Contractors who have a significant percentage of their business riding on service trucks are closely familiar with the inventory and record-keeping challenges such mobile offices can present.
A vendor-managed inventory app is used by an industrial or medical distributor to facilitate the VMI process of replenishing onsite inventory at the customers' point-of-use location (where the customer uses the inventory in the course of conducting their operations, as opposed to selling the inventory). VMI apps help distributors and customers share inventory data seamlessly and make replenishment decisions collaboratively. Learn about important features of a VMI app here.
Point-of-use inventory is consumable inventory that is used in the course of business operations and it needs to be managed in a unique way. Here is how to manage POU inventory well.
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Explore key inventory management and replenishment techniques for consumable supplies and discover how to strategically implement cycle counting.
Summary: A definitive guide to setting stockroom min/max levels based on actual usage data from the point-of-use. This article defines Min/Maxes, how to calculate them, how modern VMI apps that track usage can optimize min/max levels, and what the financial benefits are to letting an auto-replenishment app like eTurns TrackStock dynamically set your optimized min/max levels based on your current usage.
Discover five effective inventory optimization solutions to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and deliver exceptional customer service.
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