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INSIDE TECHNOLOgY bridging the gap Separating fact from fiction about Tecdoc Anyone who has traveled to Europe knows that some standards and practices are different there. Besides the language differences, you must remember to pack a power converter and adjust your driving speed to kilometers instead of miles per hour. In the area of automotive catalog data there are differences as well. AAIA has been actively working to bridge the Aftermarket Catalog Enhanced Standard (ACES) with the dominant method of Europe, known as TecDoc. By better understanding the similarities and differences of the two standards, the advantages to the aftermarket of this global strategy become clear. Who is TecDoc? TecDoc is an industry consortium started 12 years ago by the leading European (Bosch, Hella, MAHLE and others) and multi-national parts manufacturers such as Federal-Mogul and Tenneco. It is a for-profit company started by suppliers to address the need for a comprehensive catalog solution in Europe and other global markets. To fulfill its charter, TecDoc acquires vehicle research, defines a technical data standard, produces catalog management software and distributes compiled electronic catalog information to distributors and other eCat companies. This vertical integration of the electronic catalog process makes TecDoc the one-stop shop for catalog data in the markets they serve. TecDoc currently publishes catalogs quarterly for more than 350 global parts suppliers. If we can engineer a bridge between aCes and tecDoc, then suppliers, worldwide, can chose one method to manage their catalog data and publish in the standard format demanded by the local market. This model is very different from competition to spur innovation and North America, where a network of keep prices competitive. This difference companies and standards evolved over doesn’t make our way any better or the last 25 years to research, manage, worse than the European method – just publish and distribute electronic catalog different. But as the world gets flatter content. There is no single catalog solu- and globalization drives aftermarket tion or method of distribution. The growth, AAIA has to address the chalNorth American aftermarket relies on lenge of global cataloging. 20 | AFTERMARKET INSIDER | APRIL • MAY 2009

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Aftermarket Insider - April/May 2009
Contents
President's Message
Association News
Declaration of Independents
Government Affairs
Member Profile
Toolbox
It’s Easy Being Green
Inside Technology
Company Profile
Market Research

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