Infostructures or VendorManagedInventory (VMI)?

hi sd-experts,
we plan to do a project like VMI (Vendor managed inventory) of SAP. I got the information that there is an other way to manage the inventory of the customer by me (the vendor). This is called InfoStructures (TX MC21).
But what is the difference? is it possible to use Infostructures for that? we plan also to get the information about the customer stock about EDI, but i didn't get any information how can i use for infosources!!
For VMI i will have PROACT (from help.sap.com).
ii am confused...
is there anyone who can help me?
cheers,
alex

You might have misunderstood SAP Help - it's not "another way". There is one infostructure S130, which is involved in the VMI process. It is a standard infostructure, created and maintained by SAP, you don't need to do anything about it.
The infostructures are also used in SIS/LIS, but it is not related to VMI.
[SAP Help Link|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sm32/helpdata/en/86/37e619f09b11d18ca1080009d10d9a/frameset.htm]

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