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Originally Posted by Buff
Does it say it has one on hand? You probably don't have it. Does it say 2 or 3? You're still not very likely to find it. 5? No guarantees. A dozen? Yeah, probably in stock. Over 150? That's gotta be a mistake.
Inventory control was terrible.
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Originally Posted by Brendone
Unless it was something big like a boxed lawn mower, less than 10 might as well have been zero. So many trips up to the warehouse to find the bay for that item empty. Was like half the storage racks were portals to Narnia.
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Oh it was atrocious and Parts was the worst!
Because if the Mechanics ran out of something they'd just raid it from Parts without telling anyone.
Thats not why Inventory control was terrible, it was atrocious anyways, but that didnt help.
"I called and the guy on the phone said you had lots, how come you have none?"
*shrugs shoulders* "Some people suck."
I remember helping one guy and I forget what it was but the computer said we had a bunch in stock but they dont exist. They're gone.
And this guy was desperate so I did a stock lookout and lo and behold there was 1!! In Red Deer.
"I'm desperate! I'll drive to Red Deer and get it!!"
Dude. No.
It says '1.' That means it doesnt exist. They're more likely to have the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant in stock than that brake rotor.
If you're going to drive all the way to Red Deer...call the store and have a physical human actually lay eyes and hands upon it.
Guy comes back in 20 minutes.
"Yeah I called them. They dont have it. Can we order it?"
Maybe. They dont always deliver that either.
"What is with your stock system?"
It is Holistic and Haphazard, the Inventory System is One With the Universe! Last week I ordered a brake caliper...do you know what I got? A brake caliper box with a radiator hose in it.
Why? Nobody knows. And I've stopped trying to figure it out. We just dont question it anymore.
Now....do you want an unspecified radiator hose? We sell Auto Parts here, not chit-chat!