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Category Archives: Helpful Hints & Tips
Follow Up on Overstock Returns
Sorry for the lapse in posting …been busy ( and other feeble excuses like that ) … so we added a 4th store and did it have dead stock …it made us look at how we were handling Overstock Returns … Continue reading
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Time to get serious on ‘little things’
Sorry for the long lapse in posting here and on the CQCHANGE blog … so lets look at little things and see why they are IMPORTANT. For many years now the e-cat people ( whom are really hard working and … Continue reading
Standardize Part Type for E-Cat … why is it important ???
Here is a e-mail we just sent ..this is important and we have been fighting for this FOR YEARS now … and not making much headway … but …we know it is super important and will keep up the fight… … Continue reading
It is what you learn after you know it 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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How BIG is too big … in DFIU Importing
WE have a line in Canada called BSL for Cross Canada body panels – CARQUEST Canada has stopped supporting this data — but we still sell body panels and need up-to-date data … so we get the data file from … Continue reading
A plea to stop flushing descriptions ?
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
Experience using DFIU Importing
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
How many Weeds do you have in your lawn??
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
Scanner for Inventory or S/R order check off – not quite ready for prime time
On the most recent software update ( which come few and far between …. imho ) there was a section talking about hand held portable scanners ( the counter scanners have worked we’ll for a long time ) … when … Continue reading
How to trim paper from our systems ?
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
Exploris Computer Stuff ( Exploris is CARQUEST's name for PartsWatch Software ) 