Vendor Managed Inventory

Abstract —There are some complex and compelling challenges that global manufacturing industries should face, which includes price fluctuation, supply-chain inefficiencies and increasing customer expectations. In order to meet the demand of this economic environment, manufacturers need to find innovative, smarter ways to face those challenges. Thus, the efficient inventory management becomes urgent to manufacturers and it could help improve profitability and increase customer satisfaction. This paper aims to talk about what inventory management is and its importance, what problems inventory management might have and how to improve inventory management efficiency.

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NIBCO has 100 years history and $ 400 million revenues. The main product is flow control like valves, fitting, and hangers so on. Compare to other same types of manufacturers, NIBCO wants to provide low price and differentiation of flow control products. In these days, the product quality is not only a requirement among the commodity markets. The value-added services also are good ways to attract more customers. However, when NIBCO wants to give value-added services to customers, the old system cannot suit their needs. The managers of NIBCO decided to use SAP R/3 implementation project, which helps them to deal with issues. From 1998 to 2001, SAP R/3 implementation has run smoothly in NIBCO. As a supply chain business processes, the

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Marcey Dascenzo, as of today we have initiated our new inventory system. After two hours of labor, the employees observed two missing boxes when loading the freight truck from a customer’s order. I send a memo reminding the employees to double check the orders against the invoices before loading the trucks.

Inventory management has two very different, but effective methods: Vendor managed inventory, and consignment inventory. A company may choose to utilize either of these two methods to manage inventory. If a company is able to manage inventory, they will be better able to work the company's capital to the fullest extent. The following paper will identify the differences between the two as well as identify what type of company is best suited for each method.

Supply chain management (SCM) is based on the philosophy that firms operating in a supply chain are oriented to the provision of goods and services for the ‘final customer’ (Lambert and Cooper, 2000) . The literature strongly suggests that that cohesive collaboration in the supply chain can provide important benefits such as added value, efficiencies and client satisfaction (Stock, Boyer and Harmon,

In in traditional inventory management the buyer manages his own inventory. The buyer is responsible for maintaining stock levels to support his requirements. In VMI the supplier manages inventory for the buyer based on the information received from the buyer. But many industries avoid opting for VMI as it makes the dependable on its suppliers and leads to transfer of full control to them.

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is an inventory management system in which the supplier undertakes the responsibility of maintaining inventory for the retailer and makes sure that there won’t be any stock out situation. VMI is a coordination mechanism which has been gaining a lot of attention. The replenishment orders for the goods are no longer rendered by retailers, it is the supplier who manages the replenishment orders, time and quantity. It originated with the realization that vendors could efficiently control the flow of goods from raw materials to the final consumer, and the buyers could enjoy reduced stock levels and increased service levels. The advantages of VMI partnership include reduction of costs not

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The multi echelon inventory optimization would be best suitable for Johnson Skin Care Products it reduces excess inventory while maintaining and improving customer service levels.