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Supplier–variant mapping

A supplier–variant linkSupplier–variant linkThe relationship between one supplier and one variant — the supplier's SKU, product name, product URL, variant notes, barcode, cost, MOQ, max order qty, pack size, and lead time. A variant can have many links; one is marked primary. Read more → is a row that says “I buy variant X from supplier Y at price Z, with these terms (MOQ, pack size, lead time, supplier-side SKU).” A variant can have many links (many suppliers can sell the same SKU). One link per variant is marked primary — its values drive reorder math.

On this page

Section titled “On this page”
  • What a link is
  • Primary supplier
  • Changing primary
  • Cascading variant edits to draft POs
  • Removing a link
  • See also
Section titled “What a link is”

One row per (supplier, variant) pair. The link is where you record everything that’s specific to how this supplier sells this variant to you, including the things that differ from what’s in Shopify. A link carries:

  • Supplier SKU — the SKU your supplier uses (often different from your Shopify SKU).
  • Supplier product name — what the supplier calls the product on their invoices and catalogues.
  • Supplier product URL — a link back to the product on the supplier’s site or portal.
  • Supplier variant details / notes — free-text notes about this variant from the supplier (colour, finish, packaging quirks, etc.).
  • Barcode — supplier-side barcode if it differs from the Shopify one.
  • Cost + currency — your unit cost from this supplier.
  • MOQ — minimum order quantity.
  • Max order quantity — optional ceiling.
  • Pack size — packaging increment.
  • Lead time — days from order to delivery.
  • Primary flag — exactly one link per variant is the primary.

A variant can have one Default supplier link plus many real supplier links. Common cases: backup suppliers, multi-region sourcing, comparing quotes.

Primary supplier

Section titled “Primary supplier”

One link per variant is the primary supplierPrimary supplierThe supplier whose lead time, MOQ, pack size, and cost feed the reorder math for a variant. One per variant. You can change it any time. Read more → . Reorder math uses the primary’s numbers. Only one primary at a time.

Changing primary

Section titled “Changing primary”

Two ways:

  • Supplier detail page → Variants tab — each row shows a Primary/Secondary button. Click it to make that supplier the primary for that variant.
  • Variant edit side panel (opened from anywhere the variant appears in a table) — the Primary supplier checkbox marks the link as primary.

When you set a new primary, the previous primary’s flag is unset automatically. No double primaries.

Cascading variant edits to draft POs

Section titled “Cascading variant edits to draft POs”

When you bulk-edit variants in supplier mode (e.g., via the supplier detail page’s Variants tab), the changes update Draft POs only. POs in Sent / Confirmed / further statuses are frozen — to apply the new values there, you’d edit the PO manually.

Section titled “Removing a link”

Removing a supplier–variant link severs the connection. The variant isn’t removed — just disconnected from that supplier.

If the link was primary, Logistified tries to promote the Default supplier link as the new primary (provided the Default has a link for that variant).

See also

Section titled “See also”

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