Industry Update Chris Gardner, MEMAAASA

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Industry UpdateChris Gardner, MEMA/AASA

• MIS Council Fall Conference
• October 17, 2006
• Marco Island, Florida

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Initiatives

• Aftermarket Data Vision
• CIO Focus Group
• Internal Data Management
• Customer E-commerce Requirements Matrix
• Industry Standards
• Industry Events
• E-commerce Applications

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CIO Focus Group

• July 2007
• 15 IT/IS executives
• Identified six major areas with specific issues
• Agreement made to meet on annual basis

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CIO Focus Group
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Internal Data Management

• Identified by CIOs as action item
• Required to improve electronic communications
  with customers
• Program elements
• Webinar
• Survey
• Facilitated Focus Group activity
• Best Practices white paper

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Customer Matrix

• Identified by CIOs as action item
• Goal provide tool to manufacturers that enables
  them to quickly identify the e-commerce
  requirements of their top customers to enable
  them to develop processes and systems around
  those requirements

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Customer Matrix

• Standards/Technologies
• EDI document
• EDI network
• PIES version
• PIES fields
• E-cat version
• IPO version
• IPO document
• Digital assets

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Customer Matrix

• Customer Volunteers
• Advance
• CARQUEST
• OReilly Automotive
• Pronto Group

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Industry Standards

• EDI
• PIES
• ACES
• IPO
• Imaging / Digital Assets

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EDI

• Developed by MEMA
• Hosted and maintained by MIS Council
• Located at www.miscouncil.org

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ACES

• AAIA Catalog Enhanced Standard
• Version 2.0 released Spring 06
• Full validation of all vehicle attributes for
  1985 vehicles and later
• Coded Vehicle Qualifier table and support for its
  use in the data exchange specs
• More than 4,000 vintage vehicles added to
  standard Configuration Database
• www.aftermarket.org/ecommerce/ecatalog/ecatalog.a
  sp

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PIES

• Product Information Exchange Standard
• Version 5.0 released in early 06
• Full support for meta-data required for exchange
  of product images and digital assets
• www.aftermarket.org/ecommerce/ecatalog/ecatalog.a
  sp

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Imaging Best Practices Guideline

• Published October 05
• Consensus of major retail and wholesale chains
• Digital product images
• File format, background color, resolution, etc.
• www.aftermarket.org/ecommerce/ecommerce.asp

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IPO

• Internet Parts Ordering standard
• Published March 05 current version is 1.2.1
• Defines synchronous collaboration between buyers
  and sellers for emergency and special orders
• Several implementations and pilot programs
• Open specification and Web Services
  implementation guide available at
  www.ipoportal.com

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Industry Events

• AAIA Technology Update, Oct. 30, Sands Expo
  Center, Room 202
• MIS Council CIO Focus Group, July 16, Hyatt
  Regency OHare
• Aftermarket eForum, July 16-18, Hyatt Regency
  OHare
• MIS Council Fall Conference, Oct. 14-16, Marco
  Island Marriott

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E-commerce Solutions

• MISG
• TransLink Internet EDI and Transnet formats
• Ansinet Network-based EDI
• WebDX Web EDI
• Direct-Connect Special-order application based
  on IPO standard
• Pro-Settlement ASP-based PO-Invoice automatic
  reconciliation application

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Industry and Technology Leadership