Automated Vending
FK is a premier AutoCrib™ distributor. AutoCrib™ vending machines are purpose-built for industrial environments. Vending is the most comprehensive way to implement Lean inventory management efficiently and effectively.
FK vending solutions create an inventory 'pull' replenishment system which is the optimum lean inventory management model. We often combine our automated vending equipment with our Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution. When combined, these two programs enable FK to dramatically reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Maintenance, Repair and Operating (MRO) supplies. For our partners, FK reduces their cost even further by consigning inventory and performing documented cost savings projects.
FK vending solutions create accountability and transparency from the point of storage to the point of use. This enables us to manage the entire channel more effectively and allows us to analyze your usage patterns and act before issues arise.
Benefits of Automated Vending:
- Reduces consumption 20%-50%.
- Automates ordering, receiving, stocking, and maintaining inventory.
- Facilitates 24/7 availability with accountability for employee transactions.
- 100% inventory visibility: reduces stock-outs and obsolete inventory.
- Decreases overall spending and lower operation costs.
- Significantly reduces consumption, sub-inventory, and shrink.
- Controls employee and department spending.
- Provides flexibility to literally vend anything, if you can buy it, we can vend it.
- Turns inventory data into actionable information.
- Improves job costing, inventory forecasting, and demand planning.
- Point of Use reduces travel-time and other non-value-added activities.
- Employees login with their existing employee badge.
- Provides access control by item, department, employee, job, machine, etc. for complete inventory control.
- Reclaims floor space.
