Automate Supply Chain To Enhance Efficiency
In a move to enhance the efficiency of its supply chain, General Motors Corp. would soon be automating its processes. This is aimed at improving the distribution process of auto parts to dealers. This would be achieved by introducing the Retail Inventory Management, or RIM, system.
The company plans to have this changeover in place soon and by the end of the next year, approximately 8,000 of the company’s dealers in U.S. and Canada would be using the system.
With this system in place, the dealers would be in a better position to place orders for the parts required. This would enhance the overall efficiency of the supply chain and would also cut costs.
Computer World reports:
Earlier this year, a pilot program involving 350 dealers and a regional distribution center in Jacksonville, Fla., showed the benefits of the Retail Inventory Management technology. The Retail Inventory Management system relies on intelligence gleaned from nationwide parts-sales data to recommend restocking policies at dealerships.
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