Intelligence from the
bay floor.
Macro-trends, supply-chain shifts and algorithmic pricing data shaping the $65B+ Asian automotive aftermarket. Written by the desk, for the desk.
Why hybrid brake-pad margins are shifting in Dhaka.
A 31-page Q1 logistics report covering the 14-point shift in OEM hybrid-pad landed cost, the JOY tier-lock margin curve, and three actionable arbitrage windows we exploited on behalf of pilot workshops.
The Malaysian Blueprint.
Pre-mapping Kuala Lumpur — the 12-week sourcing matrix that turned Dhaka launch playbook into a regional template.
The $65B aftermarket nobody priced in.
South Asian auto-aftermarket TAM, repriced. Why the trade-credit shadow market is the real unlock.
JoyScore — the credit-bureau Bangladesh never had.
How we underwrote ৳ 23.4 Cr of trade credit in 6 months without a single guarantor — and the 14-feature ML model the underwriting desk now ships every Friday at 09:00 BST.
Dispatch in 22 minutes.
Cross-hub routing maths that compressed the average DHK→bay-floor handoff from 2 h 18 m to under 22 min.
The algorithmic pricing war on Toyota Hilux OEM filters.
Five competing Dhaka distributors. One SKU. Twelve weeks of intraday tier-price observation. The dataset that became the foundation of the JOY arbitrage engine — and why we believe price is the most under-engineered surface in the South Asian aftermarket.
Sylhet bay-floor field journal.
Three days inside a 14-bay workshop running Trade OS in production. What broke. What worked. What ships next.