What’s new in autocarevip.com?
Wow, many new and exciting updates are taking place within the autocarevip.com site this year. In our previous blog post, we talked about the new content added to the Vehicle Configuration Database (VCdb). This month, we will highlight a few new features that content professionals can take advantage of while working within the autocarevip.com site. These new features include “Notifications”, “New Coverage”, “Discussions” and “Cases.” “Notifications” and “New Coverage” allow you to review and take advantage of the latest and greatest content that can help you get your products to market faster. Have questions about how to use these databases? You may not be alone. Use “Discussions” and “Cases” to engage the community of like-minded individuals to help improve your knowledge and the content that drives the industry.
New Notifications and Alerts Section
The bell icon has been added to the right side of the navigation within the autocarevip.com site. The number to the right of the bell lets you know how many unread notifications that you have waiting to review.
The “Notifications/Alerts” section within the autocarevip.com site includes release notes along with the monthly database publications that can be seen in the details section of the page.
With an autocarevip.com login, content professionals now have access to the Notification section of the autocarevip.com site. (Don’t have a login? Create one here) Click on the bell icon on the right side of the screen to navigate to the Notifications section. Users will see the list of notifications on the page. Click the “View” link next to the release notes to get more details and the attachment of what has been updated.
Note: The release notes have moved from the autocare.communifire.com site to this notification section within the autocarevip.com site.
Access to New Coverage Report
The Image above shows the new VCdb Vehicle Release Note section allows users to search each VCdb version to learn what is new for both the vehicles and equipment. In the “Vehicle” search, users can search by “Country” (Region Name), “Year” and “Vehicle Type.” Content for vehicles users can review is found under the “Vehicle Type”, “Make” and “Model” by “Country” (Region Name).
The Image above shows the VCdb Equipment Release Note section allows users to search each VCdb version to learn what is new equipment. In the “Equipment” search, users can search by “Equipment Type” and “Country” (Region Name). Content for equipment allows users to review “Equipment Type”, “Equipment Manufacturer” and “Country” (Region Name).
VCdb subscribers with an autocarevip.com login now have access to the “New Coverage” section of the website.
Access to Discussions
In the image above you can see the PCdb/PAdb Discussion tab these are the discussion topics that fuel the conversation to improve the content for the PCdb and PAdb. This is the same content that can be seen within the autocare.communifire.com PCdb/PAdb Discussion.
VCdb subscribers with an autocarevip.com login are now able to access the Discussion board. These discussions include the VCdb, PCdb/PAdb, Qdb and Brand table. Without a subscription, users have limited access to these discussions, including the PCdb/PAdb and Brand Table discussions.
Subscribers can review open discussions and see what other topics are of interest related to each of the databases. See all discussions, what has been answered, and what needs to be answered. To comment, users will need an additional autocare.communifire.com account.
Cases
The image above shows the “Cases” section menu option within the PCdb/PAdb section of the autocarevip.com site. You can search through all of the PCdb / PAdb / PIES cases and see what are open and closed cases.
Autocarevip.com users now have access to the “Cases” section of the autocarevip.com site. The PCdb/PAdb/PIES cases can now be reviewed within the autocarevip.com site. These cases are different than requesting a new product or attribute. These cases help the industry to review similar products to potentially consolidate product names which help the industry ever changing products.
To create a case or comment, an autocare.communifire.com account is required.
With these new features added to the autocarevip.com website, the Auto Care Association has made it easier than ever to discover and engage with Auto Care Standards content.
This Summer: Autocarevip.com FUNdamentals Webinars
If you want to see these new features, along with a full review of all the autocarevip.com site’s features, join us for the “FUNdamentals” of autocarevip.com this summer. Register for one of these three events that we are providing to the industry:
Get started with optimizing your Auto Care Standards performance by signing up for an account today at autocarevip.com.
Mike Chung
is director, market intelligence at Auto Care Association. With more than a dozen years of experience in market research, Chung provides the industry with timely information on key factors and trends influencing the health of the automotive aftermarket to help businesses throughout the supply chain make better business decisions. Chung has earned degrees in chemical engineering, environmental health, and business administration. He can be reached at michael.chung@autocare.org.
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