inventory at the dealerships for the last one year but in the post covid world we are asking that considering the costs and overhead coming in due to the pile up of inventory the oems should come forward to support the dealers and make a reasonable arrangement for example the dealers can keep 10 days stock and the oems keep another 10 day stock at regional outlets to support us so it can be a mixture of both just in time and just in case strategies he said in the meantime he pointed out that with the just in time model the investment in inventory can be controlled which in turn will reduce the interest cost and the turnover ratio will improve this will also maintain a better balance sheet he added that the aging of inventory will also come down with this covid19 is something that comes once in a hundred years so planning strategies and business models just based on that will not be able to retain your margin he said also read etauto originals auto industry divided over justintime concept of vehicle retailing by garima bora et online published on jun 21 2020 at 1229 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app just in time inventory toyota fada auto dealers harley davidson homenewsindustrycovid19 has upended a key management principleor has it