DealersEdge Professional Forums

Perhaps it's because I'm old and remember how to MANAGE a parts inventory. Why does RIM make me stock
ELEVEN WIPER BLADES and we basically have DAILY STOCKORDERS? Perhaps someone above my paygrade
can explain? This just pi$$e$ me off to no end.

Better question would be why an odd number????

Because RIM is an all knowing program - or wait maybe GM bought a boatload of them and do not want their money tied up!
There are a few bugs in the RIM all knowing program but they will be fixed as soon as the gurus are finished with the ACA WEB Site.
You only have 11 because that is all the fingers the guru had.
Part of the RIM logic includes the following parameter - "it was not raining when Noah built the Ark".

Now that I have explained this question I will continue my work on world peace and understanding women.

As a fellow "oldtimer" - only thing worse the be Pd-off'd is being Pd-on! GM gurus are working on the technology for that as an expansion of RIM.

There is only one explanation for RIM, "control". It has absolutely NOTHING to do with "inventory control" it only has to do with GM's control over the Dealer. What a friggen joke!!! They can't even control themselves. It is a "computerized" version of an antiquated card deck run by someone that knows absolutely nothing about your demographics or your customer, seated in a building a couple thousand miles away (at least for me) of which you are paying dearly for in reduced discounts and allowances. RIM cost GM "millions" of dollars a year to run yet the reduction in discounts and allowances generates "BILLIONS" of dollars in GM's pocket. If you have been following the news at all you can surely see that "greed" is running the show at GM and if you are looking at "billions" of dollars you have all the explanation anyone would need.

"Now that I have explained this question I will continue my work on world peace and understanding women."


A guy walking down the beach finds a bottle in the sand. Picks it up and brushes it off and low and behold out pops the genie. The genie say hey bud you got one wish and the guy replies "one, what happened to three?" The genie replies, "hey this is the new millennium you have one wish take it or leave it".
The guy thinks for a bit and says" I have always wanted to go to Hawaii but I am scared to death of flying and I get terrible sea sick. How about building me a bridge to Hawaii? The genie says " are you out of your mind? Think of the logistics here, several thousand miles, rest stops, hotels, gas stations, come on give me a realistic wish!!!"
The guy says, "OK,OK let me think a minute........ OK I want to know everything there is to know about women".
The genie is absolutely silent for a minute or so and then replies, " Ok do you want that 2 lanes or 4?"

Just call them...

They'll be glad to belittle your vast experience and explain how it's all your fault for being an attentive Parts Mgr.

I don't even call them anymore, it's like arguing with an idiot: You can't win, and just wind up stooping to their level trying to defend yourself.

possum wrote:Just call them...

They'll be glad to belittle your vast experience and explain how it's all your fault for being an attentive Parts Mgr.

I don't even call them anymore, it's like arguing with an idiot: You can't win, and just wind up stooping to their level trying to defend yourself.

Sadly, I think that's what they're counting on!

Denise Trimble wrote:
Sadly, I think that's what they're counting on!

Ignorance is bliss, that's why the idiot smiles!

Can someone explain how I can sell 72-25877402 wiper blades YTD, they are stocked at our local pdc and RIM keeps me 12 on the shelf. 19286292 I have sold
62 this year and recorded 25 lost sales and RIM keeps me only 8 on the shelf, not too bad except the DEF fluid has a 7-8 day lead time. I guess I need to permanently exclude it and manually order on QPO.

possum wrote:Just call them...

They'll be glad to belittle your vast experience and explain how it's all your fault for being an attentive Parts Mgr.

I don't even call them anymore, it's like arguing with an idiot: You can't win, and just wind up stooping to their level trying to defend yourself.

YES, I was told my expectations were too great back in 2003, about the same time I warned my rep of the factors & results leading to International Harvester's demise.