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# MODEL YEAR PARTS ROLL-OUT

#### SUBJECT: 1996 MODEL YEAR PARTS ROLL-OUT

OVERVIEW: The 1996 model year is fast approaching and with that comes approximately 125 new initial suggested stocking policies for 1996 parts. The majority of these parts will have a suggested maximum stocking level of one. Saturn estimates that the additional - inventory investment from stocking these parts will be approximately 15% over current inventory investment and storage space requirements will increase by 20%. These percentages will vary depending on the size of a Retailer's inventory.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide preliminary part information and a tentative schedule of when suggested stocking policies will be downloaded for your storage space planning purposes. THIS INFORMATION CONTAINS THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

#### SUGGESTED STOCKING POLICY SCHEDULE:

These 1996 parts will be distributed over a 10 week period and stocking policies will be released daily beginning the week of June 19, 1995. This will allow a smooth distribution flow and even out the workload required to handle this additional volume. The success of this distribution is highly dependent upon your daily review and approval of suggested stocking policies.

#### NOTE: THIS IS A PRELIMINARY STOCKING POLICY SCHEDULE BASED ON SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS. DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

#### 1996 MODEL YEAR PARTS ROLL-OUT

PARTS STOCKING POLICY RELEASE DATES ----- ----------------------------- All Retailer Installed Accessories, Ship Direct, and 6/19 thru 7/02 Critical (Front and Rear obtained from suppliers) Crash - Front and Rear (obtained from suppliers) 7/03 thru 7/16 Maintenance and Crash - Side Panels and Doors 7/17 thru 7/30 (obtained from suppliers) Critical and Crash - Front and Rear (obtained from 7/31 thru 8/06 Saturn Manufacturing) Side Panels and Doors (obtained ftom Satum 8/07 thru 8/13 Manufacturing) All Wagon Models' Parts 8/14 thru 8/27

#### PARTS DISTRIBUTION REPORT:

To help Parts Managers plan for future parts requirements, the following report is provided which details all parts planned to be suggested for initial stocking. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF THESE PARTS FOR YOUR STORAGE SPACE PLANNING PURPOSES.

To assist with this planning, "similar part" information is provided because the weight and prices are not yet available for some new parts. A "similar part" is the part(s) which most closely coffesponds to the new 1996 part. 1996 design changes allow for a reduction of parts therefore, in some instances, one part has multiple "similar parts" listed.

This report has been sorted as follows:

- All parts identified by SSPO as crash parts Body/Crash Indicator) are sorted in descending order by Dealer Net of the similar part.

- All other noncrash parts are sorted in descending order by Dealer Net of the similar part.

#### REPORT HEADER DEFINITIONS:

#### HEADER DEFINITION

Body/Crash Ind indicates that SSPO classifies the part as a crash item.

New 1996 Part Number The new 1996 part which is planned to be suggested for stocking.

Similar Part Number The part(s) from the previous model year(s) which most closely corresponds to the new 1996 part.

Dist. Pk. Qty. of Similar Part The distribution pack quantity of the similar part (in most cases the distribution pack quantity will be the same for the new 1996 part)

Pkg. Weight of Sim. Part The actual weight of the similar part.

Dlr. Net Unit Price of Sim. Part The Dealer Net of the similar part.

#### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Additional details as well as any changes to the above information will be communicated to Parts Managers via SSPO daily status messages as this 1996 distribution process is executed.

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