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How One Buyer Cut Supplier Lead Times by 40 Percent with Vendor-Managed Inventory
How does a mid-size manufacturer get critical components faster without paying a premium? This episode unpacks a real case: a medical device company that switched six key suppliers to vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and cut average lead times from twelve weeks to seven—while reducing its own inventory carrying costs by 22 percent. Lucas and Luna walk through how the VMI agreements were structured, why the suppliers agreed to carry the stock, and what went wrong in the first three months when demand spiked for one part. They also discuss the data-sharing infrastructure required and how the…
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