ENHANCING PARTS IDENTIFICATION ACCURACY THROUGH INTERACTIVE VISUAL TOOLS PartsTech, the leading free, all-in-one parts procurement platform that helps auto repair shops save 15 minutes per repair order, is proud to introduce its latest offering, the PartsTech Visual Search Suite, at the 2024 SEMA Show. Trusted by over 25,000 auto repair shops, PartsTech allows users to quickly find and order aftermarket parts and tires by putting all their preferred suppliers into a single lookup. With a network of 225+ suppliers, 7,000+ manufacturer brands, and 30,000+ supplier locations, PartsTech simplifies the parts ordering process by displaying real-time inventory and pricing from multiple suppliers in one easy lookup. The efficiency gain that repair shops find with PartTech is crucial in today's competitive automotive repair landscape, where every minute saved can translate to increased profitability. The new PartsTech Visual Search Suite enhances auto shops' parts identification and ordering experience through advanced visual tools that help improve order accuracy, reduce parts returns, and speed the parts ordering process. By integrating features like full-vehicle diagrams, 360-degree product views, and intelligent image replacement, this suite helps repair professionals find the right parts faster and more efficiently. As the industry faces a growing technician shortage and overall staffing challenges, tools like the PartsTech Visual Search Suite help play a critical role in training and enabling shop employees by empowering them to work more efficiently and confidently with a streamlined parts identification process. Steven Meyer, Chief Product Officer at PartsTech, emphasized how the new features address current industry challenges: "The Visual Search Suite represents our ongoing commitment to innovation in the auto parts procurement space. By enhancing the platform with visual tools that improve parts identification and accuracy, we’re helping technicians and service advisors work more efficiently. This is especially critical in the wake of the technician shortage, as these tools reduce training time and help less experienced staff make confident, informed decisions. Ultimately, we're empowering shops to save time, reduce errors, and increase profitability." THE PARTSTECH VISUAL SEARCH SUITE IS FREE TO USE In a competitive automotive industry, efficiency is everything, and the PartsTech Visual Search Suite provides powerful tools to help repair shops streamline their parts ordering process. All the features within the suite are available in PartsTech Free. PARTSTECH DIAGRAMS PartsTech Diagrams allows users to easily identify parts using full-vehicle, interactive diagrams. Covering major makes and models from the past 30 years, the tool enables quick part identification by allowing the user to hover over the diagram for details. Users can add multiple parts from one or more diagrams to a search list and automatically search across suppliers with one click. This streamlined process enhances accuracy and efficiency, helping shops reduce training time and order the correct parts faster, contributing to the overall 15 minutes saved per repair order that PartsTech users experience. “My favorite feature of PartsTech is the exploded diagrams. I don’t have to go to another tab to find the exploded diagram to figure out what a part is called. I can just click on the part [in PartsTech Diagrams], and it pulls it up for me.” - John Mark, Technician, Honest Mechanic, Louisville, Kentucky 360-DEGREE PRODUCT VIEWS With 360-degree Product Views, users can inspect parts from all angles, offering a more detailed view of components. This feature provides complete 360-degree views for 50,000 products, allowing users to rotate to examine parts from every angle, whether on a desktop or mobile device. By enabling users to view the full geometry of each part, this feature is designed to improve fit accuracy and reduce the likelihood of returns due to incorrect part selection, saving valuable time and resources for repair shops. This efficiency gain is crucial in today's competitive automotive repair landscape, where every minute saved can translate to increased profitability. INTELLIGENT IMAGE REPLACEMENT The Intelligent Image Replacement feature ensures that users can still visualize parts with diagram slices even when a manufacturer’s image is unavailable. This feature improves the visual reference system for about 80% of the 15 million-plus parts in the PartsTech catalog. By substituting missing manufacturer images with the corresponding diagram slice, PartsTech helps maintain a consistent and seamless search experience for repair professionals, ensuring they have the visual context to make informed part selections. JOIN PARTSTECH AT SEMA 2024 Visit PartsTech at SEMA 2024 in the North Hall Booth #11655 to experience the Visual Search Suite firsthand and discover how PartsTech is transforming auto shops’ parts procurement process. Learn more: https://get.partstech.com/JoinTheMovement ABOUT PARTSTECH Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, PartsTech is a free parts procurement platform that simplifies the parts ordering process for automotive repair professionals. By consolidating supplier inventory and pricing from over 225 suppliers, 7,000 brands, and 30,000 supplier locations into a single search, PartsTech helps shops find the right parts faster, enabling them to focus on what they do best – delivering quality repairs to their customers. The platform's core features, including its multi-supplier lookup and ordering, are entirely free and available on PartsTech Free. For more information, visit www.PartsTech.com. Press Release Type: Product Company: PartsTech Booth #: North Hall, #11655 Show Categories: Business Services Media Contact Name: Hannah Conrad Media Contact Email: hconrad@partstech.com Media Contact Phone: (408) 518-0619 Photo Gallery: 102821