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Vendor Managed Inventory
Retmay helps monitor selected bins or recurring items, maintain agreed replenishment levels, and support steady supply for parts that slow work down when they run out.
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Stocked bins, custom kits, and inventory systems that keep hardware moving.
Retmay services help business buyers turn recurring fasteners, fittings, tools, and shop supplies into organized replenishment programs. We support VMI, custom kitting, inventory control systems, and bin design/setup for teams that need less part-chasing and more uptime.
Business offering
Services built around the parts your team uses repeatedly.
Each service can stand alone or combine into a managed hardware program.
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Custom Kitting
Group fasteners, fittings, clips, terminals, hose clamps, safety items, or related hardware into labeled kits for repeat jobs, assemblies, routes, and service work.
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Inventory Control Systems
Support repeat purchasing with structured item lists, logical bin locations, barcode/QR-ready labels, cycle-count routines, and replenishment visibility.
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Bin Design and Setup
Plan bins online with the free Bin Designer, starting from your order history or a parts list. Retmay reviews the layout, supplies the Durham storage, and sets up two-bin flow and clear location labels.
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Structured bins make fasteners and hardware easier to pick, count, and replenish.
Customers can design a setup in the Bin Designer: pick parts from order history or a parts list, set on-hand quantities, and compare compartment-box, drawer-cabinet, and open-bin layouts. Retmay then reviews it and builds in the practices below.
Two-bin Kanban and modular storage
One bin stays active while a reserve bin is staged behind it. When the first bin empties, the reserve comes forward and the empty bin signals replenishment. Modular bins and heavy-duty adjustable shelving help match bin size to the inventory level.
Angled bins, high-density storage, and ABC placement
High-velocity items belong in easy reach zones, usually around knee-to-shoulder height. Slower-moving inventory can move to higher or lower levels while angled or tilt bins improve visibility and picking access.
Zones, bin addresses, labels, and barcodes
Logical locations such as Zone-Aisle-Section-Shelf-Bin make the system easier to scan, count, and replenish. Color-coded labels and barcode or QR-ready locations reduce guesswork and human error.
Cycle counts, right-sized bins, and VMI replenishment
Regular bin checks help physical stock match records. Right-sized bins preserve space, and VMI replenishment can help keep fasteners, fittings, tools, and hardware components available without emergency part chasing.
How it starts
Start with the parts, bins, or repeat jobs causing the most friction.
- Review active items, current bins, usage patterns, preferred vendors, and the parts that most often interrupt work.
- Design the program around VMI, kitting, inventory controls, bin labels, and storage layout needs.
- Set up bins, addresses, labels, reorder signals, or kits so buyers and technicians can repeat the process cleanly.
- Use cycle counts, replenishment reviews, and ongoing quote conversations to keep the program current.
Solutions & resources
Free reviews and tools to get a program started.
Quick, no-cost ways to put Retmay’s services to work — send a photo, upload a BOM, check your readiness, or have us source a part.
Bin Designer
Customers can turn order history or a parts list into a proposed bin layout and send it to Retmay for review.
Design your binsFree bin setup review
No account needed. Send a photo of your parts area and Retmay will suggest a fastener and hardware bin layout.
Get a bin reviewVMI readiness checklist
Answer a few questions to see whether vendor managed inventory is a fit for your team.
Check VMI readinessCustom kitting consult
Upload your BOM or parts list and Retmay will map a custom hardware kit.
Map a kitHard-to-find part sourcing
Don’t see what you need? Send a part number or description and Retmay will find it.
Source a partFastener cross-reference help
Have a competitor or obsolete part number? Retmay will cross it to an equivalent you can stock.
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