Reinvent the way you manage inventory with solutions from Avantor®

Inventory Manager: Your Lab Inventory Management Software Solution

Get inventory visibility — with no surprises. Inventory Manager from Avantor® brings the lab of the future to your bench with faster, easier lab supplies management, improved anytime, anywhere reporting and the ability to scale with your needs.

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What can Inventory Manager do for your lab?

The next generation of our online inventory software system offers real-time insights into your lab supplies. Now you can worry less about overstocks and stockouts and focus more on what you do best — groundbreaking R&D, essential QC and life-changing discoveries.

Reclaim time for science.

Fully integrated procurement workflows allow ordering, tracking, tracing and replenishment of your products

Provides 24/7 visibility into lab operations

Complete access to the VWR.com product portfolio for direct ordering and product information

Vendor-agnostic, single-source solution for your laboratory supplies

Generates customizable intuitive dashboards and reporting

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Reinvent the way you manage inventory

Manage your inventory faster and more easily.

Our vendor-agnostic platform is your one-stop stockroom inventory management solution.


Access your reporting anytime, anywhere.

View critical lab data and reports from multiple device types with our web-based inventory management software.


Scale your laboratory quickly.

Fully scalable and easily customizable, Inventory Manager makes it simple to scale as you grow.

Inventory Manager saves lab +16,000 hours per year at a Fortune 500 company

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Challenge

A Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company wanted to raise productivity so they could stay competitive and increase shareholder value.

After an in-depth assessment, an Avantor Lean Process Consultant found the scientists were spending more than 36,000 hours every year searching for supplies and doing other non-essential lab inventory management tasks — time that could have been spent on research.

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Summary of results from Lean business process assessment time studies

Solution

Our consultant recommended Inventory Manager, our point-of-use online inventory software that ensures scientists have the right supplies at the right time. Using industry-leading technology, the program identifies and concentrates the supplies each laboratory location and work area needs — then tracks usage and continually optimizes stock levels.

These changes were supported with updates to the organization’s lab procurement process, including assigning a single point of contact for infrequently ordered items and streamlining channels for handling procurement issue resolution.

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pie charts: hours saved per year for one customer

Result

The Fortune 500 company now saves more than 16,000 hours every year — the equivalent of about eight fulltime scientists. Our software to manage inventory removed nearly $75,000 of excess inventory and decreased the average value of on-hand lab supplies at each facility by 29%, from $521,000 to $373,000.

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Find the right plan for you

Choose from two options to easily scale with your needs.

Inventory Manager Standard

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Improve visibility into your lab supplies with standard Inventory Manager's integrated digital stockroom.

Up to 5 users

Up to 5 suppliers

Basic reporting and audit log

Integration with inventory barcode scanner technology

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Inventory Manager Enterprise

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Get enterprise-level insight and control of supplies as well as improve collaboration on key lab management tasks with our online inventory software.

Unlimited users

Unlimited suppliers (vendor agnostic)

Visibility into lab supplies consumption and cost tracking to end-user level

Automated ordering, receiving, reporting and notifications

Integration with your mobile scanning, lab inventory management system (LMS) and electronic lab notebooks (ELNs)

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Explore Inventory Manager features and functionalities

  Standard Enterprise
  Manage your inventory of lab supplies & chemicals for free An end-to-end lab inventory management solution with unlimited functionality & connectivity
  Free direct registration License
  Standard Enterprise
Number of users 5 Unlimited
Role management (360 access visibility) 1 Fixed Unlimited/customizable
  Standard Enterprise
Stockroom KPI's checkmark checkmark
360 reporting (pre-defined & custom; scheduled & ad-hoc) Basic checkmark
Supply chain health KPI's x 2024 release
  Standard Enterprise
Dashboard activity & transaction feed checkmark checkmark
Card view vs. table information checkmark checkmark
Notification engine (in-app & email) Limited checkmark
Audit log Basic Advanced
Cost center & department tracking x checkmark
Request & approval routing x checkmark
Budget tracking x 2024 release
  Standard Enterprise
Direct ordering to Avantor (vwr.com) checkmark checkmark
WIMS order status/tracking checkmark checkmark
Electronic ordering for complete Avantor portfolio checkmark checkmark
Electronic ordering Avantor out of the box Avantor out of the box & customizable
Order transmission (non-Avantor vendors) PDF standard format Electronic, PDF, CSV & TXT, customizable
Inventory visibility & stockroom requests via vwr.com x checkmark
PO configuration x checkmark
Returns handling x checkmark
  Standard Enterprise
Simple reorder point/min-max checkmark checkmark
Replenishment handling checkmark  Single option checkmark  Multiple options
Barcode labelling checkmark  Fixed option checkmark  Multiple options/configurable 
Autopilot (replenish & receive) x checkmark
Consumption tracking/user barcodes x Full user tracking
Standing order management x 2024 release
  Standard Enterprise
No. of stockrooms/stocking locations 1 Unlimited
Hierarchical stockroom location management checkmark checkmark
Traceable stock adjustments checkmark checkmark
Open & closed access stockrooms –
transfers between satellite stockrooms
x checkmark
  Standard Enterprise
VWR.com automated product additions to inventory Unlimited Unlimited
Vendor management Limited to 5 (incl. Avantor) Unlimited
Lot & expiry date management x checkmark
Custom UOM management x checkmark
Customizable product level fields x checkmark
Quality inspection/control handling x 2024 release
Integrated recommendation & alternatives engine x 2024 release
Document management x checkmark
Automated custom product attribute/data management (e.g., CAS,
mol. weight, protection class) “integrated PIM system”
x 2024 release
  Standard Enterprise
Mobile scanning app iOS & Android checkmark checkmark
Scanner integration Online version only Online & offline versions
Online scanner functions Replenish & receive Multi-functional: replenish,
consume, receive, stock
correction, approvals & stock
transfers 
Kiosks/vending machines - Input devices x checkmark
Push notifications for mobile app x checkmark
Integration with customer ERP system x checkmark
ELN integration x 2023 release
LIMS integration x 2023 release
Standardized API calls x 2023 release
  Standard Enterprise
Multi-language versions (17 languages) checkmark checkmark
Single account for vwr.com & IM checkmark checkmark
Customizable and downloadable tables checkmark checkmark
Full application search (global) checkmark checkmark
  Standard Enterprise
Digital tech support team available (20/5) checkmark checkmark
Downloadable online manual checkmark checkmark
Click to chat checkmark checkmark
Guided help x checkmark

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