Vendor Managed Inventory System

In the interest of business continuity, remote access will be utilized. User wishing access to internal network assets will only be able to access said assets with the use of a

To be successful in today’s business environment, an organization must be able to perform certain fundamentals accurately and efficiently. One of these elements is having an effective and efficient Inventory System Management (ISM). ISM enables one to have the knowledge of where his or her inventory is at every step of the way. This allows one to better interact with consumer and make sales. Choosing the right ISM can lead and pave the ground work for future business success and profitability.

Use of vendor credentials: Furthermore, since the company is using a vendor product, it is appropriate to limit the network access to the vendor portal. By doing that, any unauthorized person who obtains the confidential credentials will not be able to access vendor portal unless they access the portal from the network that has the rights to access the portal. Also, account control and monitoring are necessary to provide multi-factor authentication that gives access to the vendor portal

Schenck, J., McInerney, J. 1998. Applying vendor-managed inventory to the apparel industry. Automat. I.D. News 14(6) 36-38

A supply chain solution to ordering would be to invest in purchasing software set up on a network for KFF management and store managers to access at anytime. This software would allow all stores to place orders cohesively. Each store manager can see how much product is being sold in each store and compare sales. If there is an overstock in one store, managers can move inventory to another store by looking at the data on the network. Kathy can implement a Just-in-Time (JIT) system. This is the concept behind creating the firm 's product in the least amount of time (Gomez-Mejia & Balkin, 2002). Kathy and the management team will develop a smooth and integrated production process. Possibly in the future KFF can use the same type of JIT inventory systems as Wal-Mart. The inventory reorders are generated as products are scanned at check out. As soon as an items hits a certain number in stock, the information is sent to the supplier for reorder

Requirement for interoperability, interfacing with systems operating environment (including; capability, temperature, humidity, radiation and robustness).

You have been hired by a medium size (approximately 200 employees) widget manufacturing company to do a complete evaluation of their computer needs and make recommendations to them about an information system to support their business. Currently several of their support departments are using manual processes and they wish to automate their accounting and human resources business processes. They also want to harness the power of the Internet in their business.

The purpose of this course project is to address the ongoing issues surrounding my companies, REI (Recreation Equipment Inc.,) inventory management issue and to see if we can find a software program better suited to the companies needs. The goal is to find products quickly and efficiently. Customer satisfaction is key to driving sales and profit in any company. As a result a software upgrade is certainly needed in order to compete with other companies in the same industry.

Consider the overall purpose of the system and at least two system options or alternative versions of the system capable of satisfying organisational requirements.

Calculating the benefits of vendor managed inventory in a manufacturer-retailer system (Bookbinder, Gumus, & Jewkes, 2010)

There are a total of 500 clients systems owned by RavenTech, LLC. They are evenly distributed between desktops and laptops, and between Windows 7 OS and Windows XP OS machines (Table 2). The Windows 7 machines are not being modified at this time, and will be primarily unaffected by this migration. The desktops and laptops that are currently running Windows XP were new at the time of purchase. While the hardware is older than the Windows 7 machines, it is still functional, and parts for these machines are still easily obtainable for the near future. The Windows XP computers have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 processor in the desktop systems, and a P8400 processor in the laptop systems. The desktops and laptops each have 2GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM, and can be upgraded to at least 8GB DDR3 RAM. The laptops have a port for connecting an external monitor. Excluding the OS, RavenTech uses software applications that are available for Windows and Linux, or are cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS), so employee training on new productivity software will not be required. The company uses Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) and private IP space on the internal network. A minimum of one desktop XP machine

Conventional thinking about VMI states that it can be achieved by the quality of the information shared. The study by Marloes J.T. Claassen, Arjan J. van Weele, Erik M. van Raaij in the paper “Performance Outcomes and Success Factors of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)” reveals that VMI success is impacted by the quality of the buyer-supplier relationship, the quality of the IT-system and the intensity of information sharing. Vendor managed inventory concept comes with the various benefits to supplier as well customer. The information about actual demand and forecasted demand is available in an early stage of supply chain, hence suppliers are better able to align their production processes to customer demand. This way, fluctuations in the process can be easily smoothened over time and supplier can respond proactively instead of proactively. The VMI, supplier becomes responsible for determining replenishment schedule for customer, hence supplier becomes more flexible in managing their production. When supplier is responsible for transportation, they can potentially utilize this opportunity for significant transportation cost reduction.

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.

Nowadays, in an era that has advanced technology and a place in the world. Everything can be linked only at your fingertips in the times of rapidly developing with the sophisticated technology of today. Therefore, an inventory system is also not lagging behind in introducing a method of keeping an inventory data systematically and safely. The system plays a very important role in improving the competitiveness of a business. Usually, organizations today face too many challenges to achieve the cost, speed and reliability. Efficient inventory system really help in order to make sure the store’s performance and data record is always in good condition and secured from abusers. The system basically to ease the admin to manage the

Although there are several samples of successful VMI implementations from different industries each VMI project must be considered as unique because of following reasons;