WAKE FOREST, N.C. Aftermarket software provider Illumaware LLC announced this week that it has signed contracts with Ford Motor Co. to use its online data authoring tool — Evokat version 2.5 PIES and ACES — to ensure ACES 2.0 and PIES 6.1.1 compliance. The move is intended to enhance Ford Motorcraft’s brand presence in the automotive aftermarket through better, faster and more accurate data.
Illumaware’s latest version of Evokat comes with increased performance and many significant upgrades, including the ability to create a library of custom ACES and PIES reports that can be updated and sent out to trading partners in real time; fully interactive online Holes reporting; and the addition of more than 50 new reseller data formats, according to Adrian Klingel, Illumaware’s president.