Automann is doing its part to remove excess trips into the warehouse with its new online 360˚ parts visibility tool.
On display for its distributors last month at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW), Automann says its new 360˚ parts visibility tool allows distributors to virtually view a component as if they were holding it in their own hands.
“What’s cool about this is you can see the product from every dimension,” says CJ Khanduja, vice president at Automann. “You can see literally every angle of the product, and on top of that, we have superimposed other information that is relevant [to the product].”
Khanduja says Automann engineers use computer aided design (CAD) imaging to create the 360˚ visuals, then render each individual component to produce the images now found online.
More than 1,000 components are already 360˚ viewable on Automann’s distributor website, Khanduja says, with more than 10,000 in development to be added later this year. Automann’s newest print Air Brake & Wheel Catalog also identifies products can be viewed using the 360˚ tool online.
Automann says the resource should offer significant time savings at parts counters throughout the industry.
“Now you don’t need to bring four parts from your shelf to check them,” Khanduja says. “You can see them all here.”
