Digital VMI Defined: Traditional vs. Modern Solutions
An empty shelf negatively impacts business, sending customers directly to the competition. The traditional system of inventory management worked for a while, but leveraging automation and the Internet of Things is changing the way suppliers and consumers manage complex supply chains. Today’s industrial suppliers and consumers want real-time visibility and granular consumption data to make […]
Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptors for 2024
From geopolitical conflicts to single sourcing to labor shortages, every organization is vulnerable to supply chain disruptors. However, understanding the leading disruptors can protect manufacturers from supply chain threats and help to keep operations working like they should. Every organization should take a proactive approach to supply chain disruption and have strategies in place to […]
Top 10 Supply Chain Management Tips for 2024
Mitigating risks and overcoming challenges in complex supply chains is on the minds of most manufacturers and suppliers, especially as we prepare for a new year of business. Companies are making plans to enter 2024 with a strategy to keep their inventory shelves lean, while also minimizing the possibility of stockouts. Effectively managing complex manufacturing […]
How Manufacturing Supply Chain Digitization Reduces Carbon Footprint
Manufacturers are focusing on sustainable solutions that reduce carbon emissions while also improving the management of their complex supply chains. For many reasons, a digital vendor managed inventory (VMI) platform provides a system that accomplishes supply chain challenges while minimizing the carbon footprint. Companies are looking to reduce their carbon footprint, especially in heavy industry. […]
How to Automate Your Supply Chain in One Day
Digital vendor managed inventory (VMI) platforms have made supply chain automation fast and affordable. But not all VMIs are created equally. Be sure to choose a platform that doesn’t require complicated ERP or MRP integration and one that offers crucial supplier and distributor collaboration. In the past three decades, VMI platforms have become a popular […]
Manage Manufacturing Supply Chains with Scalable Automation
By leveraging CloudSourcingTM and the power of digital VMI, suppliers can manage multiple inventory streams with multiple manufacturers. Because the ShelfAware platform is scalable, it’s typical to start small and grow with time. Here is a typical example from one of ShelfAware’s many recent installations. Generalist industrial suppliers no longer have to complicate the management […]
The Power of RFID Technology for Inventory Audits
Traditional inventory audits require physically counting thousands of small components like O-rings, fasteners, gaskets, and other products. The process is tedious, requires massive hours of manpower, and is prone to human error. However, by using the power of RFID technology and a digital vendor managed inventory (VMI) platform, the same audit can be accomplished in […]
Supply Chain Management for Contractors
Contractors can keep eyes on their inventory 24/7 with accurate, granular consumption data in real time by using a robust digital vendor managed inventory (VMI) platform. Using automation, they can work with several independent suppliers, building a better supply base than working with a single distributor of multiple products. Pushing the data to the consumer […]
Digital Transformation in Inventory Management
Whether your company wants to pull the trigger on a new e-commerce platform, a shiny, all-inclusive ERP, or discuss grand ideas like Industry 4.0, too many industrial distributors are falling prey to the temptation to swing for the innovation fences. However, digital transformation is a slow, intentional process of incremental innovations that lead to the […]
How Collaboration and Digital VMI Automation Improve Manufacturing Uptime
Manufacturers are discovering ways to incrementally adopt technology. By creating more automated and robust supply chains that work more closely with the suppliers that are independent and specialized, a focus is placed on the product verticals needed to keep a manufacturing facility running. Inventory automation using a robust digital VMI platform is a big win […]
