1	Internet Parts Ordering Executive Overview Draft – April 2004
2	AAIA Primary Objectives Electronic Commerce Committee of the AAIA develops standards and best practices to lower costs throughout the aftermarket and lower the cost of supply chain technology AAIA staff objective is to promote and support adoption of the IPO standard
3	Internet Parts Ordering Background
4	Who are the potential users of IPO? The Electronic Commerce Committee (ECC) of the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) recognized that part availability inquiries and associated special order transactions occurred many thousands of times each day at all levels of the aftermarket Manufacturers Distributors, retailers, jobbers Installers
5	Why target these transactions? Special order transactions are conducted by phone, fax and a growing number of negotiated electronic transaction formats In the interest of providing an open industry guideline for this business process the AAIA committee identified Internet Parts Ordering as a project in the fall of 2002 and a workgroup was formed from interested parties.
6	Who defined IPO requirements? Manufacturers including ArvinMeritor, Dana Corporation, Gates Corporation, Global Accessories (formerly Saddleman), and Hunter Engineering; Distributors and Retailers including Advance Auto Parts, CARQUEST Auto Parts, CSK Auto (which also does business under the Checker, Schuck’s, and Kragen brands), Genuine Parts Company, and O’Reilly Auto Parts; Software providers including ALLDATA, BayMaster, GarageOperator, and Wrenchead
7	IPO Participants & Interactions
8	High Level IPO Collaboration
9	IPO uses a standards-based approach Chose to implement on widely adopted standards: Web services messaging - SOAP & XML description – WSDL conformance – WS-I OAGIS for the definition of XML content Business Object Documents (BODs) extended for AAIA purposes Open Applications Group Provide support for diverse interaction styles Blocking synchronous & Non-blocking asynchronous
10	Standards Based Implementation
11	Sample BOD
12	IPO Value Proposition