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Takata Airbag Recall Effect on Used Pricing
Takata Airbag Recall Effect on Used Pricing, from Auto Remarketing. WOBURN, Mass. - The effects of a recall can do quite a bit more harm to a vehicle’s image than the immediate problems they typically cause – they can also dramatically accelerate their rate of value...
Four Steps to Service Level-Driven Inventory Planning
Four Steps to Service Level-Driven Inventory Planning, from Supply Chain Management Review. With Service Level-Driven Planning, organizations can find their inventory sweet spot. Here are the steps to get it right. How much inventory is enough? How do you arbitrate...
Inside the Swift, Strategic World of Used Car Auctions
Inside the Swift, Strategic World of Used Car Auctions, from Wired. ONCE THE 2011 Impala has been rolled into place, the bidding begins immediately. Standing near the back, by the free earplug dispenser, I make eye contact with the auctioneer, and quickly look away:...
Providing ‘Tech-Tastic’ Customer Service in Self-Storage
Providing 'Tech-Tastic' Customer Service in Self-Storage, from Inside Self-Storage. What does customer service really look like in a tech-tastic world? Walmart Founder Sam Walton said it best: “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the...
Inventory Gone Wild? Keep Everything in Check with These Tips
Inventory Gone Wild? Keep Everything in Check with These Tips, from Independent Retailer. Inventory management has come a long way since the days of clipboards or spreadsheets. Between barcode scanners, RFID tags, and demand forecasting software, retailers can...
B2B Integration and the Supply Chain
B2B Integration and the Supply Chain, from PYMNTS.com. Just how important is it for companies to invest in B2B integration technologies for their supply chain process? Quite important, new research shows. A recent study from OpenText — in collaboration with IDC —...
TrueCar to power new Safeco Insurance auto-buying program
TrueCar to power new Safeco Insurance auto-buying program, from PR Newswire. SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRUE), the negotiation-free car buying and selling mobile marketplace, has partnered with Safeco Insurance to power...
A-MAX Auto Insurance Announces MAXRespect Initiative®
A-MAX Auto Insurance Announces MAXRespect Initiative®, from Yahoo Finance. DALLAS, April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A-MAX Auto Insurance, an industry-leading, low-cost insurance provider for thousands of Texas residents and businesses, announces today their MAXRespect...
Conquering the Curveball
Conquering the Curveball, from F&I Showroom. Practicing and studying the pitcher are the keys to hitting baseball’s most unhittable pitch. F&I trainer says the same applies in the F&I office, which has faced quite a few curveballs of late. Growing up in...
Myth Busting
Myth Busting, from F&I Showroom. The AFIP’s executive director wasn’t surprised to learn that dealers are once again upset at TrueCar, especially since the firm’s marketing still plays on perceptions that are simply not true. I wasn’t surprised to learn that 117...
FICO pilot holds promise for auto financing
FICO pilot holds promise for auto financing, from Automotive News. The results of a pilot program between Fair Isaac Corp. and 12 big credit-card companies could ultimately help dealerships get auto loans approved for so-called thin files -- that is, customers with...
Strategic Risks: The New Frontier of Risk Management
Strategic Risks: The New Frontier of Risk Management, from The Wall Street Journal. Risk management has undergone a refocusing in recent years, in an attempt to make its techniques and processes more adaptable to shifts in business and the economy, and more responsive...
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