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Bell & Howell Becomes Dealer Systems Provider For General Motors' Access Program

15 October 1997

Bell & Howell Becomes Dealer Systems Provider For General Motors' Access Program

    CLEVELAND, Oct. 15 -- Bell & Howell Publication Systems
Company today announced it has become a dealer systems provider (DSP) for the
General Motors' ACCESS program.
    An information management system used by GM and its dealers in the U.S.
and Canada, GM ACCESS currently provides three dealer/corporate applications.
The first, GM PROSPEC, provides comprehensive point-of-sale data such as
product specs, pricing and competitive comparisons.  The second, a vehicle
locator, lets dealers search GM's national dealership inventory to find the
exact model that matches customers' needs.  Finally, through Lotus Notes, GM
ACCESS provides smooth two-way communication between dealerships and General
Motors .
    Bell & Howell Publication Systems Company, a business unit of Bell &
Howell Company , has been a leading provider of electronic parts
catalogs (EPCs) to GM since they were introduced in 1987.  In the past
10 years, EPCs have replaced nearly all of the printed parts books previously
used by parts managers and significantly outpaced the switch from books to
microfiche.
    As a DSP for GM ACCESS, Bell & Howell now makes it possible for GM
dealerships to make full use of EPC and dealer information management systems,
speeding information exchange and boosting efficiency and profitability.
    Bell & Howell Publication Systems Company is headquartered in Cleveland,
Ohio, with offices in Wooster, Ohio; Salt Lake City, Utah; Watford, England;
and Tokyo, Japan. Bell & Howell Company, headquartered in Skokie, Illinois, is
a leading worldwide provider of solutions for information access and
dissemination. Revenues in 1996 totaled $903 million. Additional information
about Bell & Howell is available on the Internet at:
 http://www.bellhowell.com.

SOURCE  Bell & Howell Publication Systems Company