Clean Out Idle Parts Inventory Without Crushing （清理闲置部分库存没有破碎）.pdf

Clean Out Idle Parts Inventory Without Crushing Profits With Chuck Hartlé President, PartsEdge Editor, DealersEdge Parts Manager Moderated by Mike Bowers Editorial Director, DealersEdge Presented by Chuck Hartlé is president of PartsEdge (www.PartsE), a dealership parts department consulting firm in Poway, CA. PartsEdge offers innovative inventory management services to help dealers maximize parts depart- ment profits. Chuck is also the editor of the nationally recognized news- letter DealersEdge Parts Manager. Previously, Chuck spent more than 20 years as a parts manager then parts and service director for a multi- franchise dealership group. He was also one of the founders of the Mopar Master Parts Guild. He has been a featured speaker at NADA’s Annual Convention and Dealer Academy as well as at dealer Twenty Groups, regional parts manager meetings, and factory-sponsored training seminars. Idle Capital Innovative Ways to Measure it and get rid of it! Table of Contents Page Topic 2 Table of Contents 3 Idle Capital in Your Parts Inventory 3 The Definition of Idle Capital 4 Excess Inventory: The Silent Killer 4 MNS / MNR Chart 5 MNS / MNR ADP Snapshot 5 Most Excess Inventory isn’t a “over purchasing” issue 6 Ways to Control Excess Inventory Effectively 7 Technical Obsolescence: A Key Measurement 7 Reversal of Fortune chart 8 Technical Obsolescence Reports 8 Avoiding the “Microwave Mentality” 9 Force