In logistics, vim means that the supplier manages the inventory. It is a cooperative strategy that aims to achieve the lowest cost for both users and suppliers. The supplier manages the inventory under a common agreement, and constantly monitors the implementation of the agreement and amends the content of the agreement to continuously improve inventory management.

This inventory management strategy breaks the traditional inventory management model of each doing its own thing. It embodies the integrated management idea of ​​the supply chain and adapts to the requirements of market changes. It is a new and representative inventory management idea. Vim plays a very important role in the distribution chain, so it is valued by more and more people.