We’ve noticed a definite trend of increasing obsolescence across the industry. For some time, the average for non-manufacturer guaranteed obsolescence has hovered around 10-12%. Recently, it’s been trending upward towards 16-20%. We took a closer look to shed...

In 2017 Walmart made a relatively silent but massive wave in the automotive industry by partnering with CarSaver, a digital automotive marketplace. With this partnership, they expanded their in-store and digital offerings to include car buying with all the...

Months-no-receipt and months-no-sales are critical to review when managing your inventory. Today we’ll go over how you can manage them properly to minimize obsolete and aged inventory. For years we’ve measured our inventories by the months-no-sale-report. It...

Despite recent press highlighting the difficulties and potential delays in self-driving technology, self-driving cars are still inevitable. The mainstream launch of these vehicles is certain to impact all sectors of the transportation industry, but some will...

We’re excited to launch Parts Education with Chuck Hartle! This series of free parts education webinars from our resident parts expert Chuck Hartle will help you take your parts department to the next level. This time, Chuck discusses manufacturer...

In perhaps some of the boldest predictions we’ve seen about the future of the automotive industry, Tony Seba, a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Disruption and Clean Energy at Stanford University, claims the following will be true by 2030.

Becky Eubank Project Manager John Elway Auto Group PartsEdge Client Since: 2014

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos told his employees he’s ‘very excited’ about the automotive industry following a $700 Million dollar investment in electric vehicle start-up Rivian. Amazon has also invested in Aurora, a self-driving tech start-up, continuing their trend...

Have you thought about categorizing your Fill Rate into distinct sale areas? If you haven’t, now might be a good time to start.

Greg Dimond Parts Manager Volkswagon SouthTowne PartsEdge Client Since: 2018