Industry: Service Trucks

Apr 30, 2026

Service Truck Inventory Management: How Katy Plumbing Stopped Resupply Runs and Regained $1-2M in Revenue

Anthony Johnson at Katy Plumbing & Heating put it plainly: "We're not in the parts business. We're in the plumbing business." Before they implemented service truck inventory management software, techs were making daily supply house runs that were costing the company an estimated $1–2M a year in unbilled time. Here's the service truck inventory management app they used to fix it, and the system it took to make it stick.
Oct 30, 2024

What to Look for in a Vendor-Managed Inventory App

A vendor-managed inventory app is used by an industrial or medical distributor to facilitate the VMI process of replenishing onsite inventory at the customers' point-of-use location (where the customer uses the inventory in the course of conducting their operations, as opposed to selling the inventory). VMI apps help distributors and customers share inventory data seamlessly and make replenishment decisions collaboratively. Learn about important features of a VMI app here.