Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
An automated and managed end to end view of your supply chain - with alerts and exception reporting.
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solutions leverage information to reduce cost and time from the supply chain while delivering better service to the end customer.
Whilst our VMI solution will enable you to decrease your stockholding, it will have a positive effect on your cash flow and give you an end-to-end view over the entire process. What sets us apart from the others is this:
- Full integration with ours and your suppliers' ERP systems
- Online portal or human updates and real time view
- E-mail and portal integration to accommodate less technical participants
- End-to-end management by M2North with alerts, reporting and follow-ups
- The integration of electronic business documents like orders, invoices and statements
VMI benefits to supplier:
- Increased service level to the end customer
- Reduced fulfillment costs / lead times
- Improved / expanded relationship with customer
- Smoother demand patterns
- Reduction of human errors
VMI benefits to the customer:
- Increased service level to the end customer
- Reduced fulfillment costs / lead times
- Improved / expanded relationship with suppliers
- Increased Return On Assets
- Elimination of routine replenishment activities
Delighted customers
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Benefits
Why VMI?
- Full view of your inventory process
- Maintain optimum stock levels
- Reduce stock holdings
- Improved business operation
- Stronger customer / supplier relationships
- Redeploy excess stock
- Improved service levels
Why M2North VMI?
- Fully-automated
- Real-time
- User-specific views
- Built-in alerts and reporting
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Compatibility
Delivery methods:
- FTP
- SFTP
- SOAP
- HTTP
- X.400
- GXS
- SMS
- IPSec
- Fax In & Out
E-mail systems:
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Outlook Express
- Lotus Notes
- Online mail systems (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo etc.)
- All systems that support MAPI and SMTP
ERP systems:
- SAP
- Accpac
- Syspro
- People Soft
- JD Edwards
- Oracle e-Business Suite
- BAAN
- Avantis
File formats:
- SAP iDocs
- CSV (flat files)
- XML
- ODETTE
- EDIFACT
- SAANA EDI
- ANSI X12

