by PartsDanager » Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:11 pm
Never worked in automate, but its weird to me you have no control over parameters to set stocking status/parameters.
Depends on who is analyzing your work other than yourself to me though. May need to fill them in on RIMs program and pull the reports directly from them. That will be a more accurate in context to your stocking plan than a DMS report.
Obsolescence itself has a different definition depending what group you talk to. I personally look at anything 12mo/no sale as obsolescence because a given part of that is technically at breakeven, because of labor to inventory/cost of storage etc. The dealer programs (RIM especially) are designed to make the manufacturer profitable, not necessarily the dealer. Certainly they attempt to 'help' but they don't help the department so much in the ultimate goal of a parts department, which in my opinion is to find a balance that purchases the best level of service (90 Fill Rate) while keeping the inventory investment as small as possible.