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PRODUCTS
New Torque Clamp
Clutch website
Inventory management that delivers
Horizon Inventory can you help tackle the effective management of the range and depth of parts you stock,
one of the biggest problems in the auto aftermarket.
Alloy Race Components launched a new
website on June 1 for its Torque Clamp
Clutch range.
The new interactive website at
www.torqueclamp.com features
instruction videos as well as customer
cars racing from Australia and overseas.
Customers can access the new
website on their smart phones for step by
step instructions while they fit the
products.
The website also shows interviews
with Torque Clamp Clutch users showing
their pride and joys with interesting
technical specs.
For more information phone
03 9588 2994
The software can help you stretch your
inventory investment further.
You set the service level objectives and the
returns you wish to achieve across your range and
the software does all the detailed optimisation,
which makes life easier and a lot more profitable.
With better inventory decisions you and your
customers can enjoy faster response to parts
requests, less inconvenience and higher
productivity.
As it optimises the range and depth of parts
carried, the software makes millions of small
decisions which together can add to large results.
A lot is done for you automatically.
This is guided by rules and policies that you
can set and adjust as business conditions
change. The software will also alert you to items
that really require your attention and your time.
This can significantly reduce your risk of
ending up with excess inventory.
If you do end up with excess anywhere in your
network, detailed business cases evaluate
whether you should wait a little longer for sales
to flow, or bite the bullet and move the stock
now.
In time, better management of range helps
improve your reputation for service.
Customers will come to you first and they
won’t mind paying a bit more too, because they
know you can deliver with just one phone call.
The Horizon Inventory management software
does this by looking at more than 20 different,
critical factors as to how the inventory ought to
be managed.
If cars have four wheels and two front brakes,
why does existing software ask you to carry three
of each
The Horizon Inventory software rapidly learns
the quantities in which each part is used, enabling
the optimal amount of every part to be carried.
And all this is done without you having to do
virtually anything.
Matching items like bearings and seals means
that all the parts needed for a job can be in stock.
Your branch staff will appreciate that they can
spend more time helping satisfy customers and less
time chasing stock.
This can all be achieved with just one staff
person monitoring some simple recommendations
from the software for an hour or two once a month.
If some of your suppliers offer rebates for
achieving levels of spend over time, the danger of
course is that you will over order at the end of the
year, and create excess for the future. Instead tell
the software how much extra you need to order to
get to your rebate levels (or to fill a container) and
the software will recommend an optimal mix of
extra parts, without creating future headaches.
Other capabilities include optimised container
ordering and supplier lead time management - just
some of the many things that set Horizon
Inventory’s solutions apart.
And it can be all so easy.
The micq-if software can be bolted on, just like
a business supercharger.
See how to stretch your parts range further at
www.horizoninventory.com.au or contact the
office on 02 8507 0190 or John Allen on
0412 971 825.
Xtreme Clutch drives fastest R35GTR on earth
In late March, a new R35 GTR terminal world speed record was set at the RAF Military Base at
Marham, Norfolk in the United Kingdom.
The car, dubbed The Hulk, managed a record run of 218.03 mph in wet conditions,
showing potential to performing 220+ mph in dry conditions.
The Severn Valley Motorsports car features a newly developed clutch friction product
from Xtreme Clutch, world leaders in wet clutch friction technology.
View the youtube video by searching for “SVM the hulk”.
For more information phone Xtreme Clutch 1800 CLUTCH (1800 258 824)
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