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Building cohesive pricing strategies key to parts distributors’ e-commerce success
To have a functional, flexible and comprehensive pricing matrix in today’s aftermarket, distributors must also be masters of their digital footprints.
March 2, 2021
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Noregon debuts remote assistance programs to support industry technicians
Noregon says its professional techs can assist with a variety of issues, including diagnosis and troubleshooting, engine assistance, aftertreatment problems, electronic issues, and more for all makes, models and components covered by JPRO Professional.
February 24, 2021
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Business operations
Procede nabs best in business award
Procede Software has been named a silver winner for the second consecutive year in the Enterprise Product of the Year – Software category by Best in Biz Awards.
February 23, 2021
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Business operations
G.K. Industries joins growing OptiCat network
G.K. Industries Ltd., is another aftermarket supplier to join the OptiCat network, which now includes more than 930 supplier brands.
February 18, 2021
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Noregon boosts Education Program for students, educators
Since 2018, Noregon’s Education Program has provided classrooms with a license for JPRO Professional, training materials, a JPRO Certification courses and semester-long student licenses for JPRO’s Virtual Truck.
February 9, 2021
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Business operations
CDK, KEA to present service operation training event
KEA Advisors and CDK Global will hold two training sessions later this month for dealers on how to better utilize CDK's Reports and Fastlane to improve service department operations.
February 5, 2021
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Business operations
DTNA concludes successful test of augmented reality service tool
The HoloLens 2 features augmented reality smart glasses that run on the Windows Mixed Reality operating system. This technology has already shown signs of promise within Daimler’s passenger car business, with successful pilots in Germany.
February 4, 2021
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Business operations
Ritchie Bros. offers online inventory management system to customers
Ritchie Bros. announced it has been developing a cloud-based inventory management system and is offering it to its customers.
January 29, 2021
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Business operations
SOLD session: Reading the right metrics the right way
What do you get when you combine Mad Men and Moneyball with shop management? A presentation by Jacob Findlay, CEO & Founder, Fullbay, explaining how to look at the right metrics and interpret them correctly.
January 27, 2021
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Business operations
PhaseZero integrates with WHI, strengthening existing e-commerce potential
Leading B2B B2B and B2C eCommerce software provider PhaseZero announced Wednesday a new integration with WHI Solutions to offer WHI’s popular electronic catalog and offer connectivity with other industry-leading business systems.
January 27, 2021
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Business operations
Procede Software celebrates 20-year milestone
Procede Software is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The company, which has experienced exponential growth over the past nine years, credits its longevity and expansion to its strong relationships with customers, partnerships with OEMs…
January 27, 2021
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Business operations
Live from virtual HDAW: How COVID-19 is ‘reinventing business’ and the understanding the ‘science of B2B sales’
The virtual HDAW started with a discussion on how COVID-19 has changed the business world and was followed by valuable insights on the “science of B2B sales”.
January 26, 2021
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Business operations
Procede announces partnership, integration with MOTOR Information Systems
Procede Software this week announced an integration of MOTOR Information Systems’ FleetCross heavy-duty parts cross reference tool into its Excede v10.1 dealer management system. The integration will enable MOTOR’s powerful real-time parts search solution from…
January 21, 2021
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Business operations
Flexfab another supplier to join OptiCat network
Flexfab LLC announced Wednesday it is joining the OptiCat network, releasing its all-makes product data into Product Information Exchange Standard (PIES) formatting so customers in the heavy-duty aftermarket and industrial distribution market can display Flexfab’s…
January 13, 2021
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Business operations
Interstate Billing, Procede announce integration
The new partnership provides an integration with the Excede Dealer Management System from Procede, which will allow dealerships to perform real-time credit Accounts Receivable pre-authorizations from IBS directly through Excede.
January 4, 2021
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Business operations
OptiCat adds another supplier to network
The supplier migration to OptiCat continues. OptiCat announced this week that Isringhausen has joined its network of more than 930 aftermarket suppliers who are using OptiCat’s secure data repository for use by supplier-approved data receiver channel…
December 3, 2020
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Business operations
STEMCO partners with OptiCat
It’s been a busy week at OptiCat. After adding NORMA Group to its platform on Monday, the company announced Wednesday that STEMCO, an EnPro Industries company, also has announced an agreement with OptiCat. STEMCO says…
November 19, 2020
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Business operations
OptiCat adds another supplier to heavy-duty data services
OptiCat has added NORMA Group to its network of automotive and heavy-duty cataloging data services. As the heavy-duty aftermarket community continues to embrace data standards, more and more heavy-duty truck parts data receivers (distributors and…
November 16, 2020
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