Sku

SKU management reference — naming conventions, hierarchy design, lifecycle management, and inventory classification. Use when designing product catalogs, creating SKU schemas, or optimizing inventory by SKU analysis.

SKU — SKU Management Reference

Quick-reference skill for SKU design, product hierarchy, and inventory classification.

When to Use

• Designing SKU naming conventions for a product catalog
• Building product hierarchy (category → family → variant)
• Performing ABC/XYZ inventory analysis
• Managing SKU proliferation and rationalization
• Understanding UPC/EAN/GTIN barcode relationships

Commands

intro

scripts/script.sh intro

Overview of SKU concepts — definitions, purpose, and relationship to other identifiers.

naming

scripts/script.sh naming

SKU naming conventions — best practices, encoding schemes, and anti-patterns.

hierarchy

scripts/script.sh hierarchy

Product hierarchy design — categories, families, variants, and attributes.

barcodes

scripts/script.sh barcodes

Barcode and identifier systems — UPC, EAN, GTIN, ISBN, ASIN, and check digits.

abc

scripts/script.sh abc

ABC/XYZ analysis — classifying SKUs by revenue contribution and demand variability.

lifecycle

scripts/script.sh lifecycle

SKU lifecycle management — introduction, growth, maturity, decline, and end-of-life.

rationalization

scripts/script.sh rationalization

SKU rationalization — identifying and eliminating underperforming products.

metrics

scripts/script.sh metrics

Key SKU metrics — inventory turns, fill rate, days of supply, and velocity.

help

scripts/script.sh help

version

scripts/script.sh version

Configuration

Variable	Description
SKU_DIR	Data directory (default: ~/.sku/)

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