AASA and Pricedex Partner to Bring            Customer e-Matrix Online

Pricedex Software Inc., the aftermarket’s leading Product Information Management (PIM) solution provider, and the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA), the exclusive manufacturer association providing leadership in the global automotive aftermarket, recently signed an agreement creating an online customer e-commerce matrix for members.

Under the agreement, Pricedex will provide its technology and hosting services to the members of the MEMA Information Services Council (MIS Council), a peer council of IT/IS/E-commerce managers of AASA member companies, for a tool to facilitate e-commerce among automotive aftermarket trading partners.
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Rebate Management - Tackling a 400 Pound Gorilla

This is the first of an ongoing series of articles dedicated to one of the most critical corporate processes – Pricing – and how pricing needs to be an essential element of any Product Information Management (PIM) strategy.  Future articles will cover Pricing Research and Analysis topics, and other processes dependent upon or associated pricing and its management.

 For years now, manufacturers have used rebate, in one form or another, as an incentive to drive sales.  The simplest form of rebate – rebate coupons – has been prevalent for more than a century as the primary incentive to entice the consumer to try or buy a manufacturer’s products.  Coupons now often take the form of a discount on the point of sale price.  But rebates are a little more complex; they are generally offered by the manufacturer as a refund discount payment, after a transaction has been made.
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Presentation of ‘Print-on-Demand’ Catalogs for Customers at AAPEX

Mahle Clevite Inc., announced today that it will demonstrate its new “Print-on-Demand” capabilities at its booths at the upcoming AAPEX shows in Las Vegas, part of Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (AAIW).

 “Our project to consolidate our internal product information and automate its publication to our customers is proceeding very smoothly – in fact, faster than we had originally expected,” says Mahle Clevite marketing head, Jesse Jones. 

 Mahle Clevite announced recently that it had selected Pricedex Software Inc. to implement its AutoPIM Proä Product Information Management (PIM) solution to manage and maintain its part and pricing information for the Mahle Clevite Inc. North American product lineup – Mahle Filter, Mahle Original, Clevite®, Perfect Circle® and Victor Reinz® brands
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