From Counterman.com: Managing a Moving Target
In today’s connected, electronic age, few store managers would consider going back to the “good old days” — those times not so long past when inventories were manually recorded and managed on cards. These days, the very idea of inventory cards seems like the Stone Age, and in many ways, it was. Today, the entire supply chain — from manufacturer to warehouse to store to installer — is interconnected through sophisticated store management software packages and systems that provide business information and controls that were not possible even two years ago.
Friday, July 13, 2007
By Arianne Anderson The Week in Review offers a snapshot of the most read stories of the week as seen on aftermarketNews. To access the complete stories, simply click on the highlighted links. If you missed reading one of our daily news emails, click on any of the dates listed at the bottom of the
Autologue Unveils Two New e-Commerce Products
Autologue Computer Systems, Inc. is introducing two new e-Commerce products for the aftermarket – ePaperless Office and eDelivery Tracking System. The two new products were developed to increase customer relations (CRM) between customers/installers by using Internet technology to decrease operating expenses with document imaging. Based on ever-evolving industry needs, these products will help aftermarket companies increase productivity, and profits, according to Autologue. Both products will integrate or run parallel with any management system.
Autologue and MindQuest Reach Agreement
Autologue Computer Systems has announced it has reached a definitive agreement with MindQuest, Inc. to acquire certain ownership rights to MindQuest’s Parts Manager software product. Autologue will provide product enhancements and customer support for existing and future customers, and will market the product under the name “AutoQuest.”
DST Asks: Parts Distributors — Do Your Customers Order Parts Online?
Help Wanted – Parts Counterman, Requirements: Must be willing to work 365 days per year, 24 hours per day. Understands and has committed to memory a world-class multi-line parts catalog. Always knows correct pricing of each item. Processes parts orders in nanoseconds. Never puts customers on hold. Works for electricity – no salary or extra benefits. Any bets on how many responses you’ll get to that classified ad? Selling auto parts would be a lot easier and less costly if you could make those kinds of hires. Actually, it turns out that such resources are available today, just not human resources, the kind we would advertise for in the local paper. Instead, we might call them “cyber-employees” – a new species that forms the backbone of e-business and works in the world of browser-based technology on the Internet.
BASF Spain Inaugurates Its Renovated Refinish Competence Center
Approximately 2,000 people will be trained at the RCC every year.
DURA Automotive Systems Announces New Management Structure
Timothy Leuliette becomes executive chairman of DURA and a managing director at Patriarch. Torben von Staden, current president and CEO of Patriarch affiliate GAS, becomes president and CEO of DURA, and will report to Leuliette.