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...

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...

In our work with the parts inventories of hundreds of dealerships across the country, we’ve gained valuable insight into industry-wide trends and their causes. For quite some time, the average for non-manufacturer guaranteed obsolescence hovered around...

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...

Labor shortages and a shifting market have meant many dealerships have promoted or hired new-to-the-position parts managers, resulting in a dire need for training and support. We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: the role parts managers play is crucial...

Unexpected challenges are truly the new normal for almost all dealers. Between labor and part shortages, increasing costs, and pandemic protocols, not one operation we’ve spoken with has made it through the past two years completely unscathed or unchanged....