The Reality of Automotive Service Parts

The Reality of Automotive Service Parts

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New Information In a previous post we wrote about the inefficiency of automotive service parts networks. http://spplan.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/auto-service-part-networks-are-a-mess/ The line of reasoning of the article was that manufacturers were unnecessarily out
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Auto Service Parts Websites a Problem

Auto Service Parts Websites a Problem

sapplanningadmin | Basic Supply Chain Concepts, SAP, Service Parts Database
Caught in a Time Warp It is always amazing to come upon a technology that is so amazingly underutilized. This would be the case for service parts online databases. The Story We needed a door handle assembly part for a 1997 Honda Accord. First we started with eBay, which
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Service Parts Databases and eBay

Service Parts Databases and eBay

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Some History on Parts Databases Back in the 2000 at the top of the tech boom, a company called Aspect Technology was purchased by supply chain software company i2 Technologies. Aspect Technology had developed an extensive parts database and the idea was that i2 woul
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