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While I agree that working the counters is a nice break from a Parts Managers' job, the job is to drive business. This cannot be done from the counter or spending all day in your office. I spend an average of 1.5 hours in my office, 45 minutes in meetings, 1 hour with administrative duties, 1.5 ...

Cost plus 10% here. Shipping is added as a pass through at cost if incurred.

In all systems parts in "DEL" status delete when MNE runs. The exception to this rule is in GM stores where RIM controls source settings. Two questions come to mind; 1) Are you adding aftermarket parts to the system and if so why?, 2) Are the aftermarkets sold out of their own source or are you ...

Straubman, that must be in a locked area when parts is closed. Otherwise that would be empty every night.

Not a deterrent, it's easy to determine where it went and sell it to the right party. A high definition camera system can be checked in the morning and the initial cost is less than a gate ...

I am in full agreement with you that just putting items on an unnamed shelf is not a good practice, however neither is a "Return" shelf. I have yet to work with a company that used the dedicated return shelf for anything other than daily returns that didn't have obsolescence values higher than they ...

It doesn't matter where the purchase was made as long as it was from a franchised dealership. Get the documentation from the customer and create a repair order so your warranty clerk can process it.

We consider it a cost of doing business so it's expensed to shop supplies. When I did inventory audits and came upon stores that kept them in the pad I found it quicker to count them by tens than creating a tare and calculating. As a result the expense of an accurate scale was deemed not necessary ...

Many companies do it as you ask however it is up to your company policies and CPA. In my stores we use one GL account for purchase discounts and another for purchase adjustments/fees. I like this method as I can see the figures at a glance without having to run the calculations.

This is a common issue that was compounded by a Parts Manager thinking he was smart enough to cover his tracks. In order to increase his monthly profit (and paycheck) this store began to rely heavily on purchases from a WD over the manufacturer as he was able to negotiate an invoice discount. All ...

The cost to put my list together and the confidentiality agreements from many of the jobs I performed to grow this list prevent my sharing this document. I have started another topic on this subject so that we may put a public list together that will help increase everyone's skills in this subject.