Google Analytics is a web analytics tool from the Google company launched on November 14th, 2005. It offers grouped information on the traffic that reaches websites according to the audience, the acquisition, the behavior and the conversions that take place in the website [source: wikipedia]. Google Analytics allows us to analyze the searches we have…
Vehicle manufacturers launch more and more new models, sometimes completely new models and other times current models with mechanical changes. At Factory Data we asked ourselves: How did the significant increase in new models on the market affect demand? Well, in order to prepare the study on the evolution of demand in recent years, we…
Stock and product range optimization are very different processes but they are totally related and interdependent. Stock optimization or inventory optimization basically consists of adjusting the stock as much as possible without negatively affecting service levels and therefore achieving the ideal size. Product range optimization seeks to find an optimal set of products that the…
There is no doubt that Tecelliance technology is the most widely used and implemented in the automotive aftermarket. This is so because, as we all know, the main parts manufacturers are the shareholders of TecAlliance and they promote the use of their technology throughout the supply chain. But being almost a monopoly in the industry…
Have you ever wondered how Big Data analysis can improve the profitability of your business? Surely yes. Well, in this article we are going to explain to you how auto parts distributors and wholesalers benefit from Big Data analysis. Big Data analysis is the term used to describe the process of examining large data sets…
Every year, market demand level of each automotive part that are marketed, varies depending on the needs of the market. For this reason, it is very important to pay attention to identify as soon as possible, both the parts that are becoming obsolete, and those where demand begins to be important and therefore we must…
MSMC is a modern, competitive company which distributes spare parts in the light vehicle and industrial vehicle sector across Spain, Portugal and South America. They are convinced that to be competitive in today’s market, they have to concentrate on their true added value to survive and, above all, grow. Massimo Gentile, the managing director of…
Managing parts for the Industrial, Agricultural or Marine application segments (among others) represents an added level of complexity. In a previous article, we advanced a few key points about these application segments: Article For one thing, there’s no vehicle park definition which structures all applications in existence and for another, the information available on the…
A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is any technology or innovation which leads to the appearance of products and services which preferably use a disruptive strategy over a conventional or dominant strategy, seeking to improve a company’s performance or productivity. At a time when digital business is being transformed, companies must remain more alert than…
A demand signal repository (DSR) is a centralized database that stores, harmonizes and normalizes data attributes and organizes large volumes of demand data. At the enterprise level, these repositories can become the foundation for a comprehensive information architecture strategy, driving an array of demand and supply-related predictive analytic applications and processes. (source: Gartner) Until…
