Parts inventory management in today’s dealerships is ever evolving. With all the variables involved in inventory control, how do you produce the most efficient and profitable parts inventory?

Ford and Dominos have recently partnered to test self-driving pizza delivery by randomly selecting customers to receive pizzas delivered in self-driving vehicles (there is a Ford safety technician as well as other researchers in the vehicle). Although this...

Inventories age. So you’ve used your return allowance to throw away all of your obsolete parts but they keep coming back.

We get lots of questions about how to improve inventory health….here are some of our most requested tips and tricks!

Electric cars have been on the automotive horizon as a feasible replacement for fuel cars for over 100 years. As a matter of fact, the first electric car was built in 1890 and was already a worthy contender in the technology of the time. Because of the...

Chuck Hartle, co-founder of PartsEdge, presented at the Acura Fixed Operations Convention in Las Vegas. We want to thank Acura for inviting us to present our “When in doubt, source it out” presentation in which we explain the benefits of sourcing and how...

Last month we shared an ebook on Forecasting Obsolete Inventory. In case you missed it, you can view it by clicking here. Did you calculate your technical obsolescence? If so, you now know how much your obsolescence will grow each month moving forward. We...

Chuck Hartle, co-founder of PartsEdge, presented at a NCM 20 Group meeting in Whitefish, MT earlier this week. We want to thank Kirk Felix with NCM and Don Kaltschmidt with Don K Chevrolet, Subaru and Dodge for inviting us to present about parts operations....

Uber is appealing to dealerships in new and innovative ways by launching Uber Central, a platform that allows businesses to manage multiple rides at one time. The program allows customers to request, manage and pay for rides for others. In a statement, Uber...

Last month we discussed the impact of an ever-increasing amount of rideshare drivers on dealerships service departments. To summarize, rideshare drivers will be putting more miles on their cars, thus they will need repairs more often, and, because their...