EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Media Viewer Application

The EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Media Viewer Application is a self-contained commerce-enabled executable program that supports the Microsoft Windows platform. The application provides a feature rich environment for interacting with manufacturer parts and service data. All major features of EzParts are standard in the Viewer application.

Additional application features include the ability for dealers to integrate with their internal business system, real time viewing of their internal business systems sales price and parts availability. EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Media Viewer Application can be integrated with manufacturer web services to provide extended parts information including real time pricing and parts availability data. Built in ecommerce functionality can be configured to send parts order directly to the manufacturers EzParts integrated eCommerce portal.

Typically the EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Media Viewer Application is distributed on CD or DVD SD or USB media with a copy of the manufacturer's data set. Multiple security models provide the ability to control access to the data set by specific users or in general. The EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Media Viewer Application can be designed to automatically expire on a specific date requiring the dealer to update according to the manufacturers policy.

Data updates can be delivered in any electronic media format or via the internet utilizing EzParts Remote Data Sync functionality.

EzParts Web Server

The EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Web Server Application provides all of the standard EzParts functionality making the parts and service data available over the Internet. No plug-ins or additional software is required. Common browsers are supported including Internet Explorer and Firefox.

The EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Web Server Application may be installed in-house by the manufacturers or by a third party web hosting provider. Additionally Systems Online provides hosting services located in Fremont California in conjunction with Hurricane Electric (Hurricane Electric now operates the largest IPv6 Internet backbone in the world.)

The distributed topology capabilities of the EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Web Server Application allows real time data extraction of parts pricing and availability and customer billing and ship to data from the manufacturer's remote business system; as well as the ability to deliver eCommerce orders directly to that business system utilizing a variety of methods.

The database design allows multiple applications to share the same EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Data Source. A single datasource can serve the needs of the Web Server Application and your internal use of the the EzParts Media Viewer Application. There is no physical requirement for multiple data respositories for the different EzParts applications at one facility. The applications are robust multi-user and can all share data. With built in version control and the EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Editing Tools, it is even possible edit live published datasets while they are being actively viewed by end users.

The EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Web Server Application is easily extended to allow the extraction, display navigation and filtering of historical order information from your business system. Dealers and customers can review their order history for open and closed orders including line item details and shipping confirmations.

EzParts Web Server Administration

The EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Web Server Administration Portal provides each manufacturer with the tools they need to manage their users, enforce security and resource viewing restrictions and administer their eCommerce.

The EzParts Web Server Application is eCommerce centric and easily configured and managed from the EzParts Electronic Parts Catalog Web Server Administration Portal. With EzParts manufacturers have total control over the richest shopping cart environment available for the parts and service supply/support chain. Please review our eCommerce section for complete details about EzParts eCommerce capabilities and customizations.

EzUpdate Internet Data Sync

EzUpdate Internet Data Sync provides the ability for dealers and customers to utilize the EzParts Viewer application with media distributed via CD and DVD to acquire the latest updates to the manufacturers parts and service dataset via the Internet. Each dataset publication maintains a version stamp. Modifications to the dataset are internally tracked as they occur. Dealers can easily request an electronic update from the EzParts Viewer Application.

EzUpdates is compatible with single workstation and network installations. This functionality eliminates the requirement for the manufacturer to continuously publish and ship CD and DVD media to their dealers for remote viewing.