Any auto parts wholesaler or distributor must search every day for hundreds, if not thousands, of part numbers requested by customers. Regardless of whether they have a small or large stock, they must ensure whether the requested part is available in the warehouse or not. Having a database with cross-references, or consulting catalogues from different…
The Automechanika Frankfurt trade fair is just around the corner, and almost all of us have it marked as one of our must-see visits. Every trade fair is a great opportunity to establish or strengthen business relationships, but since our time is limited, we must make the most of it. Whether you are a…
All manufacturers and distributors who have their own brand need to create equivalences between their products and part numbers of their competitors, suppliers or major brands. For this reason, they usually create and maintain huge matrices of equivalences of this type in spreadsheets: If we take into account that there are brands with extensive…
In the previous blog we looked at the main areas where data can help aftermarket companies identify weaknesses and opportunities and, ultimately, allow them to generate greater performance. We also saw different Business Intelligence & Analytics solutions that exist on the market, some of them generic and others specific for auto parts companies. In this…
Nowadays, most companies are already aware of the importance of using data analysis for decision making, but they really find it difficult to incorporate these analyzes into their own systems and use them in their daily work. Big Data technology allows us to constantly capture and process a large volume of data, but we must…
This year we celebrate our 25th anniversary, during all these years we have worked on numerous projects and have developed different products, but without a doubt, what marked the future of Factory Data was the challenge that we began in 2012. This challenge, which could be considered by everyone as almost an impossible dream, consisted…
In the aftermarket, we can find multiple types of databases which help us to organize and link the different data that exist. But before analysing them, we’re going to explain, with the help of a chart, how the data is generated in the automotive sector. As you can see, when a new vehicle is manufactured,…
