ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Since then, lean practitioners have gone on to make great strides and contributions, not only in the automotive industry but in many other types of businesses and organizations. It described not only a fundamentally different system of business, but a very different way of thinking about how humans work together to create value.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 26, 2019

Sergio Bellacicco, Vice President Global Logistics, Automotive Aftermarket shared his company’s journey to satisfy both sales and finance amid the complexity of multi-echelon spare parts logistics. ToolsGroup MEIO helped MANN+HUMMEL deal structurally with its slow moving items and reduce complexity.

Gartner 120

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Here are some examples of mid-market companies that have made the leap to high maturity levels: Automotive importer Lubinski had a simple policy of holding 100 days of inventory for every item, augmented by classic ‘ABC’ modeling that proved complex and time-consuming. A few examples.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2019

Sergio Bellacicco, vice president global logistics, automotive aftermarket at MANN+HUMMEL Group, will present “Increasing Fill Rate and Reducing Inventory in a Complex Global Multi-Echelon Aftermarket Environment”. As a result, our customers consistently see service levels increase while inventory, cost, and waste go down.”

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

TireHub is a national tire distributor that delivers the full passenger and light truck tire portfolios of Bridgestone and Goodyear to tire and automotive retailers.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 30, 2019

Adorno brings more than 15 years of experience in consumer-focused businesses, internet retailing, automotive manufacturing, telecommunications and finance.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 7, 2019

The company offers an unsurpassed breadth and depth of inventory, frequent delivery and value-added services to tire and automotive service customers. It operates more than 140 distribution centers, including 25 distribution centers in Canada, serving approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada.

Gartner 24

Gartner ToolsGroup Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning 24

ToolsGroup

MAY 28, 2019

Before American Tire Distributors (ATD) could be the connected and insightful automotive provider it needed to be to earn customer loyalty, it had to tackle some tough supply chain challenges. Companies like American Tire Distributors are reinventing themselves to better service customers.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 26, 2019

Sergio Bellacicco, Vice President Global Logistics, Automotive Aftermarket shared his company’s journey to satisfy both sales and finance amid the complexity of multi-echelon spare parts logistics. ToolsGroup MEIO helped MANN+HUMMEL deal structurally with its slow moving items and reduce complexity.

Gartner 24

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Automotive News Europe ). Inverto’s annual raw material study revealed that 89% of respondents were experiencing limited availability of raw materials. Consultancy UK). Source: Consultancy.UK.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 23, 2018

More recently, I learned about an automotive parts supply chain based in Israel, Lubinski - an established family business that’s the sole importer for Citroen and Peugeot vehicles. For instance, last February Amazon announced that it was spreading its tentacles into automotive aftermarket parts, offering same day delivery.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

As an automotive industry client of ours said recently: “Nothing affects team morale more than our ability to meet service requirements.”. They know that over time the known variables provide a level of certainty, and for the rest they can devise controllable contingencies. Happy planners offer a second benefit for the company.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Furthermore, the growing chip shortage is prompting the automotive industry to order surplus semiconductors—about 10 to 20 percent more than needed—to ensure inventory and safeguard production. Companies from Samsung to Ford are seeing a sharp increase in inventory , as consumer demand weakens amid surging inflation.

Inventory Reduction 156

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Seasonal products that don’t make it out of the warehouse are doomed to sit there until the season rolls around again–especially if they are long-tail items that service seasonally-affected machinery and automotive parts. And that’s assuming seasonal items won’t become obsolete or go out of fashion in that time. Markdowns and Returns.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 12, 2018

When most people think of supply chain risk, they often think about the impact of major unforeseen “headline grabbing” events - like the tsunami in Japan impacting automotive supply chains or horse meat making its way into British beef supplies. Automotive parts supplier Lubinski imports Citroen and Peugeot spare parts into Israel.

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