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Service Intervals for the Aftermarket

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Benefits Increase sales to DIY customers, service chains, and independent service dealers by helping them increase their own sales and ordering Suggest major, minor, severe, and normal maintenance, based on manufacturers’ schedules Support fast, accurate estimates for service dealers and providers Help customers select all appropriate services and accurately schedule job times Encourage strong, long-term relationships with customers Service Intervals Plus Epicor ® Automotive Aftermarket Increase Sales Across the Channel with “Glove Box Accurate” Service Intervals Data Epicor Service Intervals Plus is a powerful, comprehensive electronic database of service intervals for major, minor, severe, and normal maintenance. Distributors can provide Service Intervals Plus data to customers through a variety of methods, helping to increase sales to these customers and positioning the distributor as a “one-stop shopping” source for both parts and revenue-enhancing data. Lost sales for unperformed services The annual market in North America for unperformed maintenance services now exceeds $60 billion. Distributors who cannot provide adequate service intervals data to their customers run the risk of losing significant sales. In addition, distributors miss a valuable, revenue enhancing opportunity to increase the consistency in sales volumes, enter new markets, and strengthen customer relationships. Selling more to customers across the channel Service Intervals Plus can help distributors sell more parts to a wider range of customers with OEM recommended maintenance intervals that are “glove box accurate.” DIY customers can find the information they need to buy maintenance parts. Service chains and independent service dealers will order more parts from distributors based on regular and additional services for their own customers. With Service Intervals Plus, distributors can give their customers the data they need for more maintenance service—and that means more parts sold by the distributor. Increase sales Distributors can use Service Intervals Plus to increase sales to their customers and thereby increase orders to the distributor. Provide Service Intervals Plus data for both DIY and commercial customers through a variety of methods Support up-selling and cross-selling for customers performing maintenance Suggest major, minor, severe, and routine maintenance, based on manufacturers’ schedules Maintain greater consistency in the volume of parts sales, based on regular maintenance
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Benefits

• IncreasesalestoDIYcustomers,servicechains,andindependentservicedealersbyhelpingthemincreasetheirownsalesandordering

• Suggestmajor,minor,severe,andnormalmaintenance,basedonmanufacturers’schedules

• Supportfast,accurateestimatesforservicedealersandprovidersHelpcustomersselectallappropriateservicesandaccuratelyschedulejobtimes

• Encouragestrong,long-termrelationshipswithcustomers

Service Intervals Plus

Epicor® Automotive Aftermarket

Increase Sales Across the Channel with “Glove Box Accurate” Service Intervals Data

EpicorServiceIntervalsPlusisapowerful,comprehensiveelectronicdatabaseofserviceintervalsformajor,minor,severe,andnormalmaintenance.DistributorscanprovideServiceIntervalsPlusdatatocustomersthroughavarietyofmethods,helpingtoincreasesalestothesecustomersandpositioningthedistributorasa“one-stopshopping”sourceforbothpartsandrevenue-enhancingdata.

Lost sales for unperformed servicesTheannualmarketinNorthAmericaforunperformedmaintenanceservicesnowexceeds$60billion.Distributorswhocannotprovideadequateserviceintervalsdatatotheircustomersruntheriskoflosingsignificantsales.Inaddition,distributorsmissavaluable,revenueenhancingopportunitytoincreasetheconsistencyinsalesvolumes,enternewmarkets,andstrengthencustomerrelationships.

Selling more to customers across the channelServiceIntervalsPluscanhelpdistributorssellmorepartstoawiderrangeofcustomerswithOEMrecommendedmaintenanceintervalsthatare“gloveboxaccurate.”DIYcustomerscanfindtheinformationtheyneedtobuymaintenanceparts.Servicechainsandindependentservicedealerswillordermorepartsfromdistributorsbasedonregularandadditionalservicesfortheirowncustomers.

WithServiceIntervalsPlus,distributorscangivetheircustomersthedatatheyneedformoremaintenanceservice—andthatmeansmorepartssoldbythedistributor.

Increase salesDistributorscanuseServiceIntervalsPlustoincreasesalestotheircustomersandtherebyincreaseorderstothedistributor.

• ProvideServiceIntervalsPlusdataforbothDIYandcommercialcustomersthroughavarietyofmethods

• Supportup-sellingandcross-sellingforcustomersperformingmaintenance

• Suggestmajor,minor,severe,androutinemaintenance,basedonmanufacturers’schedules

• Maintaingreaterconsistencyinthevolumeofpartssales,basedonregularmaintenance

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Enhance estimationFordistributorcustomers,estimatescanbegeneratedmoreconsistentlywithaccuratedatafromServiceIntervalsPlus.

• Supportestimatesbasedonup-to-daterecommendationsfromthemanufacturer

• Helpcustomersselectallappropriateservicesandaccuratelyschedulejobtimes

Improve service with comprehensive dataBettermaintenanceandmoresalesareensuredbyprovidingcustomerswithcomprehensiveserviceintervals.

• Providedatathataccuratelymatchesmaintenanceschedulesfromthecarowner’smanual

• Accessmajor,minor,severe,andnormalintervals,notjustintervalsprovidedintheauto’spapermanual

Speed lookupAproven,user-friendlyinterfacehelpsspeedthelookupprocessforbothexperiencedusersandcustomersunfamiliarwiththesystem.

• Automaticallylookupallpartsrequiredtocompleteeachservice

• Findtherequireddatabyusinghandynavigationaidsandhelpfeatures

Strengthen customer relationshipsServiceIntervalsPluscanencouragestrong,long-termrelationshipsbetweencustomersanddistributors.

• Provideaconsistent,recognizedstandardforserviceintervals,basedonmanufacturerrecommendations

• Reduceconfusionandmisunderstandingsbetweendistributorsandcustomersregardingcorrectintervals

• Educatecustomersaboutdifferencesamongmajor,minor,severe,andnormalintervals

• Avoidunder-servicingorover-servicing

• Helpcustomersprotecttheirautoinvestments

• Ensuresafer,moredependableautosthroughpropermaintenance

• Positionthedistributorasatrustedsourceofserviceintervalsdata

The contents of this document are for informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice. Epicor Software Corporation makes no guarantee, representations or warranties with regard to the enclosed information and specifically disclaims, to the full extent of the law, any applicable implied warranties, such as fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, satisfactory quality or reasonable skill and care. This document and its contents, including the viewpoints, dates and functional content expressed herein are believed to be accurate as of its date of publication, February 2013. The usage of any Epicor software shall be pursuant to the applicable end user license agreement and the performance of any consulting services by Epicor personnel shall be pursuant to applicable standard services terms and conditions. Usage of the solution(s) described in this document with other Epicor software or third party products may require the purchase of licenses for such other products. Epicor, Business Inspired, and the Epicor logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Epicor Software Corporation in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Copyright © 2013 Epicor Software Corporation. All rights reserved.

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