Dispensing Solutions
Achieving Efficiency Through Point-Of-Use Vending
Problem:
Every time a worker has to step away and visit a storeroom or tool crib for the supplies they need, it’s an inconvenient interruption that impacts productivity. Placing supplies and tools at the point of use is a proven way to make access easier for the employee, but open stock isn’t appropriate for high-value and high-consumption items that need to be carefully tracked.
Solution:
For applications like these, an automated dispensing solution can be the most cost-effective, efficient way to securely bring tools and supplies to the people who use them. That makes distribution via specialized vending machines an important part of your overall supply chain strategy.
Ultimate Control Over Your High-Value Inventory
With a customized Vallen dispensing solution, access to individual items can be tailored by job function, or by individual. It can even be associated with a specific job or cost center. That means each person gets exactly what they need, and usage can be accurately tracked for planning and budgeting. We’ll work with you to provide for dispensing single items or kitted items that we will assemble and package according to your specific needs.
Total Visibility Into Usage And Stock Levels
Every time a product is dispensed or a tool checked out and then returned, that information is captured in real time and made available to you. That lets you remotely manage inventory with greater accuracy and efficiency, so you can avoid stock-outs that slow down your operations. Tracking usage of instruments and tools also helps you stay ahead of calibration and maintenance to keep productivity high.
Integration And Automation That Streamline Management
We take a fully customized, integrated systems approach to dispensing solutions. Each Vallen vending machine is linked to your enterprise software and tied into our ordering processes. You get on-demand, enterprise-wide data regarding usage, inventory levels and spend associated with each machine, with automated replenishment: when stock runs low, it can trigger a reorder with no manual intervention.
A Total Dispensing Solution
Vallen understands that a dispensing solution is much more than the vending machines themselves. It must be part of a larger strategy that delivers value and yields a positive return on your investment. Vending machines don’t make economic sense for every kind of indirect material or every situation. We’ll work with you to select which items are suitable for vending, whether single or custom packaged and kitted, and the right hardware to deliver it, and will help you position it in your facility for optimum productivity. We’ll also help you choose the best access controls and login methods, and will install, integrate and provide training for each machine. We can even handle the entire reorder, replenishment and reporting process if needed. It’s a turnkey solution that frees you to focus on your business.
Hardware That Matches Your Needs
Bulk dispensing by weight, check-in/check-out lockers for tools and kitted goods, helix coil machines for small high-consumption items, drawer and bin systems—the choice is yours. Vallen’s Cribmaster machines are highly configurable and many are modular, to fine-tune your solution. The user interfaces and access controls are customisable for ease of use and security.
X3 Systems
Cost-Effective, Modular Vending
The CribMaster X3 System is a customisable, modular vending solution that allows secure dispensing anywhere in your operation. The flexibility of the system improves workflow by allowing authorised users easy access to their high-use inventory within reach at the point of use. Each helix or carousel module can be vertically stacked in a small footprint to create satellite vending of your tool crib inventory. The inventory management software behind the system provides the critical data needed to accurately manage any type of indirect material.
- Cost-effective indirect material management
- Expandable modular design for maximum flexibility
- Easy access to high-volume inventory
- Combines helix and carousel modules in a single footprint
Suggested Inventory Types
The X3 modules are tailored to dispense small PPE and cutting tools such as:
- Single or multi-pack inserts
- Batteries
- Filters
- Tape
- Fasteners
- Welding tips
ProLock
Scalable Locker Solution
This access-controlled, flexible locker solution allows you to manage the distribution of both consumable items and valuable assets such as returnable hand tools and power tools. The ProLock includes individual lockers with configurable shelves so it can easily be customized on site. The ProLock allows for different combinations of locker sizes to expand for larger items and includes the ability to control access to specific lockers.
- Improve operational efficiencies
- Manage serial IDs, kits, and expendables
- Monitor calibrated items and schedules
ProStock
Small Footprint, High Capacity Storage
- High security for controlled consumption
- Simple carousel reconfiguration for flexible storage
- Dispense single items or kitted items
- Optional lockers for large item storage
- Carousels are self-calibrating and field-configurable
Suggested Inventory Types
The ProStock is tailored to dispense MRO, PPE, durables, and cutting tools such as:
- Gloves
- Inserts, taps, and dies
- Batteries
- Safety glasses
- Aerosols
- Power tools
- Hand tools
ToolBox
Secure Storage, Flexible Dispensing
The CribMaster ToolBox provides sustainable point-of-use dispensing to help you manage and control cutting tools, MRO, PPE, consumable items, or any type of indirect material. Driven by CribMaster software, this high-security device allows your operation to run more smoothly, reduce waste, lower costs, and increase productivity.
- High security for controlled consumption
- Enhance product visibility with clear front door
- Single item or custom packaged kitted item dispensing according to your needs
- Ample storage for cost-effective control
- Easily expanded with auxiliary units
Suggested Inventory Types
The ToolBox is tailored to dispense small PPE and cutting tools such as:
- Inserts
- Batteries
- Safety glasses
- Filters
- Tape
- Fasteners
MultiStore
Automated Compartmentalized Control
This versatile storage solution delivers both automation and control in effectively managing the internal distribution of any type of high-use consumable and durable inventory. With the MultiStore, you can create an easily accessible storage cabinet stocked with all the mission-critical inventory required to operate at peak efficiency. The MultiStore includes 24 roomy individual lockers with configurable shelves for easy on-site expansion to store larger items.
- Control consumption of high-use items
- Enhanced visibility with see-through doors and white shelves
- Comprehensive tracking and usage data for effective inventory management
- Houses multiple SKUs within each locker
CabLock
Versatile Storage, Point-of-Use Access
The CabLock is an expandable, electronic locking drawer system designed to accurately track the usage of both consumable and reworkable inventory at the point of use. Driven by CribMaster software, the system enables the controlled distribution of MRO inventory among your employees anywhere in your facility. The barcode scanning feature saves time and reduces manual errors allowing you to streamline issue and return processes. The on-board computer system collects real-time data allowing managers to make informed decisions about inventory stocking levels.
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Provides various levels of security
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Creates accountability among users
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Keeps items separated with compartmental drawers
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Generates detailed reports by department, job, or employee
AccuCab
Automated Tool Management
The AccuCab is an automated solution allowing authorized users to efficiently access and return the tools they need without hindering workflow. There is no inventory to scan or transactions to log. This device utilizes RFID technology paired with CribMaster software to provide real-time monitoring for your RFID-tagged assets as they are issued and returned. The system provides greater visibility so
- Monitor calibration schedules and tool inspection processes
- Simple touchscreen interface
- Reduce safety risks of lost or misplaced tools
- Decentralized tool storage
eCab
Flexible & Cost-Effective, High-Volume Vending
The eCab is CribMaster’s cost-effective solution for managing and vending a wide range of inventory types including high-volume consumables and durable items. Within one cabinet, the eCab provides easy access to the range of indirect materials needed at the point of use. Driven by CribMaster’s Inventory Management software, the solution helps to reduce consumption and replenishment costs.
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Easily track consumption and replenishment of fast-moving indirect materials
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Flexible configuration allows for vending of a wide variety of inventory
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High-capacity double cabinet vends more than 200 SKUs
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No repackaging of product necessary
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Comes standard with Bluetooth barcode scanner
WeighStation
Simplified Dispensing, Advanced Control
The WeighStation automates dispensing by utilizing precise weight-sensing technology paired with robust software that effectively streamlines purchasing, replenishment, and dispensing processes. It removes productivity barriers by allowing authorized employees 24/7 access to all of their high-use supplies in one location at the point of use. Each time supplies are removed, the inventory is automatically adjusted and the system displays the quantity removed on the touchscreen.
- Easy to replenish as inventory repacking is not required
- Ideal choice for internal distribution of bench stock
- Clear doors and pull-out shelves for maximum visibility and accessibility
- Auxiliary unit easily expands footprint and functions as a second crib to allow for added security through employee permissions
POU System
Control Indirect Materials With Robust Reporting Capabilities
- Medium Security Solution – Access to all product with reporting capabilities
- Item issue efficiency – improved productivity by issuing nearer to job sites
- Manufacturing efficiency – machine usage improved by minimizing downtimes
- Reduce stock-outs with critical alerts and automated optimum order levels
- Added control for inventory outside of a dispensing solution
- Capable of providing same robust reporting features as dispensing equipment
- Utilizes a common database with dispensing solution
- Can be paired with a printer to provide receipts or “pick tickets”
- Creation of ordering controls for a seamless reordering and receiving process
The WeighStation automates dispensing by utilizing precise weight-sensing technology paired with robust software that effectively streamlines purchasing, replenishment, and dispensing processes. It removes productivity barriers by allowing authorized employees 24/7 access to all of their high-use supplies in one location at the point of use. Each time supplies are removed, the inventory is automatically adjusted and the system displays the quantity removed on the touchscreen.
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Easy to replenish as inventory repacking is not required
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Ideal choice for internal distribution of bench stock
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Clear doors and pull-out shelves for maximum visibility and accessibility
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Auxiliary unit easily expands footprint and functions as a second crib to allow for added security through employee permissions