DISTRIBUTORS IN TRANSITION -- E-enabled Dealers

The most prevalent users of the VieNet technology have been dealers, says Chance, although VieNet is currently in discussions with some manufacturers.

Dealers using VieNet can view multiple, remote customer inventories. By using a bar code system, VieNet records, in real-time, the consumption of those products so everyone in the supply chain can see the inventory. Manufacturers can look downstream to the dealer's inventory and dealers can see into the end user inventory.