OEM Materials provides dependable Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) services built for manufacturers, warehouses, and multi-site operations that cannot afford downtime. Our team monitors your stock levels, forecasts usage, plans replenishment cycles, and delivers materials before inventory becomes a problem. With OEM Materials managing your packaging and supply flow, your operation stays efficient, uninterrupted, and fully supported around the clock.
Vendor Managed Inventory for packaging is a supply chain partnership where OEM Materials handles your packaging and facility supply inventory for you. We track usage, manage min/max levels, plan replenishment schedules, and deliver materials just-in-time.
VMI eliminates stockouts, reduces over-ordering, lowers storage costs, and keeps your production floor running without the stress of constant purchasing and reordering.
Below is a detailed overview of our VMI capabilities, designed to support high-volume manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and assembly operations.
We visit your facility regularly to review inventory levels, inspect pack stations, and check supply usage patterns. Our team measures actual demand—not guesswork—so you always get the right quantities at the right time. This helps prevent stockouts and over-ordering while improving operational flow.
We establish minimum and maximum inventory thresholds based on your production schedules, seasonal trends, job volumes, and usage data. These levels ensure you always have enough supplies on hand—without tying up excess warehouse space or financial resources.
Once inventory approaches your minimum threshold, we automatically schedule and deliver replenishment materials. You never have to place a purchase order or worry about running out. OEM Materials handles the entire process from oversight to fulfillment.
Our VMI team analyzes historical usage data and creates usage forecasts to help you plan for production spikes, seasonal volume changes, and new product launches. You also receive regular reporting for visibility into consumption, lead times, and supply chain performance.
We stock, label, and organize your materials at your pack stations, warehouse aisles, or production cells. This eliminates clutter, improves pick-speed, cuts waste, and ensures your team always knows exactly where supplies are located.
If you operate multiple plants or distribution centers, we coordinate inventory levels across all locations. This keeps every facility stocked consistently, helps balance inventory between sites, and reduces logistics cost through strategic planning and shared distribution networks.
With VMI, you only receive what you need when you need it. This reduces obsolescence, lowers carrying costs, and helps maintain lean operational flow. Many customers see major savings from optimized purchase cycles and reduced emergency orders.
Your VMI setup is tailored to match your workflows, storage layout, production pace, and handling requirements. Whether you need daily visits, weekly checks, automated deliveries, or seasonal planning—we build the exact program that keeps your operation running smoothly.
You always have the right supplies at the right time. No rush orders, no downtime, and no production interruptions.
Optimized purchasing, controlled consumption, and reduced inventory levels help you save money and free up warehouse space.
With packaging supplies always stocked, your operators stay productive, your lines move quickly, and your schedule stays on track.
We handle all ordering, review usage trends, and deliver materials automatically. Your team spends less time buying and more time producing.
Our VMI programs are engineered for accuracy, predictability, and reliability—giving you a steady supply flow you can trust.
OEM Materials supports manufacturers, distributors, and production facilities across many sectors. Our VMI services help stabilize supply chains where consistent, uninterrupted inventory is critical.
Reliable replenishment for packaging materials supporting sensitive components, assemblies, and export shipments.
Precise inventory control for cleanroom packaging, sterile-area supplies, and validated materials.
Static-controlled packaging, cleanroom materials, and ESD supplies replenished without delays.
Steady flow of corrugated, foam, pallets, poly, labels, and process supplies for build-to-order and high-mix production.
Consistent replenishment for heavy-duty parts packaging and high-volume manufacturing lines.
Just-in-time stocking for shipping supplies, warehouse consumables, labels, and outbound packaging.
OEM Materials supports facilities across the United States with regional stocking, reliable logistics, and tailored replenishment programs.
We manage and replenish inventory for facilities nationwide, ensuring consistent supply flow across all locations.
With warehouses in key U.S. logistics hubs, we deliver replenishment materials fast and reliably.
We handle inventory, forecasting, and deliveries for companies operating multiple plants and warehouses.
Regional customers benefit from rapid delivery cycles and flexible stocking schedules.
With OEM Materials managing your inventory, you eliminate stockouts, reduce cost, and keep your operation running at full efficiency.
Vendor Managed Inventory is a service where OEM Materials tracks, manages, and refills your packaging and supply items for you. Instead of your team placing constant orders, we watch your stock levels, set minimum and maximum amounts, and deliver what you need before you run low. This keeps your production running smoothly while reducing stress on your purchasing and warehouse teams.
Day to day, we monitor your usage, check stock at agreed locations, and compare levels to the min/max we set together. When items reach the reorder point, we schedule deliveries automatically. Your team simply pulls from clearly labeled locations and keeps working. You spend less time counting boxes and more time focusing on production, shipping, and operations.
We can manage most packaging and facility supplies your operation uses: corrugated boxes, pallets, foam, stretch film, strapping, tape, labels, bags, ESD materials, PPE, and more. Many customers start with core packaging items, then add more products as they see the benefits. The goal is simple: one partner keeping your critical materials stocked and ready.
VMI prevents stockouts by turning inventory into a planned system instead of a reaction. We set minimum levels based on real usage and lead times, then watch your stock to make sure it never drops below that point. As soon as levels approach the minimum, we trigger replenishment. You get product before it becomes an emergency, so your lines and pack stations keep running.
Most customers see their inventory become leaner and smarter over time. Instead of huge safety piles “just in case,” you have the right amount in the right place at the right time. Because we use usage history and forecasting, you can reduce excess stock while still avoiding stockouts. That frees up shelf space and working capital without putting production at risk.
We look at your past usage, current production rates, vendor lead times, and any seasonal swings. Then we build min/max levels that keep you protected without overstocking. These levels are not fixed forever. We review them with you as your business changes, adjusting for new product launches, volume shifts, or process changes so your inventory always matches reality.
You can receive regular reports that show what you used, what we replenished, and how your inventory is performing. Reports can include usage by item, spend over time, visit notes, and suggested adjustments to min/max levels. This gives you clear visibility into your packaging and supply costs, helps you plan budgets, and supports continuous improvement of your process.
Yes. We can design VMI programs for single sites or national, multi-site networks. For multiple locations, we coordinate inventory levels, stocking strategies, and deliveries across all facilities. This keeps standards consistent, prevents one site from running short while another has excess, and helps you gain control over packaging and supplies across the whole company.
VMI reduces repetitive ordering work so your purchasing team can focus on bigger tasks. Instead of creating POs for the same items again and again, they oversee the VMI strategy, review usage reports, and manage exceptions or new projects. You get better use of their time while still maintaining control over budgets, approved items, and vendor relationships.
No. You stay in control of what items we manage, what brands you prefer, and what budget targets we follow. VMI simply moves the day-to-day counting and reordering work to our team. You still approve the program, see the reports, and can change products, min/max levels, or rules whenever your business needs shift.
When supplies are always in the right place and stocked correctly, your team spends less time searching for materials, waiting on deliveries, or stopping work to open emergency orders. Pack stations stay organized, lines keep moving, and supervisors deal with fewer supply problems. This creates a smoother, more predictable daily workflow for everyone on the floor.
Financial benefits include fewer rush orders, less excess inventory, lower carrying costs, and better use of warehouse space. You also gain clearer visibility into your true usage and spend. Over time, you can standardize items, remove slow movers, and negotiate better pricing on core products because volumes and patterns are more predictable and easier to manage.
Setup time depends on how many items and locations are involved, but the process is straightforward. We review your current usage, walk the facility, agree on items, min/max levels, and visit schedules, then set up stocking locations and reporting. Many basic programs can begin quickly, then expand and refine as we learn more about your actual consumption.
At the start, we usually need a list of current items, recent usage or purchase history, lead times, preferred brands or specs, and any special storage rules. A walkthrough of your warehouse and pack stations is also helpful. This gives us a clear picture of what you use, where it’s stored, and how your team works, so we can design a program that actually fits.
VMI works well for many sizes of operations. Large plants benefit from better control across big volumes, but small and mid-sized facilities gain just as much from fewer stockouts, less clutter, and less time spent ordering supplies. If you use the same packaging or facility items regularly, VMI can help you manage them more smoothly, no matter your facility size.
