| One of the leading providers of web-based | | | | facilitate the connection of Honda and Acura |
| technology solutions for automakers, | | | | dealerships with their wholesale parts |
| OEConnection, recently announced that they | | | | customers. With OEConnection's solution, |
| have formed a tie-up with the American arm of | | | | Honda and Acura dealerships will be able to |
| Japanese automaker Honda. The automaker will | | | | efficiently communicate with their consumers. |
| be provided with OEConnection's CollisionLink | | | | With the use of the Internet, ordering will |
| Internet-based parts ordering and fulfillment | | | | be more efficient as the consumers will have |
| solution. This partnership is aimed to make | | | | access to catalogues made by the automaker of |
| ordering for collision shop customers more | | | | the auto parts they have in supply. One of |
| practical. The said web-based solution will | | | | the advantages of using OEConnection's |
| be employed by Honda and Acura dealerships | | | | solution is that the description of the parts |
| across the country. | | | | being ordered will be made simpler with the |
| | | | use of actual pictures of the auto parts like |
| The Japanese automaker joins eleven other | | | | Acura aftermarket parts. |
| automakers which have already partnered with | | | | |
| OEConnection. This is just one part of the | | | | With ordering parts made more efficient, the |
| auto industry which is reaping the benefits | | | | time consuming way of ordering parts through |
| of the Internet. More and more car buyers are | | | | the phone will be eliminated. Orders will |
| now using the Internet to look for a new car | | | | also be shipped faster. This is because the |
| to buy. With that trend in mind, it would be | | | | faster the automaker knows what a customer is |
| a practical move for automakers to use the | | | | ordering, the faster it can ship the product. |
| World Wide Web to their advantage especially | | | | With the hassle of describing |
| in marketing auto parts. | | | | hard-to-describe parts eliminated with the |
| | | | use of pictures, Honda and Acura dealerships |
| "We are proud to work with American Honda in | | | | will be able to attend more quickly to the |
| providing our collision solution to Honda and | | | | needs of their customers. This also benefits |
| Acura dealerships," said Chuck Rotuno, the | | | | the consumers since they would be able to |
| President and Chief Executive Officer of | | | | cater to the needs of individuals who are |
| OEConnection. "American Honda's new | | | | looking to replace auto parts fast. |
| relationship with OEConnection furthers | | | | |
| CollisionLink's business value, validation | | | | OEConnection provides collision repair shop |
| and importance in the marketplace, as well as | | | | with a catalogue of all parts for different |
| confirms the significance of this technology | | | | makes and models of vehicles thus making it |
| for the thousands of dealers and collision | | | | easier for these shops to locate a dealership |
| shops already on board. We are confident our | | | | which might have an available part that they |
| products will support Honda and Acura | | | | are looking for. By using the Internet, |
| dealerships in enhancing parts department | | | | communication will be faster thus making it |
| productivity, and facilitating increased | | | | convenient for everybody involved. The |
| original equipment sales opportunities | | | | Internet-based solution offered by |
| leading to more profitable and successful | | | | OEConnection has been established since 2004 |
| businesses," he added further. | | | | and it has received praises from different |
| | | | automakers and collision repair shops. |
| Under the partnership, OEConnection will | | | | |