The Pulse of the Aftermarket A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle TechnologiesWritten by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics National Pulse Despite the Memorial Day holiday and protests erupting nationwide, National RO was down only -10% beating our forecast (-11%) by a nose. New Covid-19 cases stayed below 150k for the second…
Continue ReadingThe Pulse of the Aftermarket A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle TechnologiesWritten by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics National Pulse Repair Order (RO) activity in the US continues to recover, albeit at a slower pace since early May. The forecast for national RO in our last issue was -12%, which was…
Continue ReadingThe Pulse of the Aftermarket A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle TechnologiesWritten by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics National Pulse On a national level, Repair Order (RO) activity continues to recover (see Figure 1). The forecast for national RO in our last issue was -15%, proving to be accurate. We don’t…
Continue ReadingThe Pulse of the Aftermarket A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle TechnologiesWritten by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics Introduction Two weeks ago we released the inaugural issue of the Aftermarket Pulse, a new collaboration between Full Throttle Technologies, a provider of automotive Repair Order (RO) data and Aftermarket Analytics, a provider…
Continue ReadingThe Pulse of the Aftermarket A White Paper Series by Aftermarket Analytics and Full Throttle TechnologiesWritten by – Justin Holman PhD, CEO of Aftermarket Analytics Introduction The purpose of this white paper is to communicate (1) a new partnership and (2) a new set of data analysis capabilities available to suppliers, distributors and retailers in the automotive aftermarket….
Continue ReadingThe map above shows temperature anomalies across the Conterminous US for calendar year 2019 through November. These anomalies relate specifically to daily Low temperatures. Where you see red, daily low temperatures were warmer than 20th Century averages (darker reds indicate much warmer daily low temps). Generally speaking, 2019 has been a much warmer than average…
Continue ReadingAt Aftermarket Analytics we’ve built dozens of replacement rate models for companies in the Automotive Aftermarket. In nearly every instance we find automotive part category replacement rates are influenced heavily by geography. Typically we find vehicles driven in colder climates, like in the Upper Midwest or in New England, have higher replacement rates. The opposite is also true for…
Continue ReadingThis line chart (from the St. Louis Fed website) is one I’ve looked at many times. It tells an interesting story. It shows monthly new car sales volume in the US going all the back to Jan 1976. Along the horizontal x-axis we have the monthly time series beginning Jan 1976 on the left moving through time…
Continue ReadingAnnouncing IA2 I’m very pleased to announce the release of Inventory Analyst 2.0 (IA2). This new version has the same easy-to-use interface along with all the great features and functionality in the previous version plus a plethora of new features making IA2 the most robust inventory solution in the Aftermarket. New features in IA2: Generate…
Continue ReadingBy: Pete Kornafel General Motors announced a significant headcount reduction and closing of several plants on 11/26/18. There are three major factors that led to this. One is a flat market for new vehicle sales in 2018. Rising interest rates have largely killed the zero-rate financing deals, and have increased payment sizes and lease rates…
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