The Reality of Automotive Service Parts

The Reality of Automotive Service Parts

sapplanningadmin | Basic Supply Chain Concepts, SAP
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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Why Service Parts are Good for the Environment

Why Service Parts are Good for the Environment

sapplanningadmin | Uncategorized

Where Are Service Parts in the Environmental Discussion? Not sufficiently discussed is why service parts effectiveness is good for the environment. The same family that dutifully recycles, may also be the same family that trades in a car after 3 years for a newer m
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Automotive Dealers Mostly Useless

Automotive Dealers Mostly Useless

sapplanningadmin | SAP
Money for Nothing The degree to which dealers are "taking it easy" is evident in the latest Consumer Reports survey where despite the overwhelming advantages of being part of a dealer network, dealers on average provide a customer experience that is 7% lower than that o
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Why Auto Service Part Networks Are a Mess

Why Auto Service Part Networks Are a Mess

sapplanningadmin | Enigma, Inventory Optimization, MCA, SAP, SPP, Service Parts Planning Basics
Big Problems in Automotive Service Networks In our previous post we discussed the problems with how automotive service parts websites are dominated by dealers. We also discussed how this is inefficient and why these web sites should be centralized and either managed b
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APICS is Selling an Illusion

APICS is Selling an Illusion

sapplanningadmin | SAP, Uncategorized
This article has been moved given that it affects supply chain generally and not just service parts planning. It can be accessed here. http://supplychainconcepts.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/apics-is-selling-an-illusion/
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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 Based Hosted ERP and and Amazon.com

Service Based Hosted ERP and and Amazon.com

sapplanningadmin | Uncategorized
Web Enabled ERP Is it necessary for every company to install its own SAP or other ERP software? We are beginning to wonder. Online applications for personal productivity is getting us thinking if the collaborative needs of supply chain make these internally focused sof
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Is SAP PLM for Real?

Is SAP PLM for Real?

spplanadmin | PLM, SAP, SPP, Uncategorized
Pushing SAP PLM For some time SAP has been promoting its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. We should say at the outset that we don't find the term PLM very useful. Yes there are lifecycle implications to the software, however this category of software could
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Who is Tops in Service Parts Management?

Who is Tops in Service Parts Management?

spplanadmin | SAP, SPP
Internet Searching for Parts Excellence Lets start off by discussing what we originally intended to do in this post. We thought we would do some Internet research and easily find some of the best service parts management companies and describe what they were doing that
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Where Are the Books on Service Parts Planning?

Where Are the Books on Service Parts Planning?

spplanadmin | SAP, SPP
Book Availability We have written a number of times about how under-emphasized both service management and service parts planning in particular is and continues to be in companies. However, what surprised us to an equal degree was a recent search for books on this to
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