This company disassembles cars, knows which parts are likely to sell, cleans, photographs, and boxes them.
I'm fascinated by the efficiency and data-driven nature of this business. They have an entire front-office staff that crunch numbers by tracking autoparts searches for specific car models on eBay, to keep their business efficient.
11:00 each stage of disassembly is timed, and a flashing red light means a stage is overtime signaling others to come help speed up the process.
19:18 they sell 5000 parts a week, and 20:00 keep about 71000 parts on hand, and . "We need to ensure that outgoing sales are matched by incoming inventory, so we don't become a parts museum."
They cherry-pick only the parts that will sell; the rest are sent for raw material recycling.
20:30 They process 300,000 vehicles a year for 3M parts. They are expanding to 5 more centers.
20:14 this is one of the largest investments in this industry in the world.
27:11 [because front-end crashes are so common] they store entire front ends and their attaching bolts and clips in a large crate; if unsold after 6 months they disassemble it into individual parts and re-warehouse it.
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