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OEConnection Joins the Mopar Masters Guild

RICHFIELD, Ohio -- OEConnection has announced a collaborative arrangement with the Mopar Masters Guild (MMG) to encourage two- way communication to create optimal dealership parts and service solutions. Under the agreement, the MMG members will provide feedback on their current and anticipated needs while advising OEConnection of product needs and services that deliver value to dealerships that thrive in the wholesale parts business.

OEConnection is the new venture created by DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Bell & Howell that provides automotive dealerships and their wholesale parts customers with eCommerce products and services for their parts and service information needs. The Mopar Masters Guild is an exclusive organization representing the interests and ideas of Parts Managers from the top 100 DaimlerChrysler dealerships with the highest purchased parts volumes.

"The Mopar Masters Guild brings OEConnection direct customer feedback and guidance to deliver the most effective parts eCommerce products to the dealerships," said Kevin Weidinger, OEConnection Vice President, Sales and National Accounts. "OEConnection and the MMG are united by the common vision to maximize the dealer's wholesale parts business and to deliver quality service to parts buyers."

Gerry Oakes, Vendor Committee Chairman of the MMG and Parts Manager at Baxter Chrysler in Omaha, Nebraska, commented, "OEConnection's CollisionLink(TM) is the key to opening the door to improved communications between our parts department and the wholesale customer."

Dan Hutton, Parts Manager, Tom O'Brien Chrysler, Indianapolis, IN, said, "The VIN scrubbing feature in CollisionLink(TM) will greatly improve the accuracy of the parts order. This alone makes the product invaluable!"

CollisionLink(TM) enables collision shops to electronically submit parts orders to their parts supplying automotive dealerships. CollisionLink(TM) scrubs the parts information for accuracy and completeness, enabling the dealership to respond more quickly and comprehensively in providing parts for collision repairs. CollisionLink(TM) is now available nationally to dealerships and collision shops, and will be demonstrated at the upcoming NACE (International Auto Body Congress & Exhibition) and NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association) tradeshows.

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