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The Snap-on Business Solutions, formerly ProQuest Business Solutions, Electronic Parts Catalog is a database that provides fast and easy access to detailed availability and price description of aftermarket auto parts. Additionally, the Electronic Catalog accommodates the Order Entry process by providing an automated carryover feature, which takes the identified part(s) into the Order Entry application for further processing. This database contains comprehensive, up-to-date, and accurate information on more than 2.5 million parts from over 2500 manufacturers. The Parts & Service Information Solution, delivers to a dealer network and independent repair shops, an integrated, electronic application of maintenance information and parts catalogs that also ties into diagnostic interfaces and software (firmware) downloads. With an electronic parts catalog tied directly into the service information and dealer management systems, ordering parts from the automaker is made quick and easy, allowing the OEM to capture a larger share of aftermarket profits. Also with a highly navigable and searchable "one-stop-shop" of parts and service information mechanics can maintain and repair cars efficiently and accurately helping dealers strengthen customer satisfaction and loyalty. An automotive dealer parts department is one of a dealership's most vital profit centers - but it can also be a center of inefficiency and waste, dragging down the bottom line with misordered parts, restocking fees and inflated parts storage costs. Our Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) is designed to be the fastest, easiest-to-use, most reliable, and best-supported EPC available. As a result, your dealership gains access to electronic parts data for over 20 U.S. and 10 Canadian OEM manufacturers. The Snap-On Business Solutions Company delivers information technology, software solutions, and professional services that support every aspect of automotive retailing. We are in the business of helping automobile dealers sell cars and take care of customers. Our leadership is built on deep automotive industry experience, technological knowledge, and the unique ability to bring both together in solutions that connect car companies, automobile retailers, and consumers. The EPC (Electronic Parts Catalog) is focusing on the needs of equipment manufacturers. The EPC provides improved parts logistics, increased labor efficiency and increased parts revenue for manufacturers seeking a distinct competitive advantage. More than 100,000 mechanics & technicians worldwide are working successfully with Electronic Parts Catalogs. An aftermarket solution for the assembly, revision and distribution of aftermarket parts information with an easy-to-use illustrated parts catalog. The Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) delivers increased branded parts sales, a more efficient order process and streamlined maintenance and repair processes. Manufacturers in the automotive, heavy equipment and industrial machine industries, as well as other manufacturing industries in which an efficient and profitable spare parts and service business is a key competitive advantage. The Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) offers key benefits to the service organization, which is comprised of the manufacturer's or dealer's mechanics and technicians. Electronic Parts Catalogs (EPC) offer productivity gains in a world of increasing parts proliferation. The automotive parts catalog is accessed by year-make-model or application and is fully integrated into an online order entry system. An Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) allows you to view parts and drawings as electronic images. This software application solution offers features such as "hot spotting" which allows the user to look at an image and automatically link to a parts catalog. This application offers a centralized access to electronic parts catalogs, procedures, hazardous material data sheets, training videos, and the ability to graphically select and order materials against a specific work order. The Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) is the only image management application solution which operates seamlessly from within the maintenance application, allowing maintenance and materials personnel to find, view, select, and order required materials while in the work order form. It is designed to be used by people involved in maintenance, inventory, and purchasing activities; and has the ability to create a parts list from an Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC) to be used on material requests. It allows users to drill down into further detail from a digital image of a vehicle or equipment item or a table of contents. Snap-on Business Solutions is a global leader in the development and deployment of parts and service-oriented electronic catalogs for the automotive, Powersports, heavy equipment and outdoor power industries. Its products transform complex technical data, like parts catalogs and service manuals, into easily accessed electronic information. For the world's automotive manufacturers and their dealer networks, Snap-on also provides business-to-business information and retail performance measurement services. Snap-on acquired Active Web Services (AWS) the leading provider of post-production software solutions design to help companies achieve superior business execution in their warranty and service parts operations. With AWS, companies can lower costs across the entire warranty management lifecycle by automating the enforcement of warranty policies, streamlining claim adjudication and developing more collaborative relationships with service providers and suppliers. AWS is the most comprehensive, scalable, and flexible software available, enabling companies to better manage with their aftermarket processes and drive down warranty costs. Active Web Services has helped some of world's leading manufacturing companies realize rapid improvements in such processes as Warranty Claims Processing, Policy Management, Return Parts Management, Supplier recovery, Service Parts Ordering and Product Quality/Early Warning analysis. |
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