Manual inventory tracking breaks down as soon as volume, locations, or crews increase. Small businesses lose money through stockouts, rush purchases, overordering, and poor inventory analytics. A mobile inventory management app can help.
Make sure your construction inventory management software lets you scan out material at the jobsite and assign it to a phase or floor for job-costing as well as auto-replenish inventory using dynamic min/maxes that are updated with your actual usage.
Originally published as a Modern VMI Tips Newsletter on Linked In. Click Here to subscribe. A data-driven vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system—supported by the right app—can be one of the most powerful profit tools on a job site, tracking job costing, consigned inventory, and more.
With inventory scales and sensors, distributors can manage more customers with fewer site visits and less labor.
Lack of visibility can lead to stockouts, rush orders, and higher operational costs. Mobile apps and sensors are a better way to do data-driven MRO inventory auto-replenishment.
Managing wire and cable inventory has long been one of the toughest challenges for contractors and distributors. By combining manufacturer innovations with smarter digital tracking, you can finally gain the visibility you need across warehouses, trucks, and job sites.
Right-size consignment with point-of-use usage data, not guesswork.
I wish more distributors would appreciate how much better it is to do cycle counting versus ordering when they set up their new vendor-managed inventory (VMI) app to manage point-of-use (stockroom, clinic, jobsite, vehicle, etc) inventory for customers.
Simply replenishing inventory based on past sales data isn’t enough anymore, especially when a single misstep can lead to excess inventory, expensive emergency purchases, or stockouts that damage customer relationships.
