22.04.2013: This year Eucon participated for the first time in Automec, the leading trade fair for car parts, equipment and services in Latin America which took place from 16 to 20 April, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
At the trade fair Eucon presented PartsPool®, the leading auto parts database for automotive aftersales. In addition, the company was able to demonstrate its extensive expertise in the field of information systems, market and competitive analysis as well as professional services for vehicle manufacturers and automotive suppliers to a wide target group and raise brand awareness with local manufacturers and suppliers. "Many automobile manufacturers and first-tier suppliers who are our customers are already successfully represented in Brazil and so the demand for reliable data is great," explains Norbert Dohmen, Managing Director Automotive of Eucon.
Eucon founded a subsidiary in Brazil in 2012, in order to support automobile manufacturers and car part producers with locations in Latin America more intensively and efficiently. "PartsPool® provides customers with more than 80 million spare part data sets. The system helps users to reduce the time they spend looking for information allowing them to concentrate on turnover and margins ", says José Carlos Zen, Managing Director of Eucon Brasil Ltda. "PartsPool® is therefore the ideal tool to easily procure historical and up-to-date parts information."
PartsPool® is the leading information system for accurate and reliable data for automotive aftersales. The system offers information on spare parts from car manufacturers (OEM), automotive suppliers and aftermarket component manufacturers (IAM) covering the most important international markets. The system tracks millions of auto parts from first introduction to their ultimate deletion. It shows published end user prices from the respective car or parts manufacturer and is an efficient and profitable short cut to the costly procurement and analysis of multi-sourced data.
This industry leading tool is a unique alternative for vehicle manufacturers to reliably manage and maintain their replacement parts data and exploit decisive competitive advantages. The system is used by more than 650 users in over 190 companies. Customers include vehicle manufacturers i.e. Daimler, Porsche, GM, VW, BMW, Ford, Fiat, Volvo, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Toyota, Renault as well as leading component manufacturers and aftermarket suppliers like Delphi, Bosch, Schaeffler, Magneti Marelli etc.
Replacement parts data in PartsPool®
Kontakt Eucon Brasil Ltda. Rua Benjamin Constant, nº 28 Bairro São Luiz, Brusque/SC Brasilien
José Carlos Zen Managing Director Tel. +55 47 3351 5070
For further information about how you can tap into improved performance with PartsPool® please use our contact form.
28.03.2013: The online channel is becoming increasingly more important for automotive parts sales. But up to now it was extremely difficult to include the prices of products listed in online shops in your own research.
From around June 2013 PartsPool® users will have the opportunity to also take into account the prices available in online shops. Using the select module "Online prices", PartsPool® will then supply further important market information for an efficient product and price management of automotive spare parts. The gadget will show where articles are trading online and at what price. Users can include the prices available in online shops in daily research alongside the recommended list price.
Don't miss the new PartsPool® generation. Find out on how your company can tap into improved performance with Eucon solutions. Contact us to receive further information.
06.03.2013: The dynamic PartsPool® gives you new opportunities to set up your workspace according to your needs and therefore considerably simplify your parts management workflow.
As a PartsPool® user you can gain an impression of the new system before the official Go Live. We would like to give you a unique opportunity to give us your feedback on the revised user interface and the new functionality and therefore to actively contribute to the system.
A number of advantages of the new PartsPool® at a glance:
flexible user interface
relevant data at a glance
new graphical representation of parts supersession
Find out on how your company can tap into improved performance with Eucon solutions. Contact us to receive further information.
08.01.2013: On the 1st January, 2013, Eucon became expert partner of the European Pricing Platform (EPP). EPP with its headquarters in Brussels was initiated in 2004 and has since developed to become a leading European knowledge base for optimizing prices and profits for decision-makers, pricing managers and company directors. The aim of the platform is to develop and share pricing expertise and best practice scenarios. The EPP provides support for professional training for persons and companies involved in the optimization of prices and profits.
The ever higher competitive pressure in the field of automotive aftersales, the number of variations and complexity of products has led to a growing demand for pricing expertise. Eucon is a leading lifecycle manager and pricing specialist for automotive replacement parts. The company has its own pricing management tool and comprehensive expert knowledge on how car and parts manufacturers can achieve a competitive advantage with product management and pricing.
The Eucon Pricing Manager (EPM) is the first strategy-based price optimization solution designed specifically for the field of automotive aftersales. This highly specialized pricing management tool enables the systematic development of price strategies and the optimization of sensitive pricing processes in the lifecycle of a replacement part.
EPM combines reliable and accurate data from our PartsPool® product information system with rule sets for professional pricing management and business intelligence gained from market analysis. With more than 60 million data sets, PartsPool® is a unique and industry leading source for comprehensive product and price information.
EPM enables car and parts manufacturers to permanently optimize prices throughout the parts' lifecycle. Clients are able to systematically develop pricing strategies and optimize pricing processes by automatically pricing the majority of their replacement parts. Further information on www.pricingplatform.eu
Our annual holiday aid project has become a tradition to our clients. For us it has become a real affair of the heart. Together with you we would like to follow up on this and support improving the living conditions for children in need.
Encouraging and driving change through expertise is part of our corporate culture. We develop innovative and sustainable solutions and create value and consistent success for our clients, team members, business partners and the community.
With this in mind we are consciously integrating corporate responsibility into our business and promoting social causes. In light of the coming holidays we will again support the children‘s aid organization, Plan International Deutschland, with numerous donations.
28.08.2012: With PartsPool® Accessories Eucon has designed a new matching engine that enables the vehicle accessory industry to compare accessory items of different OE and aftermarket brands in one tool. It uses standardized taxonomies to describe products which share the same functionality across brands and links them to vehicle applications to create a soft reference between them.
For the first time it is possible to compare and analyze the product range of different accessory manufacturers at a glance. It reduces manual searches and processing of market information to help product management concentrate valuable resources on its core business and thus benefit from measurable increases in efficiency.
The solution is based on the leading information system PartsPool® which tracks millions of automotive products through their entire product lifecycle from launch to elimination. With PartsPool® Accessories vehicle manufactures receive optimum parts data on accessory items to manage product information as a key strategic asset and gain a sustainable competitive advantage.
PartsPool® Accessories provides you with always up-to-date information on products with high market potential including rims, cargo boxes, bike carriers and roof racks, floor mats, child seats etc. The solution also contains images and links to further information on the web to aid the matching of like items.
Highlights include
based on market-leading product information system for vehicle parts PartsPool®
streamlines the product and pricing management process through time saving access to relevant accessory data
a single source of product and pricing data for accessories
easy competitor monitoring and benchmarking
margin optimization through improved market transparency
product range and gap analysis to increase market share
Please contact us for further information and find out how your company can benefit from Eucon solutions.
18.07.2012: September 11-16, Frankfurt. Experience products and solutions that enable automotive aftersales companies to perform better and more profitably.
In order to support automobile manufacturers and car part producers with locations in Latin America more intensively and efficiently, Eucon has founded a subsidiary in Brazil. The background to the expansion is the quick development and increasing importance of the largest South American market for the automotive industry. Today, after China and the US, Brazil is the most important foreign location of many European and American automobile manufacturers and automotive suppliers. After the founding of the first foreign subsidiary in Atlanta in the US, this second subsidiary in Brusque in the south of Brazil will enable Eucon to continue its international expansion and focus on this important growth market.
A Brazil data packet will shortly be available for PartsPool®. This allows Eucon Brasil Ltda. to offer market and competition analysis and comprehensive service for vehicle manufacturers and automotive suppliers. Using the web-based PartsPool® information system Eucon continuously supplies up-to-date data of car parts of the most important international markets and tracks millions of car parts from their market launch until product elimination. This enables the efficient and profitable procurement and analysis of spare part information which is usually time consuming and costly. The solution from the market leader is therefore a unique search machine for automotive aftersales which is able to reliably and easily collect information on spare parts.
"The objective of founding the new company is primarily to systematically build up and process the Latin American market with innovative solutions for a successful spare parts business. The emerging Brazilian market offers an enormous potential for the automotive industry", is the result of a study carried out by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. "Many automobile manufacturers and first-tier supplieres who are our customers are already successfully represented in Brazil and so the demand for reliable data is great. A branch office in Brazil is therefore a logical step in our growth strategy. By following our customers to Brazil we can offer our customers a decisive competitive advantage and focus better on the local prevailing market conditions", says Marcel R. Oosenbrugh, Managing Partner of Eucon.
The Brazilian José-Carlos Zen takes over responsibility for the management of Eucon Brazil. He has considerable experience in the field of automotive aftersales and maintains a close network of strategically important contacts.
Servigistics, the leading enterprise software solution for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM), and Eucon, innovation and outsourcing partner for car manufacturers, component manufacturers and the insurance industry, announced a joint offering that will enable automotive manufacturers and tier one suppliers to increase profitability on aftermarket parts sales.
Both Servigistics and Eucon have a strong presence in the aftermarket automotive industry. Eucon is a leader in providing its clients comprehensive automotive market and competitive analysis capabilities to enable target driven service strategies.
Eucon tracks millions of automotive products from launch right through to elimination. The solution carries out a precise analysis of how the market responds to price changes and detects unrealized profit potential according to the product group level and also specifically by part number. The combination of Eucon's in-depth market knowledge with Servigistics Service Parts Pricing solution that simulates and identifies the optimal price for every new and existing aftermarket part, will provide clients with the tools to further competitive advantage and higher profit contributions from service.
"Pricing Manager helps to meet the complex product management requirements with its unique combination of proven pricing software and aftermarket expertise. By combining our excellent industry knowledge with Servigistics' software, we are offering an innovative solution to the automotive market to optimize profits throughout the parts' lifecycle," explains Norbert Dohmen, Managing Director Automotive at Eucon.
"Pricing professionals understand that without the right tools and data, it is difficult to calibrate replacement parts prices to avoid undesirable loss of market share through over-pricing and unnecessary profit erosion through under-pricing," says Eric Hinkle, CEO at Servigistics. "The combined offering with Eucon will help companies make better informed decisions to capture the value and competitive advantage that can be achieved from price optimization in aftermarket parts sales."
Please contact us for further information about how your company can tap into improved performance with Eucon solutions.
Using PartsPool has become even more user-friendly. It works by using image-mapped graphics of the vehicle which, when clicked on, link to the desired part (see figure). At the end of the process the exact OE number is displayed.
This means that users can directly launch the parts search function using the diagram of the vehicle without having to know the OE number.
Fig.Graphic view - The different part variants are listed under "Matching parts"
From today, Parts Pool 3 customers may test the module free for 4 weeks. The offer will end on 30July 2011.
For further information please send us an E-Mail or contact us directly by telephone under +49 251 14496-142.
04.07.2011: Volkswagen has just received the results of the „2010 Carlisle Parts Manager Satisfaction Survey. In the category of "Pricing Policies", Volkswagen has moved to the #1 position in the industry.
The North American Survey, which is conducted once a year by Carlisle & Company, includes all automotive manufacturers.
"This is a tremendous achievement for us. Thank you Eucon of North America for your contribution to make this possible", says the National Sales Manager Parts and Accessories at Volkswagen of America.
For further information about how your company can tap into improved performance with Eucon solutions please send us an E-Mail.
As a specialist for value-based information systems we deliver with PartsPool current international articles and price information for automotive parts on a permanent basis. This information is an important basis for successful price rounds, individual price calculations, and product launches, and helps give manufacturers the edge over the competition when it comes to price and speed.
In the end, the scope and reliability of the data determine the quality of the systems. "With the countries that have recently joined - the USA, Slovakia, and Turkey and the completed data for Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, we are now that much closer to our goal of providing comprehensive and permanently complete data," says Norbert Dohmen.
PartsPool 3: 20 countries available
Since April 1, the USA has been available for the first time with European automotive manufacturers. The next step for the USA involves incorporating the Asian and finally local automotive manufacturers. In addition, Slovenia was added on May 1 and today covers 19 manufacturers. Turkey was also added with 20 automotive manufacturers, which corresponds roughly to 90% of the Turkish automotive market.
Furthermore, data was completed for the markets in the Czech Republic to include 33 automotive manufacturers, Hungary to include 20 manufacturers, and Slovakia to include 32 manufacturers. Up until now there were only a few automotive manufacturers available. What is more, PartsPool offers the possibility of showing the data in each currency using the currency function.
Are you curious to learn more? Please contact us for more information.
We are happy to set up a free trial run for you to test the countries at no obligation.
The claim Accelerating performance replaces the former slogans of the two divisions Eucon Automotive "Powering automotive aftersales" and Eucon Insurance "Generating claims efficiency", putting the close correlation between corporate performance and increased efficiency succinctly in a nutshell.
"We provide solutions and specialist services tailored to meet the specific needs of our customers allowing them to accelerate improvements in their operational performance. Our customers in automotive aftersales and the insurance industry choose Eucon to improve their business processes. That is why Eucon is recognized as a leading innovation force with products that enable companies to perform better and more profitably and help them exploit speed and cost advantages that are crucial for a competitive edge," says Jörg Niermann, Eucon COO.
Eucon pursues a clear goal with the promise of an improved corporate performance: to optimize business processes, create value-generating solutions and lastingly improve the customer's profitability and process efficiency. Accelerating performance embraces our quest for top performances in a message. It is the yardstick for our actions and guarantees the success of our customers and employees ", says Jörg Niermann.
The supporting key visual is a photo by the leading F1 photographer Paul-Henri Cahier that shows Michael Schumacher in 1996 in Monaco and impressively epitomizes the claim to top performance and speed as well as efficiency and precision.
You too can gain momentum with Eucon. For further information about how your company can tap into improved performance with Eucon solutions please send us an E-Mail.
This year, the solutions provider for business performance management donates to charity and supports projects organized by Plan International Germany, a children's development organisation that is dedicated to improving the living conditions for children.
In this age of "higher, faster, better and further" what matters more than anything else is to act with vision, reliability and continuity. Our mission statement of Accelerating performance is both an opportunity and an obligation - for our everyday business, but also as a commitment that goes beyond the commercial objectives of our enterprise. Because at Eucon we associate Accelerating performance with not just operational performance but also social commitment and sustainable actions.
Customers and business partners can choose pre-set donations like for example a school set for a pupil, a scolarship or a dentist treatment for school children from a specially created website and help Eucon in putting more meaning into the Christmas gifts. Eucon will then donate the sum total of all wishes to Plan. Every gift goes toward giving children in Africa a better education.
„With our engagement we make a positive contribution and give our customers the good feeling of doing good. That fills us with content", explain the Eucon employees.
28.10.2010: Eucon is expanding its PartsPool®3 product management tool to include the U.S. market. On Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 Eucon will host its first ever PartsPool®3 meeting for Tier One product and pricing managers in the United States.
Tracking some 54 million articles numbers and nearly 2 billion pricing data, PartsPool®3 is the leading Internet-based information system for comprehensive international price and product data for vehicle parts. It has over 650 users in more than 190 companies.
PartsPool®3 provides comparable data on recommended list prices of vehicle manufacturer and aftermarket parts across the most important European and North American markets, with huge flexibility in operation and service. It is available to clients at different levels with a range of specialist tools and modules to suit every client requirement.
For further information about how PartsPool®3 can make a difference in your North American company please contact:
Eucon of North America, LLC
David Shanahan 1230 Peachtree Street, Suite 1900 Atlanta, GA 30309 USA
This innovative industry solution enables you to implement systematic price management based on competitive and profit maximization rules:
giving you the transparency you need to price products for optimum profit and geared precisely to the needs of the Aftermarket
permitting simple decision making for price adjustments maximizing added value thanks to a multidimensional policy
Experience the advantages of optimized price management! Find out for yourself what the solution can do and how you and your company can benefit. Learn how the PartsPool 3 information system is linked to knowledge from studies, market analyses and intelligent price management services from Eucon to facilitate automated spare parts pricing and optimization of operating results, making your workday easier. Ask us everything you've always wanted to know about price and lifecycle management. Experience the possibilities for creating value for your company
Meet us at Automechanika in our conference suite, Salon Berlin, at the Maritim Hotel Frankfurt from 14 to 17 September 2010.
22.06.2010: The leading solutions provider for value-added information systems and business performance management (BPM) in automotive aftersales and the insurance industry, has expanded its international presence by opening a sales office in Spain.
Eucon's sales partner for Spain and Portugal is Richard Nott. He was born in England, is multilingual and spent a large part of his professional career in Spain. He held leading positions in the Aftersales and spare parts industry of various companies in Spain, the UK and Italy and has extensive knowledge mainly in the IAM but also in the OES sectors. He is well known to many of the players in the European Aftermarket.
"Spare parts and vehicle manufacturers profit from Eucon's excellent industry knowledge. With our innovative products and solutions, we supply our customers with critical data to increase their earnings and profits. This competitive edge allows them to improve their market position by optimizing their business processes on a sustainable basis", explains Richard Nott.
The world-wide market for Business Intelligence (BI) and analysis software rose by four percent in 2009 according to Gartner. "There was a rapid rise in demand for BI in the Automotive Aftermarket. We want to profit from this and we are giving our full support as innovation partners to our customers in Spain, too. By opening the sales office, we have taken a vital step closer to our Spanish customers and towards achieving success in the Spanish market", says Norbert Dohmen, Automotive Managing Director of Eucon.
The leading solutions provider for value-adding information systems and business performance management in automotive aftersales and the insurance industry will be trading under the name of Eucon GmbH. "With this move Eucon conveys to the market its continued commitment to growth and development. The name Eucon has become a well known and highly recognizable brand in the automotive after sales sector and the insurance industry. Our product and service portfolio is uniquely positioned in these areas", explain Maurice and Marcel Oosenbrugh, Managing Partners at Eucon.
Further to that, Eucon is again fully owned by its founders, Maurice und Marcel Oosenbrugh. Within the framework of a strategic buyback, the brothers have bought back Frank Rohmann's shares in the company. At the same time, the latter has also left the company's service as its Managing Director.
The buyback of the shares and the associated change in the business management will be realized according to plan in 2010. "Our business is highly attractive and our products and solutions are in great demand in the market. In view of our positive future expectations, we have now bought back the shares", explain the Managing Partners.
At the trade fair Eucon presented PartsPool®, the leading auto parts database for automotive aftersales. In addition, the company was able to demonstrate its extensive expertise in the field of information systems, market and competitive analysis as well as professional services for vehicle manufacturers and automotive suppliers to a wide target group and raise brand awareness with local manufacturers and suppliers. "Many automobile manufacturers and first-tier suppliers who are our customers are already successfully represented in Brazil and so the demand for reliable data is great," explains Norbert Dohmen, Managing Director Automotive of Eucon.
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