Category Archives: E-Cat

Multi-Store – Touching Parts

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

I have written many articles about Multi-Store Creator-Editor for Exploris ( Parts Watch by Autologue ) – many of them critical of the errors that still exist and are afraid to fix due to the complexity of the program ( … Continue reading →

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Sweet — option to PUSH you to the Alternate when ZEREO

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

What great find by Ryan at D&T … this is important for guys ( and gals ) to keep learning Exploris ( Parts Watch by Autologue ) …anyways … we have some situations where we may have to keep a … Continue reading →

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Time to get serious on ‘little things’

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Sorry for the long lapse in posting here and on the CQCHANGE blog … so lets look at little things and see why they are IMPORTANT. For many years now the e-cat people ( whom are really hard working and … Continue reading →

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Standardize Part Type for E-Cat … why is it important ???

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Here is a e-mail we just sent ..this is important and we have been fighting for this FOR YEARS now … and not making much headway … but …we know it is super important and will keep up the fight… … Continue reading →

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How BIG is too big … in DFIU Importing

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

WE have a line in Canada called BSL for Cross Canada body panels – CARQUEST Canada has stopped supporting this data — but we still sell body panels and need up-to-date data … so we get the data file from … Continue reading →

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E-Cat – trim inconsistent names ….please

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

My hats to the e-cat guys … a never ending job.  But … we still need extra effort to find and FIX inconsistent part GROUP names … as shown below … the different suppliers have to be consistent in what … Continue reading →

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Clean – vs – Cluttered …e-cat display

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

This specific tip is for Canadian Jobbers … but the idea is the same.  Don’t have E-Cat displays that are cluttered with junk.  In this case we got ‘the powers to be’ to move the dual terminal batteries from PN … Continue reading →

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CLEAN UP E-Cat display ….

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

For a while we have been frustrated … when a part changes from one line code to another …. so long as ANY ONE STORE in our DC Group has it … the old part shows in the rectangular box … Continue reading →

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How to Make INTERCHANGE Work Better

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

Here is a great suggestion that Ryan recently wrote up and sent to catalogPRS(at)CARQUEST(dot)com …. We need someway to FILTER interchanges –so we can ONLY see the interchange data for a specific vendor …in this case FleetGuard …  se we … Continue reading →

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OK –One More Christmas Wish

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Make CARQUEST even better for us all

To make E-Cat and especially Customers looking up their own parts … we need to have the Product Guys ( especially in Toronto ) to understand that the OLD WAY won’t work. Before if they wanted to reduce duplication they … Continue reading →

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