Automotive / used spare parts · Business tool
How Scroll automated pricing management and parts handling for an auto salvage yard
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This automotive company specializes in the recovery, sorting, and resale of parts from end-of-life vehicles.
Before partnering with Scroll, the team used legacy business software to manage part of their operations. The tool helped structure certain processes, but it had daily limitations: slowness, lack of fluidity, difficulty updating business rules, manual processing of numerous files, and a lack of automation between the various tools used by the company.
The challenge was to modernize the existing setup without starting from scratch, by creating a faster, more fluid web application better connected to the existing ERP.
The primary goal: enable internal and sales teams to better manage part pricing, automate the processing of new arrivals, and ensure the reliability of business rules used to assign a consistent price to each part.
Problem / mission
The auto salvage yard needed a faster, more tailored internal tool for its business processes.
The existing software slowed down teams and made it difficult to manage the complexity of pricing rules. In this sector, the price of a part can depend on many criteria: part type, vehicle brand, model, condition, availability, history, demand, seasonality, or stock levels.
Teams also had to regularly process CSV files when receiving new vehicles. These files contained parts to be analyzed, sorted, compared, and sometimes added to the database if they were not yet known to the system.
Scroll’s mission was therefore to create a back-office connected to the ERP, capable of streamlining these operations, better structuring data, and automating a significant portion of the manual work.
Solution
We designed a business web application connected to the client’s ERP to centralize parts, pricing, and associated rules management.
The solution allows internal and sales teams to consult, adjust, and control part prices via an interface that is faster and more readable than the old software. Business rules have been structured in a clear database to automatically assign a consistent price based on multiple criteria defined with the client.
A rule-based system also accounts for seasonal pricing. Some parts can thus be valued differently depending on the time of year, demand, or commercial needs.
We also implemented an automated CSV file processing system. When a new vehicle is received, files can be analyzed to identify known parts, isolate new references, and facilitate their addition to the database. This sorting reduces repetitive tasks and minimizes errors from manual processing.
The application was designed as a more flexible business layer around the existing ERP: the ERP remains the operational backbone, while the back-office developed by Scroll adds speed, automation, and better handling of complex rules.
Technically, Directus was used to structure the data and create an admin-friendly back-office, while n8n enabled automation of exchanges, file processing, and synchronization with the existing ecosystem.
Results
The new solution now allows teams to save time on parts processing, ensure more reliable pricing, and reduce dependence on manual operations.
Sales teams have clearer, more consistent information, while internal teams can update business rules more easily, without having to work around the limitations of the old software.