Car-Part.com Releases Checkmate 07
Fort Wright, Kentucky, March 17, 2007 - Kentucky-based Car-Part.com announces the release of Checkmate 07 which provides recyclers with unprecedented automotive intelligence. Checkmate 07 uses the Car-Part Interchange which is 100% compatible with the Hollander Interchange but provides many enhancements. SmartVin decodes a VIN directly into Hollander Interchange© numbers which greatly simplifies inventory dismantling and parts locating. Smart Interchange learns while recyclers look up parts and eliminates unneeded complexity and inconsistent interchange choices, all without a VIN. The Alternate Vehicle and Part interchange enhancements use body style compatibility to suggest parts and vehicles with a high potential of fitting the application. Our Mercury Switch Locator enhances the interchange by providing potential locations of mercury switches.
Checkmate 07 also provides a warranty calculator which displays warranty prices for parts on the fly. Reporting has been significantly enhanced to allow custom reports from Crystal reports and Excel giving recyclers the ability to better analyze their information and processes. Improved workflow streamlines editing parts and price books from within the sales process.
The Checkmate 07 Business Management System is the culmination of several years of innovative research and intense development. “I am deeply grateful and very impressed with the results of our dedicated developers”, said Jeff Schroder, President of Car-Part.com. “The team spent many years working on our vision to incorporate automotive intelligence into recyclers’ products”. Checkmate 07 is unique in its ability to learn interchange while the recycler works.
SmartVin enhances VIN decoding and integrates it with interchange to identify the exact interchange number over 70% of the time without additional user input. Even when SmartVin does not select one interchange number, it reduces the number of interchange choices. Smart Interchange learns the recyclers’ choices and eliminates conflicting interchange. Smart Interchange works stand alone or in conjunction with SmartVin. This combination of technologies greatly reduces the effort required to inventory parts and to sell parts to Body Shops and Insurance Companies.
SmartVin has been in production for over 1 year in Checkmate’s buying tool Bidmate. SmartVin reduces a 36 page 2004 Ford Truck dismantling worksheet to 14 pages. The biggest productivity gains come when SmartVin is combined with Smart Interchange in an electronic inventory tool such as Checkmate’s Partmate.
The Alternate Parts lookup allows you to see non interchange parts for a complete Body Series rather than just an exact year and model. An Alternate Part lookup of a 2002 Camaro Coolant Recovery Bottle shows results for the complete body series range of 1993-2002 Camaro and Firebird, increasing your chances of selling the part. Similarly, Alternate Vehicle lookups work on both interchange and non interchange parts that are not yet inventoried. These alternate searches open a whole new world of potential sales for non-interchange and non inventoried parts.
Internet Checkmate 07 users will be treated to new report writing enhancements which allow them to generate custom reports and analyze their data with popular software such as Crystal Reports or Excel. Users present report information in their preferred format.
The sale of extended warranties has become an important profit center for recyclers while also reducing customer concerns about part reliability. Checkmate 07 makes it easier than ever for sales people to sell these warranties. Checkmate 07 integrates warranty sales information into the part sales screen of all Checkmate platforms. Warranty prices are calculated and shown based on a broad menu of custom settings established by the owner or manager. Numerous default scenarios are available to encourage sales people to offer and sell extended warranties. New warranty reports track both the sales and profitability of warranties.
Checkmate 07 is the newest product for professional auto and truck recyclers from Car-Part.com, the leading recycler technology provider where innovation is a way of life.
Car-Part.com went online in May 1998 as the first web service to offer used auto parts locating. Today, Car-Part.com is a leading used auto parts search destination. Car-Part.com's integrated solutions include Bidmate salvage buying, Partmate part inventorying, Checkmate Business Management, Fast Parts Inventory Management, “Trading Partners” parts locating, and “Car-Part Messaging” integrated instant messaging. Car-Part.com currently serves over 95 million parts from 3000 recyclers. The web service generates 5 million part searches per month and successfully sells recyclers' parts. For more information, contact Roger Schroder at 859-344-1925 (email: info@Car-Part.com), or visit the Car-Part.com web site at www.Car-Part.com.