制造商使用 VMI 计划的 5 个理由

Here’s a look at five reasons why Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a growing practice to streamline your supply chain, reduce costs, increase part consumption visibility and redeploy labor for more important activities.

供应商管理的库存（VMI）或库存管理自1980年代开始出现，当时沃尔玛（Walmart）等公司使用它来革新其供应链。从那时起的30年中，库存管理已发展为各种规模的公司都可以使用。现在，人工智能（AI）和物联网（IoT）等新技术使组织能够优化其VMI程序，并帮助他们继续创新和改善供应链管理。

什么是VMI？

简单来说，VMI让其他人（供应商）管理您的库存。供应商全权负责确保在正确的时间将正确的物品放到正确的位置。

But VMI is bigger in scope and benefits than just ‘managing parts.’ It’s about streamlining your supply chain, reducing costs, having higher visibility into your part consumption, and reallocating human resources away from slow, manual, error-prone work to more quality-focused, value-add responsibilities.

What’s Accelerating VMI?

供应商减少计划和新兴技术继续加速VMI的采用。

减少供应商（也称为供应商合并）的目的是为了减少特定供应市场中的供应商数量。

Paul Przyby, Vice President of Sales & General Manager at Optimas Solutions, has observed the evolution of supply chain management up close for the past several decades. He sees more companies optimizing their existing VMI programs as part of their supplier reduction efforts: “Taking just ten suppliers out of your system can make a huge impact. That’s why working with us – one supplier who can manage from procurement to replenishment – makes their lives much easier.”

或考虑将新供应商添加到您的供应链中的成本。一些专家建议每五年仅增加十个额外供应商的成本就是$1百万.

The parts themselves make up only 15% of those costs, while the human resources required to select, manage and process those suppliers take up the other 85%. Whether you’re trying to actively reduce suppliers, or are trying to control the number of suppliers added to your supply chain over time, VMI can help. For more on this, read our 供应商合并案例研究

Here’s a look at five reasons why VMI is a growing practice and why more small to medium-sized manufacturers are implementing this model.

1. Technology Streamlines Processes – 供应商管理的库存系统利用各种技术来自动化整个供应链中的简单和复杂流程。这使您可以从流程中删除步骤和内部人员，从而提高如何订购，交付，存储和补充每个零件。
2. Improved Data Visibility – The entire supply chain workflow gets more efficient with VMI solutions –from the plant floor to the top of the supply chain. When all departments have better visibility into your inventory levels and consumption they can make better data-driven decisions and avoid stock-outs or shortages.
3. Reduced Costs – 更好的库存管理使您可以减少现有库存。这样可以减少浪费和过时，并减少管理库存所需的人员。在订购方面，能够与单个VMI合作伙伴下达单个PO，可以减少隐藏的软成本，这些成本加起来会涉及很多零件和许多订单。 VMI合作伙伴由于订购量巨大，通常可以利用其杠杆购买力。
4. Improved Workflow and Productivity – 单凭库存管理并不能保证提高组织的生产率，但是它提供的改进的工作流程无疑可以提供帮助。优秀的VMI合作伙伴将评估您当前的工作流程，从接收到路由到补货，并找到消除步骤，节省时间和金钱的方法
5. Valued Partnership – VMI是真正的合作伙伴关系，两家公司都专注于效率和盈利能力。 VMI合作伙伴可以为您提供更多的供应商多样性，保证在您需要的时间和地点准时交货，并寻找方法来不断增强您的运营以节省成本并提高质量。

寻找值得信赖的VMI合作伙伴

The promises of inventory management are many: lower costs, fewer stockouts, less waste, higher inventory turnover and better forecasting. Today’s supply chain solutions coupled with the 正确的VMI合作伙伴可以兑现这些诺言。

Przyby explains: “It’s important to remember that no two supply chains are alike. A VMI partner needs to spend the time getting to know your organization so they can develop the right customized VMI program for you.”

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