{"id":18294,"date":"2024-02-16T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=18294"},"modified":"2024-02-16T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T23:06:31","slug":"2024-essential-tool-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=18294","title":{"rendered":"2024 Essential Tool Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The estimated 2024 GM Essential Tool forecast is now available for all U.S. dealerships. The forecast includes all expected Essential Special Service Tools along with shipment timing for the 2024 calendar year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actual tool shipments will vary depending on each dealership&#8217;s existing Essential Tool inventory and franchise combination. Some tools may be added or canceled as necessary throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the instructions in the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/dealer.autopartners.net\/portal\/uscontent\/headlines\/Pages\/GCUS-9-15683.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GlobalConnect message<\/strong><\/a> to download and view the file. (Fig. 1)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dealer.autopartners.net\/portal\/uscontent\/headlines\/Pages\/GCUS-9-15683.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F01-Essential-tools-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F01-Essential-tools-2.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F01-Essential-tools-2-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F01-Essential-tools-2-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F01-Essential-tools-2-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><strong>Fig. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong> Tools showing less than \u201c100.00%&#8221; in Estimated % of Dealers column will ship only to applicable divisional dealerships that do not yet have the tool in inventory. Bosch reviews individual dealership Parts Account histories prior to each release; duplicate tools will not ship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New tools associated with a specific vehicle launch will generally ship 2\u20134 weeks prior to the expected arrival of vehicles at the dealership. All other shipping dates are dependent on tool availability and the tool development process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions or would like assistance with tool inventory management, call 1-800-GM-TOOLS. For more information about Essential Tool Notices, visit gmtoolsandequipment.com. (Fig. 2)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18276\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F02-Essential-tools-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F02-Essential-tools-1.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F02-Essential-tools-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F02-Essential-tools-1-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/F02-Essential-tools-1-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u2013 Thanks to Josh Shuck<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The estimated 2024 GM Essential Tool forecast is now available for all U.S. dealerships. The forecast includes all expected Essential Special Service Tools along with shipment timing for the 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-february-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18297,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294\/revisions\/18297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}