Your products in the world’s leading spare parts catalogue

The best way of making your products easily accessible for the global market. Transform potential customers into buyers by making your portfolio available in the TecDoc® Catalogue

900+

Brands

160K+

TecDoc vehicle types

400M+

Linkages

8.8M

Article data

134

Product groups

Update your data at all points of sale at the same time, optimise your visibility in the market and boost your sales


Reduce your costs for communication, advertising and marketing through the constant and centralised availability of your product information


Tap into new markets and set your business up internationally through the automatic translation of your data into 41 languages

Sell more parts by making them easily available

As an automotive supplier or distributor in the independent automotive aftermarket, you are always faced with a central question: How can I best bring my products to market?

In order to turn potential customers into actual buyers, you must first make your current portfolio available to them. The most important step: become a TecDoc data supplier. With the TecDoc catalogue, you are able to reach customers directly and meet their requirements for data format and maintenance.

  • Easily access new markets

  • Reach your customers directly

  • Boost sales

How do I become a TecDoc® data supplier?

Becoming one of our data suppliers is easy. If you are a supplier of replacement parts and your company has a certified production site you are already half-way there and you can easily register a brand for our TecDoc® Catalogue:

If you own the brand or its owner has transferred the respective distribution rights to you, so that you have the right to independent maintenance and delivery of data under the respective name
Depending on your contract you can choose the regions in which your products are seen in the catalogue
After signing the contract we will provide you with everything you’ll need on your way to your first data delivery

  • If you own the brand or its owner has transferred the respective distribution rights to you, so that you have the right to independent maintenance and delivery of data under the respective name

  • Depending on your contract you can choose the regions in which your products are seen in the catalogue

  • After signing the contract we will provide you with everything you’ll need on your way to your first data delivery

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New product validation
  • All customer communication is easily accessible in one place & kept inside the claim
  • Receive claims via a standardised claim registration form which is customisable to your specific needs

Easily prepare & manage your data with our PIM solutions

To meet the individual requirements of all our data suppliers, we offer professional tools for data preparation and management.

From basic data preparation to high-end data management. This way you can provide your article data in high quality easily and comfortably. Both tools supports you in different stages of your workflow, contributing to cost and process optimisation and ultimately to the generation of revenue:

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Product specification
  • All the necessary information can be set as mandatory input
  • No unnecessary deliveries; you decide which parts can be returned and which not
  • Be always aware of the current status through high transparency & fast availability of the process
  • Reduce customer calls by clear status information

CCU

High-end data management & insightful analytics

A powerful tool that integrates vehicle manufacturer parts information (OE) and vehicle in operation data (VIO). In addition, data exporting to formats such as TecDoc, MAM and tailor made Web exports is also possible. Use numerous configuration options to adapt the tool to your individual needs.

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Product commercialisation
  • Faster approval process. All the relevant information to decide a claim is accessible in one place
  • Reduce effort by automatically transferring the data to your ERP system

DMM

Basic functionality to get you started right away

As a data supplier, you have the option of using our DMM to prepare and maintain your product data in TecDoc® standard free of charge. The system checks whether your data meets the TecDoc® Standard.

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White Label our Solution

As a data supplier you will have add-on option to have your very own white-label solution based on the structure to manage your B2B or B2C – e-commerce strategy.

The best way of making your products easily accessible for the global market. Transform potential customers into buyers by making your portfolio available in the TecDoc® Catalogue

Our full service offer: Managed data onboarding & updates

With our managed data service we convert your individual data into our TecDoc data format. We take on the complete standardisation of your data, i.e. the linkage to our standardised product names (generic articles), attributes and vehicle data, as well as the conversion to the TecDoc data format.

We focus on optimum product communication so that your products are presented professionally to your customers. When using our data services, you do not require either hardware or software. You save time and effort preparing the data.

We are also happy to take on the continuous update management after the initial publication of your article data. As your products are always available to your customers throughout the world in a high-quality and up-to-date form, we actively support you in increasing your sales.

Both for data onboarding and the data update, you can transmit your data to us in the format you use. On this basis, we determine the required scope of services and generate an individual quotation for you with a detailed description of the services and fixed prices for easy planning.

Save time & effort: Easily transmit your data in the current format you use and our team of data specialists takes on the conversion into TecDoc® format


Besides your initial onboarding we also offer continuous update management of your data to make sure your customers are getting the best data possible at the point of sale


On the basis of the data format you use we determine our scope of work and provide an individual quotation including a detailed service description and fixed prices

Fuel your business with our custom data packages

Have it your way and use just the high quality standardised replacement parts data you need. We offer extensive support for your data collection and management.

The data includes all elements of the TecDoc supplier data specific for your selected countries, regions and/or languages


The data is used in conjunction with our TecDoc reference data to extract the various elements of data that you require. You will receive all information that describes and matches the original article


Included information:

Article number Reference numbers
Superseding articles Trade numbers
GTIN Article criteria
Parts lists Accessory lists
Graphics and documents Packaging information
Vehicle data and linkages Linkage attributes

Easily integrate our standardised data into your own solutions

We distinguish ourselves not only through our extensive and globally recognised vehicle and spare parts database, but also through our innovative technologies that make the TecDoc catalogue data available according to individual customer requirements.

Our data package is a set of tables that provides an offline solution containing both the reference data and the parts manufacturer replacement parts catalogue data.

Both the reference data and the parts manufacturers’ data is raw data in our standardised TecDoc format. Our data packages can be delivered in either TAF/fixed length or CSV format.

The TecDoc Data Package allows optimum use of the standardised TecDoc Catalogue data.
The data is provided for download and can used for integration into your own product catalogue, for internal data matching and analysis.
Data Delivery is provided weekly or quarterly

TecDoc data is your basis for success in the automotive aftermarket

We gather the most up-to-date information from automotive suppliers, replacement parts manufacturers, associations, authorities and institutions worldwide.

This information is either collected and recorded by our experts in a uniform and integration-compatible form or is supplied directly by manufacturers and trade.

The TecDoc data suppliers provide high-quality replacement parts data in a uniform format using our global TecDoc Standard. You can then use the structured data with our TecAlliance solutions, but also in your own way by choosing just the data that you need.

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Data collection
The basis of our data is collected from replacement parts & vehicle manufacturers as well as various other sources like vehicle park data and market statistics. They are compiled by our team of experts and transferred into our TecDoc standard format.

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Data management
Our data base consists of replacement parts data, vehicle data as well as repair and maintenance information and is then distributed via our various solutions:
Web Access

Web Service

Web Shop

App

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Data distribution
Our standardised data is then easily accessible & ready to use for our data users:
Workshops

Parts Dealers

Parts Manufacturers

Fleet & Leasing

The reference data includes the necessary vehicle attributes for specific regions and languages:

Manufacturer model series Passenger car
light commercial vehicles heavy commercial vehicles & motorcycles
Additional information for logistics Engine information allocated to vehicle type
Axle information allocated to vehicle/truck type Generic article description & criteria
Additional information for logistics

Our documentation (format description) will help you to understand the structure and relations to extract the required information at any time. If you need any further assistance, our technical consultant team will support you.

Our global TecDoc reference data makes your life easier

Our reference data provides basic descriptions of vehicles, vehicle components and product classification (i.e. standardised product information, criteria that can be described in the article) in the globally recognised TecDoc exchange format to help you prepare your product and article data.

It is structured in a data format that provides a clear definition for the fine-grained classification of vehicles. This classification opens up the possibility of clearly identifying the correct vehicle classes within the vehicle tables using the vehicle type ID.

Our reference data contains all necessary information that enables the assembly of the TecDoc vehicle data and the standardized catalogue search structure relevant for the correct identification of parts.

Reference data is updated monthly
All TecDoc data is available in 41 languages

Question? Talk to an expert about how you can easily bring your data into TecDoc®

Let one of our specialists walk you through our data onboarding process both with our product information management solutions or data service.

  • Highest visibility

    Your products in the world’s leading catalogue system

  • Optimised

    Latest up-to-date data for all your points of sale

  • Increase sales

    Reach a global customer base easily

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