Prompt delivery of auto parts to repairers faces many challenges

Bruce Adams, managing editor for Aftermarket Business World, wrote a blog, “Auto repair shops have a need for speed.”

Auto repair shops have many options now when ordering auto parts. They can order from warehouse distributors, auto parts retailers, jobbers or from a growing list of online third-party auto parts providers. Their most reliable providers are those that can get them the right part at the right time at a reasonable price.

Repair shops don’t have the luxury of asking customers to come back tomorrow because they don’t have the parts need for your repair. The automotive aftermarket has done a good job of being able to provide needed parts in a timely fashion for repairs. But they have growing challenges, such as increasing technology in vehicles requiring more parts, a general trend of parts proliferations and challenging training issues for employees and their technician customers.

Click here to read more about those challenges and how aftermarket distributors can address them.

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