Triscan has a better coverage than the specialists

Most readers will probably understand the wording of the headline as quite a postulate, and at Triscan we are also quite surprised by the results of an analysis based on TecDoc data. It shows that Triscan has a better coverage than the suppliers having specialised in Japanese and Asian cars.

The analysis
In the analysis the linking of several product lines of Triscan’s to the Danish, German, French and Polish car parcs is compared to spare part distributors promoting themselves as being specialists in Asian cars.

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How does Triscan achieve this?
A question that many readers may ask themselves having read this article could be ”How does Triscan manage to do so?” Part of the secret is found in the Product Management in Triscan. In 2010 Triscan decided to implement a new Product Data Management (PDM) system. The PDM system contains up-to-date and detailed data of the whole European car parc. “More than 40 PDM employees make sure that the system is updated with OE data on new models and changes in the existing car parc. Thus we have a good basis for updating and refining our different product lines”, Product Coordinator Asger Thybo Geertsen says, and he continues “The development of new cars often is platform-based and therefore several car makes use the same technology. Consequently it is not unusual that new cars make use of a well- known technology, and thus we often see that spare parts that are already implemented in our programme are also used on new models”.

When “gaps” in a product line are identified, Triscan’s many years of experience in having spare parts manufactured makes a significant difference. “In cases where we make use of subsuppliers, we often choose to have the production tools manufactured ourselves”, says Asger Thybo Geertsen, and he continues “But sometimes, we also choose to buy the OES parts to ensure the wide coverage”.