{"id":5970,"date":"2024-07-11T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/?p=5970&amp;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:39:14","slug":"auto-parts-seasonality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/en\/auto-parts-seasonality\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto parts seasonality"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>There are different types of <strong>vehicle spare parts<\/strong> that, depending on the period of year, <strong>present great differences in their demand levels<\/strong>. This demand behavior is known as: <strong>seasonality<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>In this article we will <strong>analyze the demand behavior for certain types of parts and in different countries<\/strong>, to analyze and observe their possible seasonality:<\/h4>\n<h4>1) <strong>A\/C compressors in Spain<\/strong>: as we can see, we find a <strong>great seasonality<\/strong>, associated with the <strong>hottest months<\/strong>, between the <strong>beginning of May and the end of September<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-1.png\" alt=\"Seaonality-1\" width=\"399\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>2) <strong>A\/C Compressors in the UK<\/strong>: In the UK, <strong>demand levels<\/strong> for A\/C compressors <strong>remain fairly stable throughout the year, except for the months of March-April when demand is noticeably lower<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-2.png\" alt=\"Seaonality-2\" width=\"401\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>3) <strong>Starter motors for passenger cars in Europe<\/strong>: we do <strong>not detect<\/strong> any type of <strong>seasonality<\/strong> in the demand for starter motors for passenger cars at European level.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-3.png\" alt=\"Seaonality-3\" width=\"403\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>4) <strong>Starter motors for marine applications in Europe<\/strong>: we detected a <strong>significant seasonality<\/strong> associated with the <strong>summer holiday periods (May-October)<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-4.png\" alt=\"Seaonality-4\" width=\"401\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>5)<strong> Steering gear for passenger cars in Spain<\/strong>: there is <strong>no seasonality<\/strong> in the demand for this type of spare parts.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seaonality-5.png\" alt=\"Seaonality-5\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>As we have seen, there are different types of products that, either <strong>due to the weather or holiday periods<\/strong>, show very<strong> different levels of demand throughout the year<\/strong>. If we also combine this seasonality with the <strong>age of the vehicles\u00a0<\/strong>and their demand curve (we already analysed this some time ago in an article such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/en\/2017\/12\/05\/future-demand-very-unpredictable-variable\/?lang=en\">Future demand<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factorydata.com\/en\/2020\/10\/21\/interesting-products-analyze-every-month\/?lang=en\">Interesting products<\/a>), we are faced with a<strong> truly complex scenario in order to accurately determine product needs<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>For this reason, it is very important that <strong>stock managers<\/strong> pay close <strong>attention to the delivery times of the entire supply chain, taking into account the possible variations in demand that exist throughout the year<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Factory Data has the<strong> NEO system tool that accurately analyses the demand in the vehicle spare parts market<\/strong> and helps not only to <strong>optimise the product assortment<\/strong>, but also to <strong>detect the volume and trend of demand<\/strong>, in order to quickly adapt to customer needs.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Joan Cab\u00f3s<br \/>\nCEO &amp; founder<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are different types of vehicle spare parts that, depending on the period of year, present great differences in their [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[28,40,42,146],"class_list":["post-5970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neo-en","tag-assortment-planning","tag-future-demand","tag-market-demand","tag-neo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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