If your storeroom has a lot of expense items (non-inventory), a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution can save time, reduce costs while improving availability of parts.

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What You Should Know About

2. Ready for a VMI Managed Storeroom?
What you should know…
Presentation by Greg Carter, Electrical Marketing
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3. What’s Your Current
Storeroom Inventory?
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If your storeroom has a
lot of expense items
(non-inventory), a
Vendor Managed
Inventory (VMI) solution
can save time, reduce
costs while improving
availability of parts.

4. According to EECO Storeroom Management Survey,
other items include:
Ballast, conduit, fittings, solenoid valves, tape, stack-ons, electronic parts, float
switches, gearboxes, power supplies, proprietary OEM parts
Storeroom Inventory Breakdown
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Getting Ready for
Storeroom Assessment

6. First
An on-site assessment will determine if a VMI is right
for you. A VMI is best for storerooms with parts that
have frequent turn rates.
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On-Site Storeroom Assessment

7. High Turnover Storeroom Parts
Next The Vendor will categorize high
turnover items for possible inclusion in VMI.
Parts classified, assigned bin locations. Slow
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Parts bins are labeled
and barcoded for easy
identification.
“Right part, right time,
right price”. Organized
storerooms minimize
labor for finding parts.
Inventory Barcoding, Labeling

9. 3 – 6 Months
The VMI Vendor will
review for stock outs,
excesses, urgent order
instances.
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Electrical Storeroom Review
Min/Max levels change
over time. A review
helps anticipate these
situations.

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Electrical Storeroom VMI Assessment
Parts
Assessment
• History
• Classification
Is VMI Right
for You?
• Manage OAN or DNR?
• High Turn Only
Storeroom
Assessment
• What’s Happening?
• Adjust

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Electrical Storeroom Self Evaluation
Spend 5 minutes, get
a check up on your
MRO storeroom.
If you haven’t done
one in a while, this
online storeroom
evaluation will help.

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