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Achieving Best Practice Performance in Automotive Parts Distribution

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Overview Globalization and structural issues have caused the automotive market to become more competitive than ever, with pressure to deliver increasing levels of service at lower costs. The companies that establish themselves as dominant players in this market will have a streamlined supply chain that can deliver extraordinary customer service levels. Additionally, the flexibility to handle a variety of value added processes as easily as standard processes will be a requirement for success. Today's automotive parts distributors must balance these demands. Best practice distribution logistics have very efficient receiving, with an emphasis on order accuracy to simplify downstream warehouse operations.

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Publisher	RedPrairie	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2006
Format	White Papers
Topics	Supply Chain Management, ROI - TCO

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