AUTOVIA Exec to Discuss How the Internet is Revolutionizing the Automotive Aftermarket Industry; eAutoWorld Focuses on the Impact e-Commerce is Having on the Automotive Industry

26 September 2000

AUTOVIA Exec to Discuss How the Internet is Revolutionizing the Automotive Aftermarket Industry; eAutoWorld Focuses on the Impact e-Commerce is Having on the Automotive Industry

    SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Sept. 26, 2000--If there's one thing AUTOVIA's Rod Georgiu understands best, it's how technology can enhance business practices and relationships within the automotive aftermarket industry.
    After a decade of transforming ALLDATA into the industry's leading provider of diagnostic automotive repair information, Georgiu launched his second company, AUTOVIA, to help automotive parts distributors and repair shops reduce their order processing costs.
    Georgiu will bring his wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to this year's eAutoWorld trade show on Thursday, October 5, when he will discuss how automotive distributors and repair shops can leverage the Internet to reduce significant transaction costs in the automotive aftermarket. Georgiu will also show how AUTOVIA, a business-to-business e-commerce company that uses the Internet to automate the parts ordering process, is helping distributors dramatically cut order processing costs and labor-intensive procedures that cost companies thousands of dollars each year. Georgiu's speaking session begins at 11:15 a.m. at the San Diego Convention Center.
    eAutoWorld is devoted to exploring how the Internet and e-commerce is impacting the automotive industry, especially auto suppliers and aftermarket parts suppliers. The event brings together the automotive industry's Internet decision-makers, who discuss and learn the latest advances on key issues that effect supply chain efficiencies, collaborative design, distribution channel partnerships/conflicts, aftermarket parts and customer service.
    Rod Georgiu is the founder and CEO of AUTOVIA, the first automotive parts network for the automotive industry. He also founded ALLDATA, an industry leader in the sale of diagnostic automotive repair information.
    AUTOVIA is the first business-to-business e-commerce company that provides automotive repair shops with simultaneous access to multiple automotive and truck parts distributors. Launched in 1998 by a team of leading automotive industry experts, including Rod Georgiu, AUTOVIA is backed by several venture funds, including Internet Capital Group , Crosspoint Ventures and Hearst Corporation. Its integrated web-based Electronic Parts Catalog includes more than 450 national brands. Based in Sacramento, AUTOVIA currently offers service in selected metropolitan markets and plans to expand into the nation's top markets prior to launching internationally in late 2000. More information about the company can be found at: www.autovia.net.