Data Maintenance Solutions
At Fitment Data Services, we provide Data Maintenance Solutions to ensure that your automotive catalog remains accurate, up-to-date, and fully compliant with industry standards. Managing large volumes of ACES and PIES data can be complex and time-consuming—our expert team helps you streamline, validate, and optimize your data to improve product visibility, reduce returns, and enhance customer satisfaction.
What Are the Key Components Data Maintenance?
- ACES Fitment Updates – Ensuring accurate year/make/model/trim applications.
- PIES Product Enrichment – Updating attributes like weight, dimensions, images, and descriptions.
- Data Validation & Quality Control – Checking for errors, inconsistencies, and missing information.
- Integration & Distribution – Syncing data with marketplaces, distributors, and internal systems.
- Ongoing Compliance – Adapting to evolving Auto Care Association standards.
Our Data Maintenance Services
- Continuous ACES & PIES Data Updates
- Regularly updating vehicle fitment data to reflect new models, discontinued vehicles, and application changes.
- Ensuring PIES product attributes remain current with the latest specifications, pricing, and descriptions.
- Monitoring and implementing AutoCare ACES & PIES standard changes to maintain compliance.
- Data Accuracy & Error Resolution
- Identifying and fixing duplicate, missing, or incorrect vehicle applications.
- Eliminating gaps and inconsistencies in product attributes, descriptions, and images.
- Cross-referencing OE and aftermarket data to enhance part compatibility and coverage.
- Catalog Expansion & Enhancement
- Integrating new product lines into existing catalogs to help expand market reach.
- Enriching product content with detailed specifications, high-quality images, and marketing descriptions and attributes.
- Improving searchability by adding enhanced vehicle application details.
- Marketplace & eCommerce Data Synchronization
- Keeping product listings optimized and synchronized across Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and other platforms.
- Ensuring correct categorization, pricing, and keyword optimization to improve sales performance.
- Managing bulk data imports and exports for smooth marketplace integration.
- Compliance & Industry Standardization
- Aligning product data with AutoCare ACES & PIES Standards, ensuring compatibility with major retailers and distributors.
- Adapting to evolving marketplace and regulatory data requirements to maintain compliance.
- Providing custom validation reports to monitor and maintain data integrity.
Why Choose Our Data Maintenance Solutions?
- Accuracy & Compliance – Maintain error-free data that meets industry and marketplace standards.
- Reduce Return Rates – Ensure customers receive correctly fitting parts, minimizing costly returns.
- Enhanced Product Discoverability – Improve search results and marketplace rankings with optimized data.
- Save Time & Resources – Let our experts handle data updates, so you can focus on growing your business.
- Scalable Solutions – Whether you’re managing hundreds or millions of SKUs, our services grow with your business.
Frequently Asked Question
Auto Care Data Maintenance refers to the ongoing process of managing, updating, and optimizing automotive data to comply with ACES (Aftermarket Catalog Exchange Standard) and PIES (Product Information Exchange Standard). It ensures that vehicle fitment and product information are accurate, up-to-date, and compliant with industry standards.
Regular data maintenance helps businesses:
- Reduce part returns due to inaccurate fitment data.
- Improve searchability and discoverability on ecommerce platforms.
- Enhance customer satisfaction with correct product listings.
- Ensure compliance with industry and marketplace requirements.
Auto Care standards are constantly evolving with new vehicle models and part numbers. Data should be updated monthly or quarterly to reflect the latest changes in:
- Vehicle applications (ACES)
- Product attributes, pricing, and digital assets (PIES)
- New part introductions and discontinued products
- Keeping up with frequent industry updates and changes to ACES & PIES standards.
- Ensuring accurate vehicle fitment mapping to avoid mismatched data.
- Managing large and complex catalogs with thousands of SKUs.
- Synchronizing data across multiple platforms (ecommerce, marketplaces, and B2B portals).
- Maintaining compliance with marketplace and distributor requirements.
Properly maintained data leads to:
- Higher ranking and visibility on Amazon, eBay, and other marketplaces.
- Better search results by ensuring accurate product attributes and descriptions.
- Fewer returns and customer complaints due to correct fitment information.
- Faster time-to-market with automated data updates.
- Manufacturers – To ensure products are accurately represented in catalogs.
- Distributors & Wholesalers – To streamline inventory and sales data.
- Retailers & Ecommerce Sellers – To improve online sales and reduce returns.
- Marketplace Vendors – To stay compliant with platform requirements.
Automation tools can:
- Speed up updates and reduce manual data entry errors.
- Sync data across multiple platforms for consistency.
- Enable real-time updates for faster product listing and catalog adjustments.
Failure to maintain accurate data can result in:
- Increased return rates due to incorrect product fitment.
- Loss of sales opportunities from outdated or missing listings.
- Poor search visibility on ecommerce and marketplace platforms.
- Marketplace penalties for non-compliance with data requirements.
Contact us today for expert Auto Care data maintenance services to keep your catalog accurate, compliant, and optimized for sales!