Inventory Management

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CHALLENGES WITH INVENTORY CONTROL

Throughout our industry, problems with inventory control across the shop floor are common. Discussions with customers have shown:

  • Operators spend up to 20 percent of their time searching for tools
  • Sometimes tools cannot be identified or are not accessible
  • Large amounts of stock end up obsolete
  • Many wasted man-hours are spent dealing with inventory

Stock-outs, high-value inventory levels, hard-to-measure tool performance, and high cost of processing orders are just some of the problems that result from inefficient inventory control.

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR INVENTORY

Access the right tool, at the right place, at the right time. Taking control of your inventory will allow you to dramatically reduce stock and purchasing costs.

Controlling inventory is a major challenge. Having the right tools and the right levels of stock available are of critical importance. The ability to search for and find the right tools quickly can increase operation efficiency, reduce machine downtime, and increase your manufacturing speed.

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SupplyPro

Today, more than 16,000 installations in 44 countries rely on SupplyPro's Inventory Management Solutions to improve the availability, tracking and control of over 60 million SKU's. Our customized solutions combine the most flexible inventory management systems available with industry-leading intelligence software to improve productivity, increase efficiency and reduce inventory costs.

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Guhring

Guhring can design and build custom vending machines for your company’s unique requirements. Guhring Tool Management vending machines are available in drawer and scroll designs that work with barcode scanning software for maximum efficiency and flexibility. All of the Guhring Tool Management vending machines are compatible to one another. Guhring Tool Management vending machines can be tailored to control and monitor tool consumption in small, medium and large manufacturing facilities.

Controlled storage and dispensing of tools is the basis for gaining tool consumption transparency and managing direct tooling costs. A prerequisite for this is however that tool stock is kept under lock and key and that every tool withdrawal is registered in the management software.

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