Optimize Your Dealership’s Largest Cash Investment: Automotive Parts and Accessories Inventory
When it comes to managing your dealership, your parts and accessories inventory is one of your largest cash investments. Effectively managing and auditing this inventory is critical to ensuring profitability, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Our inventory management process at Dealer Solutions is powered by people who care about the details. We utilize our expertise and commitment to excellence to deliver reliable and accurate results, avoiding the pitfalls of over-automation. No matter the size of your dealership, we’re here to help you protect and optimize your inventory investment.
Why Choose Dealer Solutions For Your Inventory Management?
Certified Results and Professional Reporting
Our audit results meet CPA standards for accuracy and reliability. With clear, professional reports, you gain actionable insights into your inventory’s financial impact.
Comprehensive Reconciliation Services
We ensure your inventory data aligns seamlessly with your general ledger, making financial reconciliation faster and more efficient while reducing discrepancies.
People-Driven Accuracy and Expertise
Unlike services that rely on machines or AI, our inventory experts are career professionals with years of experience in dealership operations. Each inventory undergoes a rigorous review to ensure unmatched accuracy.
Profit Enhancement Recommendations
Our team identifies opportunities to reduce obsolescent inventory, improve turnover, and enhance profitability, all tailored to your dealership’s needs.
Flexible Scheduling and Tailored Services
We adapt to your dealership’s schedule and goals, ensuring minimal disruption to operations and customized solutions that fit your unique requirements.
Aged Inventory Reduction Program
Frozen capital and slow-moving inventory can hinder your financial performance. We analyze product aging and provide actionable recommendations to help you reduce obsolescence and free up valuable resources.
Step-By-Step: Our Full-Service Inventory Process
Pre-Inventory Planning
Approximately 30 days before the inventory, we conduct a detailed pre-inventory call. We review our planning guide, outline mutual commitments, and ensure all stakeholders are aligned for a smooth process.
Day-of Inventory Audit
On inventory day, we perform a thorough count, including an in-depth audit process. We work variances down to extended values of $25.00, ensuring precise results.
Reconciliation
Our final report reconciles to your general ledger, assisting Controllers with accurate and efficient reconciliation.
Results Review
Following the inventory, our Inventory Manager leads a review call with your Parts Manager, Controller, Fixed Operations Director, and General Manager. Together, we discuss the findings and identify opportunities for improvement.
Customizable Solutions For Every Dealership
Our standard inventory process ensures consistency across all parts departments, regardless of size. Additionally, we offer customizable add-on services such as cycle counts, aged inventory reports, and consulting to address your dealership’s unique challenges and goals.
Results You Can Measure
Dealer Solutions delivers more than accurate counts—we help dealerships achieve meaningful, measurable improvements:
- Discrepancy Reduction: Our reconciliation process highlights gaps between Parts and Accounting, allowing you to identify and resolve process issues.
- Obsolescence Insights: We provide a breakdown of product aging to support decisions on reducing outdated inventory.
- Process Validation: Our part number variance analysis ensures your department is managing inventory correctly, often through implementing a cycle count program.
- Frozen Capital Analysis: We identify products that haven’t sold in six months or more, helping you reclaim valuable resources.
Our Expertise: Built By Dealership Professionals
At DSI, we pride ourselves on the experience and expertise of our team:
- Industry Veterans: Most of our Inventory Managers have worked as Fixed Operations Directors, Parts Managers, or Parts Specialists, giving them hands-on dealership experience.
- Dedicated Professionals: Each Inventory Manager leads over 110 inventories annually and works full-time to deliver reliable results—not part-time or seasonal support.
- Training Excellence: Our team undergoes rigorous training to ensure they deliver consistent, high-quality audits and insights.
Comprehensive Dealership Inventory Solutions
We offer a wide range of services to meet your inventory management needs:
- Annual Parts Inventories: Comprehensive audits to ensure accuracy and financial alignment.
- Buy/Sell Parts Inventories: Independent audits during dealership transitions, protecting buyers and sellers.
- Parts Department Analysis: In-depth reviews to identify performance improvement opportunities.
- Profit Recommendations: Strategic insights to help you maximize profits and reduce waste.
- Cycle Count Program: Ongoing inventory checks to maintain accuracy throughout the year.
- Audit of Tools & Equipment: Thorough evaluations to ensure proper tracking and valuation.
Partner with Dealer Solutions
Take control of your dealership’s parts and accessories inventory with Dealer Solutions. Our team is here to provide tailored solutions that help you achieve greater accuracy, efficiency, and profitability.
