It’s an acronym the dealers use for a car that’s in the shop waiting on a part. If I need a part “VOR’ed”, it means the part has to be brought in from the depot overnight.
The dealers get dinged for VOR parts so they manage their inventory carefully. They get an “allowance” of sorts every month for the additional costs related to these parts that they’re not stocking, so if they exceed it their profit goes down and MBUSA starts scrutinizing their inventory practices to determine why they’re not inventorying parts. The alternative is a “stock” order, which is a collection of parts that are ordered from the depots and shipped via surface on a regular basis. Stock orders have no penalties like overnight orders do and even qualify for better discounts on the parts themselves as well as shipping costs. My experience has been that items ordered as stock usually take 2-3 business days to arrive at the dealer. So it’s incumbent on the dealers to know and manage their parts usage and inventory practices well to maximize profit. Not only that, if they attempt to shift the burden of holding inventory to MBUSA by keeping minimal amounts on hand and VOR’ing a large number of parts on a regular basis, they’ll not only see reduced profits, they might even be penalized by MBUSA for it. This is one way you can help to endear yourself (if that’s possible) to your local dealer. When you order parts, tell them to put the parts on a stock order (not that they would VOR them without you asking for it anyway) so it saves them money, maximizes their profit, and shows you to be a considerate customer. That way when you really, really need something, they’re more likely to VOR it for you without a fuss. Dan > On Dec 6, 2016, at 12:00 AM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 23:40:15 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Vehicle Off Road. > > Oh! Now why didn't I think of that. > > Actually it should be AWOP: Awaiting Parts > > > Craig > > >>> On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:29 PM, Craig via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 23:13:04 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I called it a night, cleaned the garage up and put the cars away for >>>> the night. Working from home tomorrow so it’s not an issue having >>>> the SL500 VOR until I can snag another quart of ATF from FLAPS later >>>> in the day. >>> >>> VOR? Visual Omni Range? >>> >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > > > Craig > > ---------------------------------- > Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 285 kmi (Still need to fix leaking > oil pressure gauge and do > something about the failed > hood paint and attend to the > headlight switch -- and now I > need to do something about the > broken left rear trailing arm) > '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, > the Big Red Van) > > Past: '95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP > '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP > '86 190E/2.3 > '72 220/8 > '64 190Dc Emma > '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
