FASTVEND™
FASTVend™: Track and Control
A Total Supply Chain Solution — Through our FASTVend™ program, we help tens of thousands of organizations worldwide track and control the products they need to keep their operations running. They’re using vending as a strategy too improve access, reduce consumption, drive productivity, and gain insight to how products are being used throughout their facilities. The common thread: They rely on Fastenal for a total supply chain solution – from initial implementation, to ongoing technical support, to proactive inventory management and program optimization.
USE VENDING TO HELP DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY
IMPROVE ACCESS, AND REDUCE CONSUMPTION
Technology Lineup
Each customer solution is unique, but all share a core technology platform. Key features include ID-based access (connecting products to individuals and, by extension, cost centers) along with cloud software (a simple, secure way to manage settings and view reporting). Our 20+ devices are organized around the following concepts, providing the right balance of access and control for every product used in your business.
Control Inventory — Understand how much inventory is being used by who and for what project.
Track Inventory: — Understand who’s had the inventory and for how long.
Providing per-item control over fast-moving items. The user has access to one product at a time (one transaction = one item dispensed). This allows for product-specific access controls (so that certain items can only be vended by authorized groups or in limited amounts within a time period). A versatile solution for wide-ranging but generally smaller-sized items.
These multipurpose devices can be used in three different ways: (1) to vend large consumable items, (2) to automate the check-out/return process for assets (tools, scanners, tablets, etc.), and (3) to retrieve spot-buy deliveries from Fastenal through our Locker Pickup program.
This touch-screen solution allows users on the production floor to search for the location of any Fastenal-managed products in the facilities. Employees can use category filters or keywords to see if a product need is available and, if so, exactly where it’s located, down to the precise bin, coil, drawer, or locker position. A simple solution to minimize search time, increase productivity, and avoid unnecessary purchases.
The Fastenal Advantage
Diverse lineup of machines to support wide-ranging product needs.
Dynamic reporting and real-time data: when, where, and how you want to see it.
Machines provided free of charge on a simple and straightforward service agreement. (*Software fees apply)
Local Fastenal personnel monitor and replenish the machines – no paperwork or labor required.
Ongoing program optimization to keep pace with your changing business needs (right technology, right products, right amounts)