Wholesale and collision sales can seem like a fast track to higher revenue—but do they really make sense for your parts department?

Chuck Hartle shares what every dealership needs to know before diving in (or deciding to pull back). From profit margins and resource demands to hidden pitfalls and smart strategies, you’ll walk away with a clearer picture of whether wholesale and collision are truly right for your store.

Chuck Hartle helps parts managers cut through the noise of DMS reports to truly understand their inventory. In this episode, he explains how to calculate real turn and day supply, expose misleading fill rates, and pull the right data from top DMS providers. If you’ve ever felt like managing inventory is a guessing game, this session gives you the simple math, practical insights, and real-world strategies to stock smarter and run a more profitable parts department.

Stop Guessing—Start Managing Your Inventory with Intent Featuring Chuck Hartle, President of PartsEdge

In this webinar, Chuck Hartle pulls from decades of experience to expose the inventory missteps that cost parts departments time, money, and control. From mixing fast-moving “milk” with slow-selling “canned asparagus” to letting your DMS dictate strategy, he walks through the biggest traps—and how to avoid them.

Switching Dealer Management Systems (DMS) is a major move—and no department feels the impact more than Parts. In this on-demand webinar, the PartsEdge team shares hard-earned lessons from supporting hundreds of dealerships through DMS conversions. You’ll learn why having a parts expert involved is just as critical as having a DMS expert, and walk away with actionable tips to safeguard your inventory, pricing strategy, and reporting.

We break down the current tariff conversations and what they really mean for parts departments. Rather than reacting emotionally to the noise, this session focuses on practical strategies to proactively manage potential cost increases. Learn how to protect your margins through smart inventory decisions, strategic pricing matrix reviews, and maintaining inventory efficiency. Whether or not tariffs directly impact you today, this discussion will help you stay prepared and protect profitability in a shifting market.

Obsolescence is one of the biggest challenges in parts inventory—but it can be controlled. In this on-demand webinar, we share real-world strategies to reduce idle stock, optimize your DMS, and shift from reactive to proactive inventory management.

Your dealership’s parts inventory is a major investment—yet without a structured reconciliation process, small mistakes can quickly turn into costly financial problems. In this webinar, we break down a simple yet powerful approach to monthly parts reconciliations, helping you validate inventory, catch discrepancies early, and prevent profit-draining issues before they escalate.