Welcome to AIM Inventory

AIM Inventory Software

Automate attended or unattended cribs or build a runner system

• Control and track tool and supplies usage

• Control inventory and manage purchasing

• Manage/set up cribs, stores, AIM Inventory machines

• Key system metrics on Intelligent Dashboard

• Over 200 management reports

What It Does

Real-time, enterprise-wide automated inventory management

AIM Inventory Software is a complete tool crib management system that allows you to take control of your tools and supplies usage and inventory. You can start by automating a traditional/manual tool crib with just software and barcodes -- and grow into a complete tool crib management and point of use dispensing system (with vending machines).

You can then customize access rights for shop floor users, as well as customize the overhead data you will collect with just a few clicks. Control access by item, budget, department, job, employee shift and crib.

Turnkey tool crib software system

AIM Inventory Software has been designed to make it incredibly easy to manage and setup a traditional tool crib. (How easy is it? Our "flat" design means your tool crib attendant or administrator won't get lost in layers of multiple windows to get the job done.)

The simple Issue/Return screens allow the attendant to quickly identify the item requested, and process the transaction with a minimum of mouse clicks. Further, the attendant can also transfer inventory from the tool crib to satellite cribs or vending machines, plus:

• Manage reground or reconditioned tools

• Perform cycle counts on the inventory

• Manually or automatically purchase and receive inventory

• Process spot buys

• Perform the recall gage calibration process

This can all be done while you are controlling and managing a variety of AIM Inventory Point of use dispensing equipment in the background.

How It Works

Intelligent Dashboard for key system metrics at a glance

In today's world of report overload, it's often difficult to keep up. AIM Inventory's intelligent dashboard compiles many reports into a simple, easy-to-use, color-coded screen that presents actionable data (where Red is bad, and Green is good).

Just click on any chart and the system drills down and shows you exactly what needs attention (i.e., what items are in a stock-out condition and need to be reordered immediately). Of course, there are over 200 standard reports like:

• Re-order reports

• Projected stock outs

• Inventory value

• Consumption reports by department, job, and employee

• Slow and dead inventory

• And more -- everything you need to manage your indirect expenses, cut costs, and boost productivity

Full purchasing and receiving system with Demand-Based Purchasing

You'll easily manage purchasing and receiving, communicate with multiple suppliers, and receive immediate notification of a critical item shortage. But AIM Inventory's proprietary Demand-Based Purchasing System takes simplicity and productivity to the next level. Using AIM Inventory's advanced inventory algorithm, you will never have to set or adjust a min/max, reorder point, or reorder quantity again!

The system constantly reviews actual demand, and makes its buying decisions based on how you actually consume the inventory. Further, this system will virtually eliminate the possibility of any more slow or dead inventory coming into your facility.

Manage purchase orders, stock transfers, adjustments, and more. AIM Inventory Software can be used in conjunction with a distributor managing your automated dispensing system - or as your primary purchasing and receiving system.

No stock-outs — ever — with automatic reorder

When your inventory runs low, AIM Inventory software will automatically send a purchase order to the supplier to replenish your stock, based on your actual usage. Downtime due to stock-outs will become a thing of the past.

Powerful search capability saves time for users

Users can search for any item throughout the AIM Inventory system from any AIM Inventory vending machine (keypad or touch screen), AIM Portal, or AIM Station.

By signing in and selecting "Issue", the user will be presented with a list of all the items that user is authorized to access. The user can then narrow the list, by typing in any portion of the name of the item desired, an item code, or a description. Pictures of the item can also be viewed, to confirm the correct item.

When the user selects "Locate", the AIM Inventory system will find the desired item anywhere it exists in your facility .

AIM Inventory Software Specifications

Control and track access to tools and supplies

• AIM Inventory will set up your initial database of employees, items, departments, jobs, and budgets. (Just furnish the information in an Excel spreadsheet.)

• Set up access controls by employee, item, job, department, budget, employee shift, crib.

• Create and print employee badges with barcodes and pictures.

• Manage multiple tool cribs - you assign bins and control access

• Manage traditional tool crib functions, including issue and return of expendable, perishable and durable items from tool rooms

Manage inventory

• Manage inventory items, manufacturers, packaging types, and item class

• View notes and digital images of items

• Quickly locate any item in any vending machine or tool crib in the system, from any AIM Inventory machine keypad or touch screen, or from any computer running AIM Inventory software

• Manage inventory by five item types separately:

 Expendable

 Perishable

 Durable

 Gage

• Kit

• Track serialized gages and calibration

• Recall by date, days of use and number of cycles

• Build Kits and track them through their life cycle

• Lot control and expiration date tracking

• Regrind/rework tracking and control

• FOD (Foreign Object and Debris) control

• Replenish your Main tool crib or stores area and then transfer inventory to remote dispensing machines if desired

• Receive immediate notification of a critical item shortage

• Complete cycle counting module - schedule cycle counts utilizing ABC analysis

• Can be used with a distributor managing your automated dispensing system

• Manage purchasing and receiving

• Can be used as your primary purchasing and receiving system

Manage purchase orders and receiving

• Stock transfer module

• Manage adjustments

• Automatically send a purchase order via email, fax or EDI to the supplier when stock falls to a predetermined level

• Communicates directly to multiple suppliers

Reports -- from purchasing to job costing to inventory analysis

• Access over 200 management reports

• Collect cost data for profit analysis

• Job costing for more accurate estimating

• Automatically email any report to yourself or others on a schedule

• Intelligent dashboard for key system metrics at a glance

• Graph usage by employee, job, department and item

• Identify weak processes or problem areas

Robust enterprise-wide capabilities

• Utilizes MS-SQL Server databases

What reports are available?

Tracking indirect expenses 200+ ways

Over 200 standard reports are preloaded into AIM Inventory software. You can run each report by selecting it from a simple menu. Standard reports are available to answer these questions:

• Tool usage by specific cost center: What tools and supplies were used for each job (department, shift, etc.)?

• Who received each item?

• What is the current inventory count for a particular item?

• Are we out of stock?

• It is time for a cycle count, what should we count?

• Transactions by Employee: what was issued from each machine, when, and by whom