Receiver's Choice Awards
About the Award
The Receiver’s Choice award recognizes organizations that are supplying high quality content including ACES®, PIES®, digital assets and other customer specific formats. Honorees are selected by content receivers who support ACPN for their exemplary content and are leading the way in completeness, accuracy, delivery, communication and other proprietary specific judging criteria.
Eligibility
- Company Type: Manufacturer/Remanufacturer
- Company Membership: Auto Care Association member in good standing
- Subscription Status: Must have active VCdb and
PAdb subscriptions.
- To check your subscription status, please contact membership@autocare.org. To purchase a subscription, please visit our subscriptions page.
- Conference Attendance: Must have at least one representative from your company present at the upcoming Annual Auto Care Connect conference to receive the award.
Award Format
Gold
One Recipient Per Receiver Company
Judging
These awards are judged by participating content receiver companies utilizing the judging guidelines outlined below and potentially additional criteria that is specific to the way they conduct business.
Submission Requirements
- No submission required to be considered
- Please contact your content receiver to see if they are participating in this year’s receiver’s choice award ceremony at the annual Auto Care Connect conference to be considered for this award.
For questions about this specific award, please contact ACPN Community Engagement Manager:
Katy McQuiston
Judging Guidelines
If the eligibility requirements listed above are met 100% for the award submission, the following minimum judging guidelines, which were established by the ACPN Leadership Council and agreed to by the Data Receivers participating in the award, are utilized to judge. Note that many of the Data Receivers have additional criteria that is specific to the way they conduct business to determine their winners. Participating data receivers must be current users of the ACES and/or PIES data standards, and have active subscriptions to the VCdb and PAdb.
- All part numbers that require fitment data have applications communicated in ACES.
- All part numbers are communicated in PIES® and have robust marketing information, product attribute information, and digital assets.
- All part numbers have receiver specific data requirements met.
- The supplier assumes responsibility for the data provided by a third-party company if used.
- ACES and PIES specifications are consistently adhered to. (XSD and Non-XSD rules)
- Stays current with ACES and PIES reference database versions.
- Data provided for a part number accurately represents the part number.
- Part numbers in ACES and PIES are accurately mapped to proper BrandID's/SubBrandID's from the Brand Table and Part Terminologies from the PCdb.
- ACES fitment notes and MfrLabels do not repeat values already identified within other designated fields of the ACES standard, such as VehicleID, PartTerminologyID, and all VCdb vehicle attributes.
- ACES fitment notes and MfrLabels do not conflict with values already identified within other designated fields of the ACES standard, such as VehicleID, PartTerminologyID, and all VCdb vehicle attributes.
- No ACES Application overlaps or duplicates.
- No PIES Item duplicates.
- Meets Data Receiver's requirements for data delivery deadlines.
- Provides data in the ACES and PIES format.
- Delivers new and updated data on a consistent cadence.
- Digital Asset files are delivered at the same time as their corresponding PIES files.
- Fosters a partnership with the data receiver through good communication.
- Resolves data issues in a timely manner.
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past winners
Each award-winning company is eligible to use the ACPN Content Excellence logo on company literature, mobile apps and websites. Contact ACPN@autocare.org for image files.
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | DRiV™ Content Team |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | Perfect Stop by Terrepower |
| AutoZone, Inc. | PowerStop |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Mevotech LP |
| PartsTech, Inc. | Winhere Brake Parts, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | Mevotech LP |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | Baldwin Filters |
| AutoZone, Inc. | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Epicor Software Corporation | MotoRad |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | DMA Industries LLC |
| PartsTech, Inc. | Cardone Industries, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | Winhere Brake Parts, Inc. |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. |
| AutoZone, Inc. | BBB Industries |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Cardone Industries |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Continental Corporation |
| PartsTech, Inc. | DRiV, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | Mevotech |
| AutoZone, Inc. | K&N |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Gates Corporation |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Dorman Products |
| PartsTech, Inc. | Gates Corporation |
| WHI Solutions | BBB Industries |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Clarios |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | Winhere Brake Parts, Inc. |
| AutoZone, Inc. | PowerStop |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Robert Bosch |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Spicer / Dana Holding Corporation |
| PartsTech, Inc. | DRiV, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | Carter Fuel Systems |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | NGK Spark Plugs |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | DRiV, Inc. - Monroe |
| AutoZone, Inc. | Standard Motor Products, Inc. |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Dana, Inc. |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| PartsTech, Inc. | Melling Automotive Products |
| WHI Solutions | Raybestos |
| MAM Software, Inc. | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Johnson Controls |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | DENSO Products and Services America, Inc. |
| AutoZone, Inc. | Wells Vehicle Electronics |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Brake Parts, Inc. |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Melling Automotive Products |
| PartsTech, Inc. | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | Standard Motor Products |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | CARDONE Industries, Inc. |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | Delphi |
| AutoZone, Inc. | Motorcar Parts of America |
| Epicor Software Corporation | CARDONE Industries, Inc. |
| Genuine Parts Company/NAPA | East Penn |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Winhere Brake Parts, Inc. |
| PartsTech, Inc. | CARDONE Industries, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | CARDONE Industries, Inc. |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Federal Mogul |
| Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance | East Penn |
| AutoZone, Inc. | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Continental Elite |
| Genuine Parts Company/NAPA | Gates Corporation |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Tenneco, Inc. |
| PartsTech, Inc. | DENSO Products and Services America, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | AC Delco |
| Receiver | Award Winner |
| Advance Auto Parts | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| AutoZone, Inc. | Wells Vehicle Electronics |
| Epicor Software Corporation | AC Delco |
| Genuine Parts Company/NAPA | Gates Corporation |
| O’Reilly Auto Parts | Tenneco, Inc. |
| WHI Solutions | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| MAM Software, Inc. | Robert Bosch |