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FIXED OPS JOURNAL
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" My purchasing guy
loves it. It makes his
job much easier and
takes a lot of the
guesswork out of
maintaining inventory. "
"
DAN EARLEY, Shaheen Chevrolet
DOING
THEIR PARTS
Dealers can tackle stock,
budget, training issues with
remote inventory management
D
KEN WYSOCKY
foj@autonews.com
ealership parts managers face a
daily challenge akin to a double-edged sword: Make sure
technicians have the right part for
the right vehicle at the right time to
achieve same-day service, but without accumulating excess parts inventory, which can
drain working capital.
A technology known as remote inventory
management can help dealers find a balance
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between the two competing priorities - and
in the process boost off-the-shelf fill rates, reduce lost sales, minimize parts obsolescence
and ratchet up revenue. It also gives parts
managers more time to focus on things easily
neglected amid the day-to-day grind, such as
training staff and touching base with wholesale customers.
Remote inventory management also can
plug the knowledge gap left by a chronic lack
of training for less-experienced parts managers, says Brian Crossin, an instructor at the
NADA Academy.
" Parts managers generally receive little
training on how to properly invest hundreds
of thousands of dollars in parts and get a good
return on that investment, " Crossin told Fixed
Ops Journal. " In those cases, RIM is a good alternative. "
Bryan Klugh, owner of SmartCo Services,
which developed a third-party remote inventory management system called PartsEye,
says training is very limited.
" There's no university that offers a parts
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