Activant appoints Eales to head-up data acquisition team for Mastercat
MasterCat3 Accelerates Impact with Increased Investment
4th January 2007 -- Activant has appointed Simon Eales to head-up data acquisition for Mastercat3, focusing on increasing partnership services for the brand name suppliers featured on Activant’s market leading catalogue database.
Eales comes with an extensive background in the automotive aftermarket industry, having worked at various levels of the supply chain and enjoying senior positions at the factor, retailer and installer levels. Most recently he comes out of the IT sector delivering service solutions.
In new his role at Activant as Data Account Manager, Eales will work with aftermarket manufacturers to ensure that parts resellers have access to the fullest spectrum of their parts data including high quality graphics, technical specifications, cross reference information, bulletins and range extensions.
With new software solutions such as ACTiF and www.mastercat.co.uk, Activant are able to provide parts manufacturers with direct access into the Mastercat process to update and add parts ranges, providing an accelerated route to market for their cataloguing data.
Commenting on his new position, Eales said: “Activant Solutions is a major player within the UK aftermarket, ensuring a smooth flow of relevant and vital data from manufacturer to parts reseller, thereby enhancing their service to the end user.”
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