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How to Understand and Reduce Your Transaction Fees
This episode explores electronic transaction fees—an important yet often misunderstood expense for repair shops and parts retailers. The use of credit cards has surged since the pandemic, increasing merchants’ dependence on complex and costly payment services....
How to Understand and Reduce Your Transaction Fees
This episode explores electronic transaction fees—an im...
Auto Parts Stores – Optimizing the Management of New Part Numbers: A Winning Routin
In a recent podcast, Mario Comtois and Jean-François Cl...
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Auto Parts Stores – Optimizing the Management of New Part Numbers: A Winning Routin
Mario Comtois
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In a recent podcast, Mario Comtois and Jean-François Claveau from PME Guru tackled a crucial issue for auto parts stores: the proactive management of new part numbers. As autumn sets in and activity ramps up, both experts reminded listeners that inventory is the lifeblood of the business. The key challenge: avoiding stockouts on newly demanded products—often discovered through one-off sales and replenished in a rush at higher acquisition costs.
Jean-François stressed the importance of integrating new product analysis into the weekly routine. The goal is clear: quickly identify parts sold without reorder thresholds (min/max) to avoid costly last-minute purchases. With the help of inventory intelligence tools, stores can spot recently sold items—even in small quantities—and decide whether they deserve a permanent spot on the shelves.
They also highlighted the importance of using filters such as sales data, network popularity, and item value to prioritize inventory additions. Personalized bookmarks make it possible to automate this task, ensuring quick and efficient weekly reviews. The duo emphasized that these best practices not only reduce logistics costs but also improve customer loyalty—by ensuring customers find exactly what they need without delay.
Store Guru makes this easier by showing products sold without thresholds, sector popularity, movements at other stores, and even “Fitment” vehicle data attached to the parts. With its wide range of advanced filters, the tool lets you create your own custom approach if the “Guru recipe” doesn’t fit, and export the results (CSV, XLS) to update your inventory management system.
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