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re the objectives are achieved. If the supplier is taking advantage of the relationship, then the customer is not receiving the benefits of VMI and should discontinue VMI with that supplier.Reason 2: We manually edit every line item on every purchase order. We check for things like surplus material in a branch. Will VMI perform this step? Will VMI be able to detect when a sales order is booked incorrectly? This happens every day where our salesmen might accidentally create a live order when they did not mean to do so. Don’t get me wrong! Our sales people are excellent, but they are not perfect. How will mistakes get handled? To decrease the amount of time spent and to lower the number of human errors introduced into the process, Datalliance212。 reduces the need to edit each and every line item of every order. It also includes logic to look for surplus material on slow selling items. This, bined with a series of 30+ checks performed on every item on every order, directs the user to the items that need attention. The bination of this process and the associated edits results in consistently clean orders. However, mistakes still happen, because like all replenishment applications, Datalliance212。 is trying to forecast the future, and nothing can do that perfectly. When beginning a VMI relationship, the supplier and distributor must discuss how mistakes are going to be handled. What is the return policy? What about expedited shipment and shipping charges? Nothing is perfect, so both parties should be clear on the policies to correct mistakes.And the NUMBER 1 reason not to consider VMI If it ain39。t broke, don’t fix it! Please.If we had stuck with this as our theme for the last 100 years where would we be today? Change is a constant. If a customer wants to remain petitive into the next century you must anticipate look for ways to ‘fix it’ before it breaks. VMI provides excellent bottom line results in a variety of industries.