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.

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.

Consumer demands have always driven market changes, and the automotive industry is no exception. When people wanted bigger cars, they got SUVs and a whole new generation of cool minivans. When the hybrid boom set in, the smaller and more efficient the cars...

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With so many factors to monitor, it can be difficult to know where to start to improve your inventory health. The good news is by paying close attention to just 5 categories, you can establish a benchmark and begin the journey towards inventory success!

As auto manufacturing shifts towards computerization, it’s fair to ask the question- will mechanics as we know them become obsolete? Since the first electronic control unit (ECU) was released in the 1970’s, it’s been a non-stop race towards the complete...