Thursday, April 26, 2012

Update - STENS

reminder - you can get a priced or un-priced cat in Stens ....










reminder - Stens has LOTS of golf cart parts --- example brake pads .... as pictured here ....  start at page 770 in 2012 cat.  This particular part ( XAS - 710-285-006 ) is NOT stocked in Barrie ...so you need to order from Stens Canada in Brantford ... details in Plaxo

also --we will need to update our STENS data ...as 710-285-006 is not in our 2011 data file

An Amazing Thing!

In an amazingly selfless act, Jake's wife Chrissy donated a portion of her liver to a 9 month old baby girl.  A local family put a petition on facebook looking for donors for their baby and Chrissy saw the petition and met all the initial requirements.  After being tested she was a match for the baby.  Within a month Chrissy was having surgery to donate a portion of her liver, she is back at home and doing fine.  The doctors would know within 15 hours whether or not the baby would reject the liver and she did not reject it, she is currently doing well in Toronto where she will be staying for the next 4-6 weeks.
In recognition of this wonderful thing, the company will covering the 2 1/2 half days that Jake took off to drive his wife to Toronto and be there for her surgery as a goodwill corporate donation.

Friday, April 20, 2012

I added Brake and Steering Rebuilders  (BSR)  to plaxo as well as Hydraulic Rebuilders. Read the notes as to what they can do

Greg

Thursday, April 19, 2012

new suppliers added to E-Cat listing

See your google doc for supplier e-cats and the youtube links for training .... added Sierra and Mallory Marine .... both have youtube training video's ( Mallory is part of Mr. Gasket group .... so Hot Rod as well as Marine )



Any times you can IMPROVE our list of suppliers and their BEST web page and training video's -- if you do NOT have EDIT privileges -- you could ask to get this --or ask your store manager to use your suggestions --and all stores can share in the benefit.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Payroll


Mark your calendars, I will be doing payroll on Thursday, April 26th. Please make sure that timesheets and vacation/sick days are sent in for first thing in the morning. Payroll will be deposited on Monday, April 30th.
Thanks, Rhonda

Monday, April 16, 2012

Linked Alternates .... not pretty but - what we have

In the first demo's of EXPLORIS many many years ago there was a smart window that opened up and you could easily see the number of items linked to a master part ...in fact as a test ( when I was on the Jobber Committee ) I linked a handful of 1/8 drill bits ... never new we had so many types ....

Anyways -that was then and this is NOW --and what we have is NOT PRETTY but it is all we have ... the tell tale is the up and down arrows as circled ... try it for BAT 551MF

In the master part in F-8 screen ( see #2 image ) you can edit and see what parts are listed ... until you click EDIT and then the ALT/SUP SETUP you won;t see how many you have








 .... see image #3

Does this make it any easier to understand ????

LFT - some parts available

Notice a new sub line ( PN Code #3 ) in LFT .... the Lift Struts ... a few basic hardware parts .... you also have additional end parts from lines like CC Marine ( hat tip for that to Ryan )

Thursday, April 12, 2012

FMSI updates

Bill Mercer ( our rep ) from FMSI is off on a medical leave - we are awaiting who might be able to cover for our yearly visit ... stay tuned

Saw this article --click here - on AC line splices -and handy uses ....



Tuesday, April 10, 2012

new sku's in MWC

for a long time it looked like Torq ( SCA Hygene ) was a dead line in CARQUEST .... looks like some breathe of life coming back

Example - dispenser #654028A .... and a no nonsense approach that the cost of the dispenser is based on as NO PROFIT to the customer ....

Polish Cloth # 197278  ( only levels set at Petes & A Barn

Blue Grease Cloth # 440278 A ( levels set at all stores --we have requested movement codes be INCREASED so the DC will stock more -- at this point any of our stores has an order point HIGHER than the DC warehouse

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Road Show


What can happen when you attend a road show? For those of you who made the time to attend the last road show on March 27th you will see a bonus payment in the amount of $75.00 paid with your mid month. For those of you who chose not to attend you received a payment of $1.00.
Anyone who drove to the meeting will receive an extra bonus at the staff meeting on Monday but you must attend the staff meeting in order to receive it.
Rhonda

Mid Months

Mid Months will be deposited on Friday, April 13th.
Rhonda

Monday, April 02, 2012

Missing Images or Safety Sheet data

we have added Bogdan Danescu to Plaxo as the contact in CARQUEST for missing images and Safety sheets ...  he handles just the Cdn side -- but assuming that most of what we are missing are the Cdn lines ( like CQO and ANT )

Search Plaxo for IMAGES and you will find his contact name and e-mail address

PS --Note - his e-mail address is NOT his first name ... has been corrected ( for the 3rd time ) --see PLaxo