RICHFIELD, Ohio — OEConnection LLC has just introduced the company’s next generation technology designed to integrate all OEConnection applications into one seamless parts and service portal. Designed to more productively facilitate the B2B and B2C exchange of service replacement parts across an OEM supply chain and dealer franchise network, the OEConnection portal will mesh near real-time parts and service menu information including pricing, availability, OEM programs and promotions from multiple sources such as parts distribution centers, warehouse distributors, accessory and tire distributors and other market segment partners.
According to OEConnection, the new platform, featuring fully service oriented architecture (SOA) and the latest Microsoft .NET technologies, will offer customers greater synergy across all OEConnection applications including:
• A streamlined user interface for fast, efficient workflow and application interoperability.
• A single sign-on and organizational structure for different users and roles within dealerships.
• A single-screen consolidation of critical parts information enabling more rapid and informed decision-making with greater opportunity for buying and selling parts.
"These latest advances to OEConnection’s suite of solutions are the result of feedback from thousands of customers plus a growing demand in all market segments," said Charles Rotuno, president and CEO of OEConnection. "Additionally, given the technology’s advanced performance and product growth scalability, OEConnection is now uniquely positioned to more broadly serve the needs of OEMs across multiple markets, as they, and their retail networks, seek to grow and reclaim their share of replacement parts sales."
All OEConnection applications, currently in use by more than 15,000 automotive and heavy duty truck dealerships and repairers, will migrate to the new architecture in a phased approach. CollisionLink, the industry’s preeminent OEM parts ecommerce tool connecting dealership wholesalers with their collision facility buyers, was the first product to migrate in 2009. D2DLink, the company’s industry-leading parts marketing and sourcing tool, is slated for a 2010 introduction.
The company will be unveiling its next generation D2DLink, and integrated complementary applications, at the 2010 NADA Convention and Trade Exposition, to be held Feb. 13-15 in Orlando, Fla.
Additional information is available at www.oeconnection.com.
