Features of AMPS®
Advanced Managed Project Services
AMPS offers three core features designed to provide comprehensive supply management capabilities specifically for on-site requirements.
Optimized Remote Inventory Management
With AMPS, Summit forecasts inventory requirements by specific location. Each storage location, whether a trailer, cage, or other warehouse space, is set up as a Summit “distribution center” with full SAP functionality. Materials are loaded into a designated SAP account that allows for complete visibility of real-time, on-hand quantities and deliveries.
Customers gain distinctive supply and service advantages by Summit’s ability to replenish the storage locations proactively based on the demands generated on site. The demands are analyzed by Summit’s Material Requirement Planning (MRP) system, which runs every four hours.
By setting up the storage location as a separate “ship-to” location, reorder points and forecasting parameters can be set so that location’s needs are seen separately from any other. The system also analyzes the number of turns per item and shows slow moving or dead stock.
In essence, our inventory management solution allows for real-time monitoring of stock requirements for each managed warehouse space at the individual material level. The system provides customers with optimal transparency and control over materials.
Efficient Wire and Cable Management
Our approach to cable management begins by buying all cable up front, based on customer’s cable schedule. We keep critical runs in stock to eliminate lead time issues.
Our system allows us to track the length of materials on each reel or batch. When an order is entered, the system designates which reel or batch is most efficient to use in filling the order.
It’s that simple.
As a result, Summit scraps less than one half of 1 percent of our own wire and cable.
We can do the same for our customers.
We can trace 95 percent of all products we provide, including any reel of wire or cable, back to its source of origin, by job number.
Superior Transaction Tracking and Reporting
AMPS allows for viewing real-time availability of materials assigned to any Summit-managed warehouse, job trailers or cages. The system includes analysis of purchase history and material usage patterns by account, job, purchase order or date range. Queries can be done for customer-specific requirements, generating customized reports.
Customers can also view inventory levels, check order status, track their orders, see proof of delivery, credit memos and more. These capabilities provide superior transparency in materials tracking using our online capabilities.
Additional Reporting Services
For qualified industrial customers, AMPS may include access to an easy-to-use web portal that connects customers to Summit’s own inventory management and logistic systems. The portal, MySummit®, allows customers to view real-time inventory quantities, analyze their own purchase history and material usage, do personalized queries and reports, download results to Excel or PDF files.
For more information about AMPS, contact us at AMPS@summit.com.