Elite Core Custom Product Management lets teams build product records for items that are not available through a connected supplier catalogue. This is especially useful for unique sourcing, locally produced goods, custom manufacturing, special print jobs, awards, kits, or one-off products that still need to move through the same pricing and fulfillment process as catalogue items.
A Better Way to Handle Non-Catalogue Products
Not every client request starts with a searchable supplier SKU. Many promotional and print businesses regularly sell products that are custom sourced, manufactured to specification, bundled from several components, or provided by suppliers without a structured catalogue connection.
Without a flexible custom-product workflow, teams often resort to placeholder products, spreadsheets, or incomplete descriptions that create confusion later in the order lifecycle. Elite Core allows the product to be created properly from the beginning so the same item can be priced, presented, approved, purchased, produced, and invoiced with clear information attached.
How It Works in Elite Core
A custom product can be added directly to the project and configured with the information needed for the sale. Teams can define the client-facing name and description, imagery where appropriate, quantities and variants, costs, selling prices, decoration requirements, and supporting notes.
Once created, the custom item participates in the same broader workflow as other products. It can appear in presentations or estimates, become part of the Sales Order, and continue into purchasing and production based on the supplier and routing information associated with the job.
Key Capabilities
- Create products without relying on a supplier catalogue record
- Add custom descriptions and client-facing product details
- Manage quantities, variants, pricing, and estimated costs
- Attach product imagery where useful
- Add decoration and production requirements
- Carry the product forward into presentations, estimates, Sales Orders, and fulfillment
Connected Workflow
Custom Product Management connects Product Management with the rest of Elite Core. A typical path can move from Custom Product → Project Cart → Presentation or Estimate → Sales Order → Purchase Order or Production → Invoice.
This keeps custom work from becoming an exception that has to be tracked outside the ERP. Sales can present a polished product to the client while purchasing, production, and finance still receive the structured information they need downstream.
Built for Real Operational Work
Promotional distributors, print shops, decorators, and manufacturers often win business precisely because they can source or create something unusual. Elite Core supports that flexibility without forcing teams to abandon their normal workflow.
Custom Product Management gives businesses a practical way to represent unique products while preserving the operational discipline of connected pricing, approvals, purchasing, production, shipping, and financial tracking.