1. Vendor Managed Inventory Malnove’s Standard Approach

2. VMI Process Steps Involved: 1. Create a standardized spreadsheet 2. Save spreadsheet to a specific location with specific name in CSV format 3. Open web form and select “As of Date”, Customer #, and Plant 4. Upload Customer CSV file 5. Merge in Radius data 6. Analyze data 7. Download data for further analysis.

3. VMI Process Starts with a standard format spreadsheet

4. 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)

5. VMI Process Open the Web form and select the “As of Date”, Customer #, and Plant

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. VMI Process Clicking on “Customer QOH” column heading sorts the data by that value. Clicking again will toggle between ascending and descending order.

10. 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.

11. VMI Process Filters can be used to limit the data you want to see based upon selected filter criteria.

12. VMI Process You can download the filtered data to your PC Click Here

13. VMI Process You can download the filtered data to your PC

14. VMI Process Open the spreadsheet and start your analysis

15. VMI Process You can produce an Actuate summary report of the filtered data. Click Here

16. VMI Process Sample of the Actuate summary report.

17. VMI Process On-Line help is available in PDF format Click Here

18. VMI Process On-Line help is available in PDF format