The 2026.1 release includes a broad set of updates across pricing, inventory, warehouse management, shipping, and supply chain planning. For operations teams, the changes are practical in nature, aimed at improving data accuracy, reducing manual effort, and giving managers better visibility into costs and fulfillment.

If you’re new to how NetSuite releases work, or would like a refresher, this blog post is a helpful starting point.

Pricing

The Advanced Pricing module gains a rules-based pricing engine that supports cost-plus pricing and the ability to set targeted prices by date, item, and customer. This gives businesses more granular control over pricing consistency across their catalog.

Alongside the rules engine, AI-generated pricing summaries pull together inventory levels, costs, and historical sales trends into concise narratives to help managers make informed pricing decisions more quickly. This is particularly useful for businesses operating in environments where costs fluctuate and margin visibility matters.

Inventory

A new vendor consignment inventory management feature allows organizations to track and manage inventory that is owned by vendors but stored at the organization’s facility. Because payment is deferred until inventory is sold or consumed, this arrangement can improve cash flow and reduce financial exposure. The feature also shifts responsibility for obsolescence, shrinkage, and unsold stock to the vendor, which is a meaningful consideration for distributors and manufacturers managing working capital.

Connectors

Several connector updates improve how data moves between NetSuite and commonly used platforms.

The NetSuite Connector for Salesforce gains a trigger-based sync engine, giving organizations control over when data moves between systems based on record status, field updates, or defined flags. NetSuite Connector fields can now also be added directly into existing Salesforce layouts, giving sales teams access to key NetSuite data without switching between applications. The connector also now supports Salesforce Professional Edition, making it accessible to more teams without additional licensing costs.

On the ecommerce side, the NetSuite Connector for Shopify now handles bidirectional order edit synchronization for B2B, so pricing updates, quantity changes, and line-item edits made in NetSuite are reflected accurately in Shopify B2B portals. A new NetSuite Connector for Loop automates the flow of returns data from Shopify into NetSuite, automatically creating return authorizations, item receipts, and cash refunds based on Loop workflows. The NetSuite Connector for Amazon Seller Central adds automated settlement sync, supporting full, partial, and split payments and mapping each to the correct order or invoice for cleaner month-end reconciliation.

Warehouse management

Several updates to NetSuite Warehouse Management focus on process controls and operational accuracy. Kit and non-inventory items are now searchable within the warehouse, improving inventory tracking and visibility. Landed cost validation is now automated with rule-based processing during purchase order receipt, reducing manual steps and improving compliance. Reversal support for inbound shipments adds operational flexibility when corrections are needed. Real-time back-order alerts during work order picking give warehouse teams earlier visibility into fulfillment issues before they become customer-facing problems.

Ship Central

Ship Central updates focus on automation, accuracy, and cost visibility in the shipping and fulfillment process. Advanced GS1 and HIBC barcode scanning, combined with real-time shipment updates, improve item selection accuracy and lot and serial tracking. PUDO (pick up, drop off) delivery is now available as a shipping option, giving merchants more flexibility in last-mile delivery.

For UPS and USPS shipments, Ship Central now supports charging customers carrier retail rates while the business is billed at negotiated rates. The system automatically compares the two and applies the lower value for billing, which supports margin management across high-volume shipping operations. Bulk shipment processing now supports more than 10 shipments at a time, improving scalability for larger operations. Third-party billing configuration is also now available directly within the sales order, reducing manual data entry and preventing billing mismatches.

Manufacturing and supply chain

A handful of updates improve usability and data quality across manufacturing and supply chain mobile workflows. The SCM Mobile app adds a “Do Not Compress” image option, allowing users to upload images at full resolution when detail matters, such as for quality inspection or damage documentation. Configurable behavior for the pop-up close icon gives administrators more control over mobile workflow design. The app now also supports Apple iOS users through Safari and Chrome browsers.

Within Manufacturing Mobile, operators can now exit an active operation without being required to badge out of the work center, supporting more accurate time tracking in real-world shop floor scenarios. Component item descriptions are now visible on the consumption page, reducing material selection errors during production.

The Manufacturing Scheduler SuiteApp gains improved availability calculations for kit items across locations, accounting for existing allocations and multi-channel reservations. Supply chain planning results are now available in SuiteAnalytics Workbook, providing planners with a full supply and demand picture based on Material Requirements Planning, with dedicated pages for purchasing, production, and sales.

Planning for the release

Some of these updates, particularly the connector enhancements and new warehouse management controls, will require configuration and testing before they are fully operational in your environment. The vendor consignment feature in particular involves changes to how inventory ownership and payment are tracked, which is worth reviewing with your finance and operations teams together.

If you’re ready to explore how these updates apply to your business, validating them in your environment, or training staff on new functionality, our team NetSuite experts is ready and available to help you maximize the value of your NetSuite investment.