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Vendor Managed Inventory Malnove’s Standard Approach. VMI Process. Steps Involved:
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VMI Process Steps Involved: 1. Create a standardized spreadsheet2. Save spreadsheet to a specific location with specific name in CSV format3. Open web form and select “As of Date”, Customer #, and Plant4. Upload Customer CSV file5. Merge in Radius data6. Analyze data7. Download data for further analysis.
VMI Process • Starts with a standard format spreadsheet
VMI Process • CS Rep saves the spreadsheet as a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file in a specific location with a specific file name • Filename is Plant # + Customer # (ex: 113719.csv)
VMI Process • Open the Web form and select the “As of Date”, Customer #, and Plant
VMI Process • Import the customer information saved in the standardized CSV file format • Program looks for file based upon selected Plant# and Customer # Click here
VMI Process • A successful load of data will look like the following • Now, update the file with Radius data (Qty on Hand, Qty In Transit, Qty Released, etc.) Click Here
VMI Process • Merge of Radius data will look like the following • Now you can do some on-line analysis using the “click and sort” columns and filters
VMI Process • Clicking on “Customer QOH” column heading sorts the data by that value. Clicking again will toggle between ascending and descending order.
VMI Process • Clicking on “QOH + Ship Out Date” column heading sorts the data by that value. Clicking again will toggle between ascending and descending order.
VMI Process • Filters can be used to limit the data you want to see based upon selected filter criteria.
VMI Process • You can download the filtered data to your PC Click Here
VMI Process • You can download the filtered data to your PC
VMI Process • Open the spreadsheet and start your analysis
VMI Process • You can produce an Actuate summary report of the filtered data. Click Here
VMI Process • Sample of the Actuate summary report.
VMI Process • On-Line help is available in PDF format Click Here
VMI Process • On-Line help is available in PDF format