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Connect is AkzoNobel’s latest digital innovation to enhance efficiency in collision repair shops in North America.
October 13, 2020
By: Coatings World staff
Connect is AkzoNobel’s latest digital innovation to enhance efficiency in collision repair shops in North America. The application programming interface (API) facilitates the exchange of data between AkzoNobel’s digital applications such as Carbeat and MIXIT and third-party software applications used by collision repair customers.
Connect delivers several advantages for collision repair customers: It drives efficiency in the body shop as it reduces the time for data entry into multiple software while increasing the accuracy of data. Overall it makes businesses more connected and efficient. The user doesn’t interact with the application itself as it is an API. The software runs in the background and seamlessly synchronizes data.
“We recognize that the growing number of software products used by our customers is creating significant challenges for them,” said Mike Sillay, AkzoNobel Global Services manager, Automotive and Specialty Coatings. “Some shops have as many as 15 independent digital tools to operate and maintain. Connect will help reduce the burden by linking AkzoNobel digital tools to a wide array of Body Shop Management Systems, Dealer Management Systems and other critical systems being used in the shops’ digital ecosphere.”
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