)
  Cost layer imports now allow multiple cost values per SKU/warehouse with quantity handling, including reconciliation when imported quantities differ from current stock (adjusting the oldest layer).

Templates and documents

• Invoice HTML templates (plus easier brand/logo control)
  Invoices now support HTML-based templates (header/items header/item row/footer), enabling more flexible branding/layout control.
• Barcode support for HTML templates
  HTML templates can now render barcodes—useful for operational docs where scanning is part of the workflow.

Manufacturing workflows

• Disassembly: create a disassembly of a parent product for a target SKU
  Adds a more direct way to disassemble parent goods when you need to recover a specific component SKU.

💡 What This Means for Your Team

These updates are designed to:

• Reduce manual work through smarter automation
• Improve accuracy in fulfillment and inventory operations
• Give developers more control through expanded API capabilities

As always, we’re continuing to build Luminous to support fast-growing, multi-channel, multi-warehouse brands.

👉 For deeper guidance, visit the Luminous Help Center.

Have feedback or questions about these updates? We’d love to hear from you!