Easily optimize and streamline your Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) workflow with digital forms and data capture

Digitizing your Vendor Managed Inventory forms allows your operation to collect and access inventory, order, and production data in real-time – eliminating delays resulting from manual form completion, the hand-delivery of forms, data rekeying and manual form processing. With real-time access to completed forms, your operation can rapidly address client needs, accelerating order fulfillment and improving customer satisfaction.

There are a number of digital form features that can be used to further elevate the completeness and quality of captured Vendor Managed Inventory data, including: 

• Barcode Scanning: Use your device’s camera to scan barcodes and QR codes, and instantly populate corresponding fields with the product’s name, SKU, quantities, and more. Barcode Scanning not only accelerated form completion but also improves the quality of input data and eliminates opportunities for redundancy.

• Instant calculations: Via Automatic Calculations, your VMI forms can easily calculate amounts of inventory needed, total costs, and more – no manual mathematics required. Leveraging instant calculations not only simplifies form completion for users but also improves the accuracy of totals and removes opportunities for human error.

• Image fields: If a user notices a flawed product, or needs to add visual context to input data, Image fields allow them to rapidly input a photograph directly into their digital VMI form. 

• Maps & GPS: Easily track the location of completed VMI forms with Maps and GPS data. Your GPS fields can even be made Hidden and can be automatically populated upon form creation – improving visibility into your employee’s progress, without asking them to complete more fields. 

• Auto-Populated fields: Finally, leveraging Data Sources and Database fields, like Drop Down menus, your form can automatically fill corresponding fields with highly accurate data, based on an item selection or input data. For example, if a user were to select a customer name from a Drop Down menu, their contact information could be instantly populated within relevant fields.

With more complete and accurate VMI data, your business can more accurately forecast and fulfill customer needs. Completed forms and captured data can even be instantly routed to connected systems, like Salesforce, Box, Google Suite, Smartsheet, and more – effortlessly enriching your operation end-to-end.

To learn more about optimizing your inventory management with digital forms and data capture, check out ‘Five Easy Ways to Improve Inventory Management with GoFormz’.