Advance Auto Parts 2001 Annual Report Download - page 9

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We offer one of the largest product
selections of brand name and private label
automotive parts, accessories and main-
tenance items in the automotive after-
market industry. But, what gives us the
true competitive advantage is that those
105,000 hard-to-find items are delivered to
our stores seven days a week on a same or
next day basis. Customers can come in on
Friday and have a hard-to-find product in
their hands, ready to install on Saturday.
Our supply chain consists of talented
professionals in three responsive and
fully integrated teams: merchandising,
replenishment, and logistics.
Merchandising Team Product quality
drives our merchandising decisions. Our
merchandising team is
committed to buying our
products from proven
quality suppliers.
We
travel around the globe
to be assured that our
suppliers’ manufacturing procedures
measure up to our standards. We offer both
the name brands that consumers know and
trust as well as a selection of high quality
private label products that can be offered to
our customers at a substantial value. By
implementing a best-in-class process, we
assure that our product selection is
designed to meet our customers’ needs and
is priced at a substantial value. Our merch-
andising team continues to develop and roll
out exciting initiatives including category
management and custom mix.
Replenishment Team We’ve signi-
ficantly enhanced customer satisfaction
by making sure seasonal and promotional
items are in plentiful supply when
customers enter the store. Because of our
state-of-the-art systems, we can easily
and effectively manage the inventory in
more than 2,400 locations and 125,000
SKUs. In 2002, we will begin rolling-out
customized product selection to each of
our stores further leveraging our
inventory assets.
Logistics Teams With the addition of
Discount Auto Parts, we now have eight
distribution centers, nine PDQ®(Parts
Delivered Quickly) warehouses, and one
Master PDQ®facility. These centers will
support both current and projected
growth for the next several years. We
stock products in each of the centers
based on historical sales volume for
existing items, and vehicle registration
data for new items.
Our transportation team ensures that we
utilize our fleet of trucks efficiently for
both inbound and outbound deliveries to
achieve industry best practices.
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Supply Chain
Getting our customers the products they want when
they want them is the mission of our supply chain.
Each of our stores offers our customers up to
21,000 items on the shelves – with an additional
105,000 available the same or next day through our
PDQ®network.
Robert Bannister, Receiving Clerk Robert receives shipments from our vendors, making sure those needed immediately get into inventory. Robert says that it’s the
people who make working at Advance Auto Parts special. “I wouldn’t stay somewhere if I wasn’t happy," he said. "That’s the kind of person I am.”
Roanoke, VA
Gadsden, AL
Thomson, GA
Andersonville, TN
Delaware, OH
Gallman, MS
Lakeland, FL
Gastonia, NC
Smithfield, NC
Riverside, MO
Salina, KS
Temple, TX
Youngwood, PA
Jeffersonville, OH
Goodelettesville, TN
Salem, VA
Main Distribution Centers
PDQ Warehouses
Master PDQ
Guilderland
Center, NY
In summary, our supply chain is being driven by best-in-class
technology and dedicated team members. All this preparation is
done so that our people can say to any customer who enters the
store “Sure, we’ve got that.”
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