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How Cloud Enables and Supports the Lean Warehouse, from IMPO. For many manufacturers and distributors, a seamless supply chain of highly efficient and tightly integrated business processes sharing a single unified source of accurate real-time data se

Assume Nothing: 5 Tests Every Manufacturer Should Run Quarterly, from Industry Week. Spring brings showers, flowers and a fresh round of decluttering at homes and offices all around North America. Others will use the time to perform an annual review

IT Disruption Risk in the Supply Chain, from Supply Chain Management Review. A recent survey conducted by APQC indicates that many organizations have been affected by various types of IT disruptions within the last two years. Although high-impact nat

Online startups offer dealers faster, cheaper ways to wholesale vehicles, from Automotive News. Bob Gault, president of three dealerships in Endicott, N.Y., tried the usual ways to liquidate unwanted trade-ins. Wholesalers tended to show up at the wr

4 Ways to Get Rid of Excess Inventory, from Retail Online Integration. Out-of-date inventory is holding many retailers back. This issue can strike at any time of the year and keeps warehouses full of the wrong products. Inventory costs can account fo

Oil Prices Jump on Inventory Data, Demand Outlook, from The Wall Street Journal. Prices rise to highest of the year on signs production may be peaking and global demand is rising U.S. oil prices surged to their highest point of the year on signs that

Volkswagen Credit and Audi Financial Services to Support Automotive Financing Options in Puerto Rico in Agreement With Reliable Auto, from MarketWatch. SAN JUAN, PR, Apr 16, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Volkswagen Credit and Audi Financial S

Tips to help manage the spring service rush, from Automotive News. NEW YORK — Mercedes-Benz Financial Services’ U.S. insurance unit is gearing up to train more dealership F&I managers to sell its First Class-branded F&I products, says

Dealership gross profits see bigger impact from F&I, from Automotive News. The average dealership gained more from F&I last year, even though retailers’ overall sales penetration for products such as extended service contracts and GAP dropp