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About Make CARQUEST even better for us all

My partners and I have 4 stores in SW Ontario in smaller towns - and work hard to make our stores the best they can be.

One More Enhancement request … really ….

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Digging into Invoice Discounts taken at the time of invoicing … this is a great catch started by Ryan … it shows up on the Journal report — but just as a TOTAL of all invoice discounts … there is … Continue reading →

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Digging deeper into Audit’s ….

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

A short time back one of our stores calls me to find out why I set an very odd – extreme order point on 2 part numbers …. and I was baffled … in 1 case I had recently adjusted … Continue reading →

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If Exploris was only BETTER … in every small way …

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

One point that has irritated us for many years is the sloppy incomplete descriptions that we suffer thru — from CARQUEST. Yes they have ( in some lines ) been getting better … but! The HUGE issue is — why … Continue reading →

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The Simple Things are Important …

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

The recent change from the line code BAT to BEP for CARQUEST Canada should have been an easy one … so one wonders how this got screwed up –for the sales history. We reported the Multi-Store Creator-Editor ( used by … Continue reading →

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The Love Hate relationship with ‘Multi-Store Creator-Editor’

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Only Multi-store users would use this – hence the name. In the past we have called a few multi-store users and they were unaware of this program – even thought it is front and center in the menu for INVENTORY … Continue reading →

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Been a while -change habits ?

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Sorry – been a while .. with so many suggestions and BUG FIXS still not done for Parts Watch ( yes- some where done – thank you for those .. but .. ) – it can get you down. But … Continue reading →

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With Exploris .. you have time … to wait … for …?

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Here is an e-mail I just re-sent on inventory scanners in Exploris … Exploris … you have to wait for a lot of things to ( maybe ) happen …   From: Greg Henderson <..snip..> Subject: Fwd: scanners for inventory … Continue reading →

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Reason # 25 – why Exploris ( Parts Watch ) should be better …. delays in fixing BUGS

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

When PartsWatch ( CARQUEST jobbers call it Exploris ) breaks something – it seems to take forever to get it fixed … this example wasn’t a great example as the original report was crap from a jobbers perspective …. the … Continue reading →

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Break time over … back to work …

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Wow–last post was November 2018 … break time over … back to work …   Some points. -just had a comment from a jobber asking ( pleading ? ) for help … where is support ..I don’t mean the phone … Continue reading →

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Bugs ?? Check your daily PO after 57.11 ?

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

It is only a guess …but somehow our daily CARQUEST PO’s have gotten messed up in several of our stores … see images below … many KEY lines were on the Exclude list to order…. holly cow …. yeh … … Continue reading →

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