One of the biggest issues facing dealerships in the past few years, now decades, has been finding skilled labor for their shops. It is a huge issue that is talked about repeatedly, yet most dealerships still struggle to find technicians.

With staffing, parts, and new car shortages, increasing costs, and ever-changing protocols, parts departments have evolved immensely since 2020. 2022 was no exception with constraints leading to innovation, breakthroughs, and new priorities across the board....

Manufacturer ASR Parts Programs are typically advertised to dealerships as a way to achieve higher levels of service and potentially higher profits with the promise of less work for parts management. Some manufacturer programs guarantee the return-ability of...

Every parts operation deals with obsolescence, and while there any many great strategies for discarding already accumulated obsolescence, there’s no cure quite like prevention. Even now, there are parts in your inventory that don’t meet stocking criteria and...

Hydrogen cars have certainly entered the chat in discussions online and off across the industry. But with only about 15,000 total cars on the road and all of them located in California, it’s too soon to say if they will be a viable competitor to other...

While our main offering is a parts inventory management and optimization tool, one of our other core missions is to provide free helpful, accessible, and ongoing parts education to all operations and individuals in our business. After working within the parts...

Successful parts Inventory management is a delicate balance of having all the parts you need without overstocking and holding onto obsolete parts. Your fill rate can be a fantastic indicator of whether your inventory has enough width in the right areas to...

As we recently discussed, idle inventory is trending up for almost all dealerships and manufacturers. Special orders can be one of the biggest contributors to an increase in stock you don’t need taking up shelf space and undermining your overall inventory...

Rising gas prices and quickly improving technology in combination with many other factors have led to a continuously growing interest in electric and EV vehicles. In Q2 of 2022, EV sales made up 5.6% of the total market, which is an increase from 5.3% in Q1...

The jury’s out on the state of the US economy, but most think a recession is coming- if not already here. Unfortunately, recessions are a predictable and somewhat normal part of the modern economy. Even if 2022 isn’t the start of a recession, there are sure...