When reorders come in by scan, one rep covers what used to take ten van routes.
When distributors switch from van-based to card-based VMI.
No ERP rip-and-replace. No 6-month rollout. Scan cards, place orders.
The current state of the art in VMI distribution is sending a person in a van to physically walk a customer's floor, count bins by hand, and place a reorder. Every step of that process is slow, expensive, and error-prone. Your reps are doing data entry when they should be selling.
“Arda is a very easy way to get going with improving your processes and inventory.”
Ken Robertson
Flux Workholding
Customer scans a card — reorder triggers automatically
Real-time reorder visibility from any device.
One rep manages 10x more accounts at the same cost
Vendor-agnostic — works for any distributor or supplier
Live in under a week, no ERP replacement needed
Distributors, manufacturers, and shop floors already running Arda. The numbers below are theirs, not ours.
“We doubled output and cut inventory by 80% without changing how our team works.”
Luke Farny, Rossmonster
Reduction in time spent ordering for customers
Cards/month in our largest single deployment
Stockouts reported after activation
Output at Rossmonster after switching from manual reorders
Your reps stop driving routes. Arda's scan-to-reorder system lets them manage far more accounts at the same headcount — without setting foot on-site.
Print cards, place them in the bins, and you're live. No lengthy implementation, no API integration project, no 6-month ERP rollout. Your customers see value on day one.
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Unlike Grainger's or Fastenal's proprietary systems, Arda is vendor-agnostic. Your customers reorder from you — not through a competitor's portal. You own the relationship.
Customers with Arda eliminate over-ordering, emergency deliveries, and stockout-driven production stops. That number is your sales pitch — and it's quantifiable.
Distributors using Arda see same-customer revenues increase because reorders are faster, more frequent, and frictionless. When reordering is a scan, customers order more.
Save a customer $500K a year and the Arda invoice writes itself. Your reps stop defending a software cost — they're selling a cost reduction with a number on it.
Setting up Arda for a VMI customer takes minutes —
not months. Here's how your first deployment works.
Generate custom Kanban cards for each SKU in your customer's inventory. Print them, attach them to bins or shelves on-site. Done in under an hour per location.
When a bin runs low, the customer scans the card with any smartphone. A reorder request goes directly to your team — no phone calls, no emails, no van visits.
Arda's dashboard shows every pending reorder, replenishment signals, and usage trends across all your accounts. Prioritize, route, and fulfill from one place.
With van visits eliminated, your reps build larger account books. Data from every scan helps you optimize reorder points, reduce emergency orders, and show customers ROI.
Every major VMI alternative either locks your customers into their product
catalog or requires a 6-month implementation. Arda does neither.
Other VMI systems route your customers' demand through their own catalog. Arda doesn't touch it. Every reorder goes from your customer's floor to your system — your pricing, your fulfillment, your CSM.
Traditional VMI software wants to integrate with your customer's ERP before it works. Arda doesn't need any of that. Physical cards work independently, and integrations (NetSuite, QuickBooks, etc.) are available when you want them.
When framed as a sales enablement service — reducing your customer's COGS by 15–30% — Arda becomes a revenue-generating tool for distributors. It belongs in the same budget as your reps' expense accounts.
Real-time demand signals from every scan give you inventory intelligence no van visit could produce. Optimize reorder points, reduce emergency deliveries, and show customers quarterly savings reports that make you irreplaceable.
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