The concept
VMI supplier take over the responsibility of supply chain management and make people in manufacturer released from planning, receiving, keeping and operating the physical material, and then reach 0 inventory and no risk of material shortage.
A quick comparison between
Traditional Supplier Chain
and Nefab VMI Solutions
Traditional Supplier Chain
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Parts are stocked/owned by manufacturer--- Inventory, obsolete risks, space
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A team of sourcing/purchasing/receiving/warehousing -- Manpower
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Within one project, if it contains 10 suppliers, therefore at least 10 forecasts, 10 POs and 10 deliveries management is unavoidable -- Administration work
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If there’s the quality issue, the outer packaging supplier will blame inner packaging supplier, inner packaging will criticize others too--Nobody takes responsibility
Nefab VMI Solutions
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Parts are stocked/owned by system supplier--Almost 0 inventory for manufacturer
Save warehouse space
Obsolete risk within the liability agreement
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One system supplier instead of 10 suppliers need to be daily contacted --
Save manpower
Save administration work
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If quality issue happened, system supplier has full responsibility--No arguments