Did you ever wonder about that famous brand of ketchup and its 57 varieties? Why did they stop at 57? Were there ever 58? Did they exhaust all of the possible combinations? The story goes that there were actually more than 60 products, but the owner's lucky numbers were 5 and 7. Hence the 57 varieties!
What does this have to do with VMRS?
There are now more than 29,000 items listed in VMRS Code Key 33 - 29,829 to be exact. No lucky numbers, just an exact, definitive method of coding and describing an item. Nothing left to chance. VMRS contains many more varieties then 57, in fact it's adding new varieties and codes all the time. Nothing is left to chance in VMRS , no lucky numbers, just a precise method for recording repair data.
The 57 varieties have been popular in the grocery store for many years and using VMRS has been the best thing going in the maintenance shop for over 35 years. Both have certainly become institutions!