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SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?

Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?

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Keeping Risks Low in Auto Supply Chain

Anyone who works in the automotive business can attest the industry currently is enjoying a period of robust demand. At the same time, there is an enormous amount of risk.

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Utilizing Analytics for Profit Generating Service Business

For the majority of companies, service parts have much higher margins than the original equipment and are crucial for the success of the organization.

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Epicor Unveils New Version of Vista for Automotive Aftermarket

Epicor Software Corp. has developed version 6 of Epicor Vista for the Automotive Aftermarket.

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All-Terrain Vehicle Parts Supplier Zips Through U.S., Canada Customs

Consolidating multiple shipments of vehicle accessories and replacement parts, some quite heavy, into one movement has saved a U.S. distributor a lot of money and really given the gas to its business growth in Canada.

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How Sweden's Procurator Got a Handle on Its Inventory

The manufacturer of industrial safety products and cleaning supplies "didn't have a clue" about what was in its warehouses - until it implemented a new system for forecasting, purchasing and inventory control.

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How Delphi Automotive Got Real With Its Suppliers

"New business reality." That's an apt way to describe the position of any company that has just emerged from four years of reorganization under Chapter 11 of U.S. bankruptcy law. And it's precisely the challenge that Delphi Automotive faced back in 2009, when it sought to reinvent itself and shore up relations with an army of suppliers.

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Aftermarket Sales Have Been an Afterthought for Too Long, Study Suggests

The aftermarket has long been just an afterthought to the sales and marketing processes, but today more and more OEMs have finally begun to realize its strategic importance as a competitive differentiator.

Just How Much Inventory Is Out There, Anyway?

Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer of JDA Software, was giving a speech at the Economic Club of Phoenix last year, when the topic of global inventory levels came up. The question he posed: How much stuff is currently in transit or socked away in warehouses the world over? The answer: Nobody really knows.

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Parts Supply Has Difficulty Keeping Up with Automobile Demand

A combination of rebounding sales and an unprecedented number of new models in the works has stretched the auto parts supply chain so taut that the entire industry is holding its collective breath that it does not snap and jeopardize the recovery.

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Dubai World Central Pursues Investment from U.S. in MRO Sector

A delegation from Dubai World Central (DWC) recently concluded a roadshow in the U.S. that aimed to open discussions with key industry players and initiate the creation of an integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services supply chain in DWC's Aviation District.

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