Honda Parts Honda Parts

Justin HamptonDusty Turnmire

Ryan FarmerMac Roberts

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Suppliers Distribution Centers Inventory Management Delivery to Dealerships Lead Time Supply Pipeline Honda’s Inventory Customers

Over 450 Suppliers Over 450 Suppliers Supply Honda with their partsSupply Honda with their parts

Where Are The Suppliers From?Where Are The Suppliers From?

United States Canada Mexico Japan

Suppliers -> Distribution CentersSuppliers -> Distribution Centers

Torrance, CA Portland, OR French Camp, CA Windsor Locks, CT Alpharetta, GA Troy, OH Irving, TX Chino, CA

Distribution Centers

Inventory ManagementInventory Management

Inventory is managed by computer software When a part comes in from Distribution Centers or

leaves the dealership, the computer keeps a record of this by employees entering in the data.

A suggested re-order stock sheet is printed on the eve of the delivery day

The manager sends this data on to the Distribution Center

Delivery of StockDelivery of Stock

Distribution Centers set days to deliver to each Honda dealership

Stock is ordered once a week

Lead TimeLead Time

Stock is ordered by 4pm of the eve of the deliver date.

Stock order is received by distribution center

Stock order is put together and loaded on truck that night

Truck leaves distribution center with 4-5 Honda dealership stock orders

Stock is delivered to dealership same day

ExampleExample

Crest Honda in Nashville orders parts from Alpharetta, GA by Thursday at 4 p.m.

Alpharetta receives and loads stock order on the truck

Truck leaves Alpharetta Friday morning and gets to Nashville, its 2nd to last stop of the day, by 5 p.m.

Honda InventoryHonda Inventory

For a dealership to keep a part in stock a part has to have 2 or more demands within the last 3 months.

Demand – anytime a customer requests a part whether it is stocked or not.

CustomersCustomers

Once stock is checked in and put up it is available for the customers

Customers include: Honda mechanics, walk-in customers, body shops, individual mechanic businesses, and other Honda dealerships

How Do Parts Get to the How Do Parts Get to the Customers?Customers?

Each Honda Dealership has trucks to deliver parts to local businesses

Dealerships have sales counters for walk-in customers

Honda will ship deliveries to any business across the country

FedEx is the main provider for out of town deliveries

Special OrdersSpecial Orders

If a part is ordered that the dealership does not keep in stock it can be overnighted or delivered in 2 days from a distribution center depending on the customer’s needs.

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