VMOTEK

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Multi-shop inventory and transfers

Each location keeps its own stockroom. Authorized users can still see what sits on a shelf across town before placing another order.

EAST SHOPRotor needed2022 Ford TransitLOCAL STOCK0 availableCENTRAL SHOPPart locatedBrake rotor · BR-482NETWORK STOCK2 available

VMOTEK holds inventory at the shop that owns it, while giving authorized users company-wide visibility of availability. When a part exists elsewhere, a traceable transfer moves it with its cost, vendor and lot context intact, instead of the shop buying a second one.

The problem

Isolated stockrooms are expensive

Every location carries safety stock for the same fast-moving parts because nobody can see across the company. Cash sits on shelves while a job waits for a next-day order.

  • Duplicate purchases for parts already in the network.
  • Calls and spreadsheets used to locate stock at sister shops.
  • Transfers recorded informally, so cost and counts drift.
  • No single view of company-wide inventory value.

How it works

Find it, move it, account for it

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  1. 01

    Search company-wide

    A part lookup shows on-hand quantity at the current shop and availability at other authorized locations.

  2. 02

    Apply the source-shop policy

    Create a transfer with source, destination, quantity and reason. The source shop's configured policy, not the requester, determines whether the movement is Quick or Controlled.

  3. 03

    Move immediately or confirm the handoff

    Quick mode records an authorized immediate handoff. Controlled mode requires request, approval, dispatch and destination receipt, including in-transit visibility.

  4. 04

    Preserve context

    Vendor, cost, lot and movement history follow the part so valuation and traceability stay intact.

What you get

Capabilities in this area

Location-owned stock

Each shop remains accountable for its own on-hand quantities and valuation.

Cross-shop availability

Permission-controlled visibility of stock at other locations, without giving away operational control.

Quick and Controlled transfers

Use a source-shop policy to permit immediate Quick transfers where appropriate or require a Controlled request, approval, dispatch and receipt lifecycle.

Reorder signals

Minimum and maximum levels per location generate reorder alerts based on that shop's demand.

Shared item identity

Maintain one catalog definition for a part while quantities, bins, reorder rules and activity remain owned by each shop location.

Central or direct receiving

Receive at a central hub for later transfer or directly into the destination shop named on the purchase-order line.

One item, accountable activity

Receipts, transfers, adjustments and consumption update location balances beneath one shared item identity, preserving which shop changed quantity and why.

By role

What changes for each person

Multi-location operator

Reduce duplicate stock and see the company's true inventory position.

Parts manager

Locate a part in seconds instead of calling three shops.

Finance

Keep valuation accurate because every movement is a recorded transaction.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

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