TecCat offer VRM link to TecDoc based catalogue

TecCat UK supply the UK aftermarket with Europe's leading on line catalogue system. The TecDoc based information is presented. For your free trial and to discuss the VRM link please contact us at peter.nell@impactproductsolutions.com

Professional solutions for Parts Trade and garages

Without a parts catalogue or an information system, neither the best organised workshop nor the most efficient parts dealer can survive. The defining features of a virtual parts catalogue should be speed of use, quality of information, and consistency - qualities exemplified by the TOPMOTIVE product from DVSE.

Garages and the parts trade are two types of business which can only survive and function by mutual dependence. While the garage requires a supply of spare parts to carry out its work, the parts trade aftermarket needs buyers for the parts it supplies. The business relationship is based on mutual awareness, and DVSE information systems provide that essential knowledge throughout Europe. Once a shelf-full of printed documents, later available electronically on CD-ROM then DVD, and available now as an online solution, DVSE and its Topmotive Concept partners offer, not only a spare parts catalogue, but a comprehensive information system unique in this format. For all implementation versions, the format is the same: range selection, product number and additional information must be adapted for the individual parts dealer and to the requirements of the garage customers. DVSE has been supplying custom-tailored information systems to the European parts trade for 15 years. The DVSE range has now grown to over 135 different systems, used throughout Europe by the parts trade and available in 23 different languages. All catalogues are based on the TecDoc standard, which DVSE supplements with additional information, products and services. By utilising the expertise and services of DVSE, important parts trade integration functions can be quickly and profitably introduced. The DVSE system includes not only standard functions such as availability and order processing, but also new highlights such as individual pricing terms for garages, suggested substitute products and virtually instantaneous calculation of discounted prices. Such technological capabilities are core strengths of DVSE and the Topmotive Concept partners. The diversity of parts dealer implementation options for the garages could not be wider. From the DVD version, comprising 14GB of detailed information, to a complete online package and right through to a smart client solution, TOPMOTIVE has the appropriate technology for every situation. But however different the methods of data retrieval and presentation may be, they all have two things in common: maximum availability at lightning speed and continuously updated data, available at the click of a mouse. In addition, all other TOPMOTIVE products such as the VIVID technical specifications can be fully integrated into the DVSE parts catalogues, creating the most widely used information system in Europe.

TecCat - independent, standardised and successful

TecCat is an independent, standardised catalogue solution for running a successful workshop. By not being limited to one parts dealer, TecCat offers all important Parts industry data and information in a single system. This electronic catalogue, which can be integrated into commonly used workshop software solutions, and as the DVSE independent parts catalogue, comprises:

• Almost 20,000 car models
• More than 6,000 truck models
• Nearly 300 TecDoc suppliers
• Numerous other renowned parts manufacturers from the DVSE data pool
• Well over 2.5 million products
• Almost 1,000,000 different images

Advice and services - finding, developing and implementing solutions

In recent times, digital spare parts catalogues have become an indispensable part of daily work in the vehicle repair and spare parts businesses, and the TecDoc standard is now firmly established in Europe. DVSE is closely involved in the introduction, implementation and ongoing development of the TecDoc standard. Such standardisation offers numerous benefits to all involved. Fourteen years' experience with the TecDoc standard enables DVSE to offer a wide range of services and solutions for the automotive parts trade. The individual services available from the DVSE product and services portfolio are described below.

Data Pool

The prerequisite for successfully finding a product in a parts catalogue is compliance with certain standards on the part of the catalogue and the information systems. Potential sales are limited to products from parts manufacturers listed in the parts catalogue at the point of sale. Not all parts manufacturers operating in the marketplace make their product ranges available in TecDoc standard format. To assist parts manufacturers and suppliers in meeting the requirements of the parts trade, and thereby further improve their standards, DVSE offers a professional solution for the processing of all data in the form of the Data Pool. Existing data is easily imported, enhanced and expanded by the inclusion of substantially more detail. Parts manufacturers thus have the opportunity to make their data widely available to European garages through the parts trade aftermarket. Users of the DVSE Data Pool primarily gain three massive benefits:

• As well as comprehensive software for creating the data, support is available from a versatile and experienced team of developers and consultants.
• As all DVSE products meet existing TecDoc standards, the company has a fast and economical means of making its generated product data available across Europe.
• In addition to existing gap-analysis software, the data created can be made available to the company's own online/offline catalogue in up to 19 languages. The DVSE Data Pool data is automatically available to all DVSE catalogues and can also be made available to other dealers or dealer organisations for their own catalogues.

Services

The DVSE Data Pool can be used to enter, expand and distribute catalogue data for car, commercial vehicle and universal parts. The application offers the following advantages:

• Data is available throughout Europe
• Creation of own online/offline parts catalogue based exclusively on parts produced by own company and available in 19 languages
• Export opportunity and distribution of data to prospective customers and other service providers (permission from data supplier required)
• Data based on TecDoc standard
• Switch to TecDoc at any time without complications
• Support for data supplier with creation of own data records
• Comprehensive training and comprehensive consultation
• Comprehensive support from trained DVSE staff
• Includes DMT data maintenance tool for catalogue data

DET

The design of the selection of products offered in the parts trade is an essential component of success. This demands regular maintenance, with the major part of the work consisting of checking and incorporating current changes, matching listed products against the vehicle population and covering product diversity. DET, DVSE's data evaluation tool, is specially designed and optimised to allow parts manufacturers and dealers to analyse their product range selections. The system enables you to compare suppliers' ranges with your own and make cross-comparisons with other market operators. It is an indispensable tool for managing your own product range as information gained can be processed using the DMT data maintenance tool, thus visibly increasing the quality and quantity of data. The purpose of the DET analysis system is to view existing product data and track content errors, thereby simplifying work at the point of sale. To help clients work with DET and DMT, DVSE can also provide a comprehensive consultation and service package on request.

TOPMOTIVE products provide information of unrivalled quality coupled with maximum flexibility and ensure an optimum link with parts supply at custom prices.