供应链管理中VMI系统的研究

Vendor Managed Inventory System for Supply Chain Management

通过分析VMI和RMI在概念原理上的本质差异,讨论了VMI在管理思想、决策方式、预测体系、补货模式、延迟策略方面的优越性和先进性。在此基础上,详细描述了VMI工作流程中的八个关键环节,并结合实际指出实施VMI的步骤和注意事项,最后总结了VMI在实践中给供应商、零售商以及供应链整体带来的收益和竞争优势。

This paper finds the essential difference between vendor managed inventory(VMI)and retailer managed inventory(RMI).VMI has many advantages in management idea,decision making,forecasting system,replenishment mode and postponing strategy.Then the paper describes in detail the eight key patrs of VMI workflow and the steps to carry out VMI.It is concluded that VMI benefits vendor,retailer and the whole supply chain.