Monthly Archives: August 2016

Deleting parts …update …weed the junk

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

The ability to delete parts has been a great addition.  To flush out old and replaced by cleans up the data that we review in excel.  In fact out stores have less than 50,000 for active parts … match that … Continue reading →

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VIO … a simple option ?

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

In a  recent post I added a PS … would’t it be nice to have ALL the vehicles we enter into our POS ( point of sale ) terminals to be tracked … What could you do with this data … Continue reading →

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How to WASTE $2,496,000 a year at CARQUEST … can’t scan in inventory received!

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Just some quick math …want to waste one hour of staff time …. for each store …?  What does that cost … The lack of programming and systems to allow us to scan incoming inventory reduces productivity and wastes one … Continue reading →

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Am I the ONLY one to love this ?

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Am I the only one to love the ‘CREATOR-EDITOR- screen in multi-store Inventory? After all these years about the simple bugs that could be fixed ( click here for examples  ) ….  let mead one more SIMPLE BUG …. there needs … Continue reading →

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When things just don’t work …

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

We posted this blog on the product blog … https://cqchange.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/a-little-common-sense-please/   When talking with other jobbers ..we are suggesting this change …. Situation:   If a store sets a level ( order point ) for a part in Exploris – but … Continue reading →

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More Weeding of the Data Base

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

We have written previously how we have flushed the OLD lines ( or old PN Codes-Sub Lines ) of parts that are now carried in the consolidated part # for both Advance Auto Parts and CARQUEST. Now we have gotten … Continue reading →

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