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Gimme intros platform upgrades to reduce product shortages

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March 29, 2022

Gimme, a provider of technology that helps foodservice and grocery store delivery operators automate merchandising, introduced warehouse and inventory management features for its flagship VMS platform to improve warehouse inventory management and solve product shortages.

Features include:

• Warehouse rationing. Gimme detects if you will run out of a product before the next delivery, then provides options to redistribute remaining inventory to reduce the probability of a stock-out in your markets and machines.
• AutoPar. The AutoPar feature helps customers visualize the ideal number of products differently. Instead of using a static warehouse par, AutoPar calculates warehouse product data based upon user-defined duration of days.
• Suggested order quantity. This feature uses intuitive, days-based AutoPar calculations, along with real-time on-hand inventory and the estimated delivery date of the next order to automatically calculate the number of each product to order. The improved process and user interface make it easier to identify mistakes and make edits prior to ordering.

In addition, Gimme VMS implements AI and computer vision to increase sales from optimized merchandising at the point of sale and reduces stock outs.