Sunday, 15 October 2006 22:25
Impressions from Automechanica 2006
Automechanica, one of the main exhibitions for automotive aftersales applications such as service and spare parts, is organized bienally by turns with Equip Auto in Frankfurt. Automechanica was organized on 12-17 September 2006 this year including more than 4.600 participants from 72 different countries within the field of parts and system, repairment and maintenance, accessories and modified products, service concepts and car wash within 300.000 m2 including total 20 floors, nine closed and one open exhibition areas. This year, the…
Sunday, 24 September 2006 22:25
Competition and Nash Equilibrium
The main principle of a successful operation of price mechanism within free market circumstances is competition. The actual market price within markets with free competition is determined by supply and demand equilibrium of the product. The main purpose of companies which have commercial activities within the market is to obtain profit and earn money. For this reason, commercial companies aim their products or services to be accepted and approved in order to survive within the market. There are some competitors…
Sunday, 25 June 2006 22:25
Tsunami Effect within Spare-Part Supply Chain
Supply chain is defined as all necessary sequential operations to deliver required products to the end-users. So, spare-part supply chain starts for the end-user, who need the parts and carryies on with authorized dealer, distributor, main manufacturer, part manufacturer and raw-material manufacturer. There are also many small or large sized agents apart from the ones stated above within the chain. Also, spare-part warehouses, and carriers (forwarding agents) and cargo companies, which ensure the movement of goods, are available within the…
Wednesday, 05 April 2006 22:25
Purpose-Oriented Reporting for Aftersales Operations
When I meet my friends who made huge investments in automotive sector and get the dealerships of various brands, the conversations always focus on servicing and spare-parts activities. Profit on vehicle sales falls down on one hand, and sales/marketing expenses rise on the other hand, due to internal and external competition. For his reasons, the ones, who have invested capital on dealership in automotive sector, attemp to operate in almost every branch of the sector and increase their total revenues.…
