Intelligent Inventory Optimization: Never Having to Say Sorry: Karsten Horn Describes How Advanced Stock Management Keeps Luxemburg on the Road (Autosdistribution Losch‪)‬

If a car's air conditioning system fails in the middle of summer, it is not only the driver who will break into a sweat if the repair isn't carried out punctually; if the delay is caused by the part being out of stock, the dealer will begin to worry about dissatisfied customers. If this occurs frequently, the image of the automotive brand as a whole will suffer. As an independent importer for the Volkswagen Group in Luxembourg for over 60 years, Autosdistribution Losch (Losch) supplies 22 dealerships in Luxembourg with original parts and accessories for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda. Its product range of 900,000 parts and accessories is sourced predominantly from Volkswagen's European central warehouse in Kassel each night and the Skoda and Seat parts are imported from the Czech Republic and Spain respectively. The 25,000 standard parts that Losch deals in equates to 90% of the company's annual turnover: [euro] 20 million.