Category Archives: communication

It is what you learn after you know it all …

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

The title ( it is what you learn after you know it all ) is a reminder to not be smug or over confident on ones knowledge and to keep learning … well – here is a classic example of … Continue reading →

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A plea to stop flushing descriptions ?

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

The product manager flush and ‘refresh’ descriptions …sometimes that is good …and sometimes we wish they would not do that. example – standard description … our enhanced description ( including Desc #2 with Inventory Control data help ) … BTW … Continue reading →

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Experience using DFIU Importing

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

The DFIU Importing tool has been very handy … but there is a learning curve … and even after all the data we have entered using this tool for our 3 stores – finally found this one ( with the … Continue reading →

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How many Weeds do you have in your lawn??

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

I wonder how many weeds you have in your lawn .. or in this case junk and obsolete part numbers in your active MIF data base … we regularly dump the data into excel so we can see the junk … Continue reading →

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How to trim paper from our systems ?

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

I would’ve for someone to drop me a line at INFO(at)dtauto(dot)ca if you have a workable idea to reduce paperwork required from EXPLORIS computer system? Here is one months purchases from one of our stores …with the Coke can for … Continue reading →

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Variable Pricing …finally …. and ????

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

After years and years  of pleading with CARQUEST to adopt variable pricing on select lines ( heck ..everything … ? ) we finally have the tools to do in with the recent Exploris update.   Amazing that the push to … Continue reading →

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Special Thanks to the people who PUSH and suggest new ways ….

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

I had heard that the new release ( V56.3.46 ) was the hard work from Franco in New Jersey …so I called him to thank him … ( he also gets the credit for having “ALL STORES” added to the … Continue reading →

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Rule # 429 … tell us when you know …

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Ok ..we are past day # 1 on the new version release ( 2.56.3 ) and lets stop for  a minute … rule # 429 … if you know there is something BAD related to the release – please have … Continue reading →

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Keep Learning ….

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Found this ( and maybe I knew it ..but forgot it … ) in HELP >  EXPLORIS …. there is a pre-stage button to download the next version that is staged ( assuming nothing shows if no update not in … Continue reading →

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Who is killing Desc #2 ??

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

We had assumed that flushing out Description #2 was a normal part of whatever CARQUEST does on a price change or other file update. We had started to put data into desc. #2 that is somewhat useful – see example … Continue reading →

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