Inventory

It’s easy to become overwhelmed when running a parts department in the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry if you don’t have the right tools.   This Industry is unique in that there are literally millions of part numbers you could potentially sell to the next customer who walks in the door.  How do you know what items to stock?  Your customers will not come back if you are always out of stock on common or popular items like oil filters, spark plugs and gaskets.  On the other hand, because there are millions of parts you could potentially stock, you need to order only the parts that are profitable and move quickly in YOUR trade area. 

Commander identifies your fastest moving and most profitable parts and then makes it easy to order these parts.  Our suggested stock order feature allows you to set up minimum stocking levels by part number so that you never run out.  Or, you can use the 1-1 buyback feature to order back only what you sell.  We’ve even incorporated seasonal ordering methods so that you can order based on quantity sold in a date range of your choice.  For example, “I want to order 125% of the quantity of sold items for Briggs & Stratton last summer.”

You also need access to pricing information on OEM and aftermarket parts.  Many dealers start with a generic accounting system like QuickBooks that has inventory capabilities but was not designed with OPE Dealers in mind.  They find out later that these generic inventory systems are not intended to handle millions of part numbers and the pricing corrections that parts in the OPE Industry go through during the year.  Briggs & Stratton alone has 20,000 part numbers.  That’s a lot of prices to change, but with MIC Systems behind you, you’ll have the Parts Price Updates you need to operate your business. It’s up to you to make sure you are selling your parts at the right prices or you will lose money. 

Commander gives you this and a lot more.  It’s like adding a couple more employees to your Parts Department who  all agree to work for the cost of a cup of Starbucks per day. Check out some of the other Parts Inventory features we have in our Commander Software:

• Entire Price Books are stored on your hard disk.  You can actually store every part you could potentially sell – right on your computer!  This really a time-saver if you do any significant special ordering.  Pricing is available for over 400 vendors.
• Parts Price Updates automatically correct your Price Books, keeping your prices current and increasing your profits!
• Bin Locations are stored and displayed for every stocked item.  You won’t have to make your customers wait while you hunt for their parts in the back room.
• Locate parts by part number, description, or customizable categories.
• Every business is unique, so we allow you create your own custom fields and attach them to the part. 
• Quickly generate a current inventory cost total by vendor or category.
• Create your own unique part numbers and parts categories.  Even print your own barcode labels with your company name, part number description and price!
• Link a picture or an image directly to a part or customer record.
• Store sales history for an unlimited number of years.
• Generate profitability reports and variable reports.
• Set up custom pricing levels for customers.  For example, wholesale customers might get Cost + 10% on Kohler parts.  No problem.
• Set up a parts cross-reference and access it directly from a parts invoice or repair order where you need it the most.
• Use Min/Max ordering levels or 1-1 buyback and even seasonal ordering to replenish inventory.
• Display information on superceded part numbers
• Associate several alternate part numbers to any part record.  This permits selling parts by just scanning the pre-printed UPC code appearing on many products.  No labeling required on your part!