The ACES is an acronym for Aftermarket Catalog Exchange Standard which specifies an aftermarket industry data standard that is available for the management and communication of product fitment data.
The ACES data standard is commonly used by light, medium, heavy-duty & power sports, off-highway, and equipment companies to exchange information on their product fitment.
The aces data standard allows the company to convey this data for their products to their trading partners, by making use of multiple supporting relational databases consisting of standardized, codified data, which includes vehicle attributes and equipment attributes, statements of a qualifier, product classifications, brands, and more.
It permits many companies to be more efficient in conveying product fitment data for light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles, Power sports, and off-highway equipment, for their products with the help of a communication method that is possible through machine-readable (XML) by all trading partners.
With the assistance of the ACES automotive data standard, it can carry out the following functions:
· Reduce duplicated communication and distribution efforts
· Saves time
· Curtail supply chain costs
· Increases product introduction and speediness to the market
· Helps in growing sales, operational efficiencies, and also reduced returns.
ACES data mapping is one of the best-offered services by product catalog management system agencies. It facilitates users to export product data in several e-catalog formats used in the aftermarket auto parts catalog industry. NAPA, LEGACY, and Wrench head are various epitomes of e-cat formats that are efficiently doable with catalog data mapping.
In the present market, there are more than 70% of selling automotive parts that contain e-catalog systems, and therefore, providing up-to-date product information will become challenging for companies that are not using automated catalog management systems.
Automotive Aftermarket Industry has received modern data exchange standards after struggling with difficulties with traditional data transmission methods. Initially, the process of data exchange carried out by industry players was expensive and time-consuming. Due to the efforts of AAIA to replace conventional standards of catalog data with modern ACES and PIES standards.
Anzael is the best option for every automotive aftermarket vendor. Anzael can assist and guide you about the aftermarket auto parts catalog through ACES mapping. The company provides tools that consist of impeccable features AAIA, PIES, and ACES XML that can let you do the Mapping of software resulting in eliminating the need of maintaining various catalog formats by providing one common format which is efficiently compatible with ACES standards.