How to open auto parts

An auto parts store can exist both autonomously and as a structural unit of a large auto service. In both cases, the principle of its operation will be approximately the same. The most important thing here is the correct and well-organized organization of the warehouse, in which auto parts, presented in the assortment of the store, will be stored.

You will need

• - room

• - storage equipment

• - a computer with specialized software for accounting goods

• - sales assistant (manager) and warehouse manager

• - business relations with several suppliers

• - a package of permits and constituent documents

Instruction manual

1

Find the room where the auto parts warehouse will be located and a small area will be separated for the trading floor and for working with clients. It will not be necessary to put a lot of goods on display - after all, they will turn to you for specific details for the mechanisms of cars of specific brands. It is much more important to quickly find the required units among many others: this is why the warehouse at the point of retail sale of auto parts should work like a clock.

2

Equip the warehouse and organize an address storage system on it. At the same time, be sure to compile the product database and carefully maintain it using specialized software. Auto parts for cars - the goods whose storage requires a complete order.

3

Hire a minimum of two employees to service your auto parts store — a sales assistant and warehouse manager. If the store is part of a car service or car dealership, then a separate accountant is not required for it. At the point of sale, which works autonomously, bookkeeping should be entrusted to a specialist from the very beginning.

4

Find such auto parts suppliers that you can work with with confidence. The company from which you order parts must ship the goods on time and make as few “failures” as possible for the units presented in its catalog that you have chosen. The more reliable and trusted suppliers there are among your partners, the better.

Useful advice

To promote the store, create a site that will host a catalog of spare parts available in your warehouse.

When choosing an assortment, make the emphasis better on original spare parts of manufacturers, try to avoid working with analogues, if possible.

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