SolarEdge has started exporting 1-phase residential inverters with a unique SKU number to the European market, from late 2025
This ‘Single SKU’ concept consolidates multiple power classes, such as 5 kW, 8 kW, and 10 kW, among others, into a single inverter and part number
It will simplify logistics, inventory management, and installation processes for the European customers and partners, the company states
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global supplier of PV and DC optimized inverters, has announced that it started shipping its US-manufactured 1-phase residential products to European markets, namely Italy, France, and the Netherlands, with ‘Single SKU’ numbers since late 2025. The company stated that this milestone aligns with its broader strategy in international manufacturing and export.
An SKU is an internal product identification number assigned to a product during Production Planning & Control (PPC), helping track storage location, inventory, and supply chain. Unlike the traditional SKU formats (diversified), which often make customs clearance, inventory tracking, sales & order processing, and after-sales & service support a complex process, the company adopts a ‘Single SKU’ concept for exporting multirange inverters. According to the company, this concept consolidates all power classes (like 5 kW, 8 kW, and 10 kW) into a single inverter (and part number), simplifying logistics, inventory management, and installation processes for its European customers and partners.
In terms of inventory tracking by the company’s European distributors, this unified SKU makes stock-level monitoring, prevention of overstocking or stock-outs, and tracking fast- and slow-moving products easy. It also enables accurate picking, packing, and shipping, reducing dispatch errors and boosting the speed of warehouse operations by easily differentiating similar-looking products. In addition, it simplifies and improves the installation process by reducing design complexity (eliminating last-minute design changes without changing the inverter model), material planning errors (eliminating the risk of incorrect inverter selection), on-site confusion, and commissioning time (supporting a single inverter platform).
The company states that the upcoming SolarEdge Nexis solution (1-phase and 3-phase variants) will also feature this ‘Single SKU’ concept. In addition, SolarEdge states that its commercial & industrial (C&I) application products, which it expects to start shipping from the Florida factory in early 2026, will be designed to incorporate fewer SKUs.
