RICHFIELD, Ohio — OEConnection has announced a new agreement with Navistar Inc., to provide the truck manufacturer with its parts supply chain and intelligence tools. Navistar is the first non-automotive manufacturer to select OEConnection to provide software solutions to its organization, joining 14 automotive manufacturers and more than 15,000 dealerships throughout North America that are already utilizing OEConnection’s web-based tools.
Navistar will implement OEConnection’s solutions for 280 International dealerships across 800 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Upon implementation, International Truck dealerships will have access to OEConnection’s online parts sourcing and idle inventory reduction tools to create a parts supply network and shorten part cycle-times. These tools will also enable Navistar initiatives that limit in-channel idle inventory and provide boosted fill rates even as capital investment in PDC parts inventories are constrained, according to OEConnection.
"We’re incredibly pleased that Navistar has chosen OEConnection to help achieve their goals of improved parts efficiencies," said Charles Rotuno, president and CEO of OEConnection. "In these tough economic times, organizations are looking to improve operations. OEConnection is uniquely positioned to provide Navistar with solutions for improved in-channel parts procurement, analysis and performance."
Rommel Miranda, Navistar vice president parts sales and marketing, commented, "Navistar is focused on developing an integrated dealer parts network that will provide efficiencies for our channel’s ability to improve their parts procurement process.
Specifically, reducing the amount of time it takes us to fulfill backordered part requests will result in increased vehicle uptime for our customers. Doing so will allow us to increase overall productivity, and OEConnection comprehensive tools will help us with this endeavor."
James Rose, Jr., OEConnection vice president of emerging markets & OEM initiatives, echoes this connection. "The automotive industry is not alone in its quest to develop advanced supply networks by leveraging in-channel OE parts inventories," said Rose. "These same challenges of getting the right parts to the right place exist in industries such as heavy-duty truck and heavy equipment, where vehicle uptime is directly related to productivity. OEConnection’s expertise in providing technology solutions makes us a perfect fit to help Navistar with their parts fulfillment needs."
