I haven't ranted in a while:
Twelve years later, RIM makes an improvement that at least brings it within last century's technology, re-stratifying monthly instead of quarterly. I welcome any improvement, but RIM continues to lag behind in simple, common sense, logical management protocols. There are just too many historically proven industry standards that are simply ignored. Whoever decides the parts stratification criteria obviously has no dealership parts department experience, and it negatively affects every GM dealership's inventory investment and holding costs. Unfortunately, the DP's just want to keep GM happy, and don't care because they're fed a line of BS. Fortunately for GM the Pre-RIM parts managers are all 'phasing out' and our voices are becoming dim. I know it's not going away, but I'm glad the RIM programmers at least graduated to the fourth grade.
Rant over.
Change to Monthly RIM Stratification
Effective September 15, 2018, RIM stratification will transition from being run quarterly to monthly. The job will run the 3rd Saturday of each month, with newly generated policies available to the Dealers on the Monday following the run. This change is being implemented to reduce variation in the network and smooth the impact of stratification.
By running the job monthly, the following benefits will be realized:
Fewer policies will be created with each strata run
Allows RIM to react quicker to changes in demand, improving the timeliness of phase in/out of stocking recommendations
Enhances RIM’s ability to properly introduce new model parts into stratification
If you have any questions on this change, please contact the RIM help desk