Hood insulation retainer - 2-inch diameter head, 21/32-inch long, 50 pieces per pack.ĭ. Door/trim panel retainer - 1/4-inch hole, 3/4-inch long, 100 pieces per pack.Ĭ. Door/trim panel clips - 7/8-inch diameter head (half-moon design), 24/32-inch length, 150 pieces per pack.ī. “Christmas tree” retainers (one-time use only recommended).Ī. Increased trade with other countries also could open new avenues for supply, making those hard-to-get items readily available and stimulating a more precise stocking network.ġ. Such a system could drive down inventory costs, as well as help maintain a profitable time-line for production. How about virtual pools of hardware items located at a supply warehouse out of which shop owners could grab what they needed? Buying in any quantity, such as by the pound or by the dozen, may then be viable. In the distant future, other solutions now thought unfeasible may find new support. Perhaps manufacturers will consolidate some part numbers and cancel a few that can be substituted adequately. The continued explosion in hardware design alone calls for some real changes in the marketplace in the near future and, hopefully, the OEMs will consider body shops when putting those new vehicles together bolt by bolt and fastener by fastener. Like other issues in the collision repair industry, it will take some time to satisfy all the concerns shop owners have with regard to hardware inventory. Operating two locations, Austin says that, on average, he has $4,000 to $5,000 in hardware inventory. “Although we utilize a computer inventory system with a built-in monthly re-order program, we sometimes lack specialty clips and other fasteners,” says Randy Austin, owner and manager of Auto Body USA in Springfield, Mo.
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Losses due to lapses in inventory-management software were reported by several owners. Many shop owners track their inventory of fasteners, clips, nuts and bolts with computers, but the software used to keep tabs on hardware doesn’t always keep up, say some. Not including run-of-the-mill bolt assortments, hardware inventory for a larger shop ran as high as $20,000 - and that was just for fasteners used to attach parts, components, trim, etc., to the vehicle exterior or interior we’re not even talking about paint-system materials or support items, such as sandpaper, used on a daily basis. When I spoke with shop owners in larger, metropolitan areas doing $1 million in sales a year, I found that the amount of money tied up in hardware inventory can be quite substantial. What kind of hardware should a start-up facility have in stock? A basic, universal starter packet is probably adequate, say many shop owners (see box entitled “Starter Kits,” on page 68). A shop typically grossing only $100,000 a year in sales would therefore have 1 percent invested in hardware inventory. Just how much money in inventory are we talking about?Īccording to many shop owners, the dollar amount of in-stock hardware required to open a new facility in a rural area of 12,000 to 18,000 people is about $1,000. “I’ve been stuck with many dollars worth of one or another sitting on the shelf, so I’m very careful about what I ,” he says. Jim Kivett, the shop’s founder, tries to inventory only those items he knows will move quickly. But even a small shop like this one keeps busy and has a substantial amount of commonly used hardware in stock. Kivett’s Body Shop, located in Hollister, Mo., is a typical rural collision repair facility.
Potential bottlenecks that can slow down the repair process.In this 60-minute session, we will explore:
Whatever can be done to shorten the time it takes to repair and return a vehicle is critical to achieving high customer satisfaction rates and maximizing throughput, so your business operates as smoothly as possible. Even though the measurement of cycle time does not officially begin until the necessary parts and repair materials are in technicians’ hands, this critical distinction in your process is irrelevant to the consumer. Cycle time is just one component in the measurement of key-to-key time, which most collision repair shops monitor to maintain a healthy business.
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