What is Salesforce Order Management?
Salesforce Order Management (OMS) is the platform that handles the full order lifecycle — capture, payment, fulfillment, returns, exchanges, and customer service — natively integrated with Commerce Cloud, Service Cloud, and ERP / inventory systems. Built on the Salesforce platform, it gives service agents one place to view and act on a customer's orders without bouncing between commerce, ERP, and ticketing systems.
What does Decision Foundry's Order Management service include?
Order lifecycle configuration (capture, hold, allocate, fulfill, settle); payment management (auth, capture, refund, partial refunds); distribution network setup (warehouses, stores, dropship, marketplaces); integration with Commerce Cloud, ERP (SAP, NetSuite, Oracle), inventory, and shipping carriers; Order Management Console for agents; returns and exchange flows; and integration with Service Cloud so support agents can act on orders inside cases.
How is Salesforce Order Management different from a standalone OMS like NetSuite, Manhattan, or Fluent?
Standalone OMS platforms (Manhattan, IBM Sterling, Fluent Commerce) are deep on fulfillment optimisation, often serving multi-billion-dollar brands. Salesforce Order Management's edge is its native integration with the Salesforce ecosystem — particularly Commerce Cloud, Service Cloud, and the customer record. For organisations where order management needs to be tightly coupled with storefront, customer service, and marketing — and not just fulfillment optimisation — it's the natural choice.
How long does an Order Management implementation take?
A focused single-locale rollout (one warehouse, one storefront, basic payment + returns) runs 12–16 weeks. A multi-locale or omnichannel deployment with multiple fulfillment nodes, marketplace integrations, and ERP integration runs 5–8 months. Cost scales with order volume, locales, payment complexity, and integration count. Every engagement starts with a free discovery call and order-flow audit.
We use NetSuite or SAP for orders today — do we need Salesforce OMS?
Often the answer is "you need integration, not replacement." Your ERP is great at the back-office side (inventory, financials, shipping); Salesforce OMS shines on the customer-facing side (post-purchase experience, returns, exchanges, agent visibility). The common pattern is hybrid: ERP remains the fulfillment system of record; Salesforce OMS handles the customer-facing layer; they sync bidirectionally. We design that integration explicitly.
Why Decision Foundry for Order Management?
We deliver Order Management as part of full commerce transformations — meaning your OMS lands integrated with Commerce Cloud, Service Cloud, and ERP from day one. 85+ Salesforce certifications, 700+ projects delivered across retail, manufacturing, and consumer brands. Multi-locale, multi-currency, multi-marketplace experience.