OFFICIAL NAME OF THE COUNCIL
The council decide to remove Automotive from the council name and not use Vehicle instead of Automotive as proposed by Craig Young of Chicago Rawhide. The group decided that Aftermarket Council on Electronic Commerce would be the name of the council.

ORGANIZATION OF THE ACEC
The council decided that each aftermarket organization would have two members on the council and they would consist of an industry company and an organization representative. A roster of meeting attendees and representatives is listed below the minutes of the meeting.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE ACEC COUNCIL'S OBJECTIVES
The ACEC decided that the objectives of the council would be to identify the business processes of electronic commerce and to assign responsibility for projects which will address the needs of those business processes.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE ACEC COUNCIL'S ROLE
The primary role of the ACEC would be to eliminate redundant efforts, coordinate access to existing EC projects, monitor the status of ACEC projects, and promote and implement the adoption of guidelines/standards for EC in the aftermarket.

IMPLEMENTATION OF EDI DOCUMENTS WITH THE SAME DATA AND FORMAT BY MANUFACTURERS
A long discussion of the problem resulting from suppliers implementing X12 business documents based on their unique rules instead of complying with the aftermarket X12 industry guidelines took place. The ACEC decided that the MEMA X12 committee would analyze data being sent by suppliers for ASNs and try to develop a few templates that could be used by all suppliers. An effort would also be made to convince suppliers to modify their ASNs to comply with one of the templates.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACEC SYSTEM PROJECT INVENTORY
The attached spreadsheet lists the ACEC project inventory which was developed by reviewing a Matrix which was developed by Skip Potter of ASIA. Supply Chain Management was added as a summary group to include Inquiry/Special Order Process, Stock Order Process, Supplier Assisted Inventory Management and Electronic Warehouse Management.

Electronic Cataloging was assigned to the APAA EC Committee.

Fleet Electronic Cataloging was assigned to the APAA EC Committee and the CFS Electronic Commerce Task Force.

Electronic Price Updates was assigned to the APAA EC Committee and the MEMA X12 Committee.

Supply Chain Management
The Inquiry/Special Order Process was assigned to APAA Electronic Commerce Committee and the CFS Electronic Commerce Task Force. Tasks identified are the following:
-- Review existing standards
-- Make Recommendations

Stock Order Process was assigned to the MEMA X12 Committee. Tasks identified are the following:
-- Review current Documents
-- Modify guidelines for X12 version 004010
-- Work with software vendors to develop a few templates for existing for existing business documents
-- Develop Guidelines for new business documents

Supplier Assisted Inventory Management was decided to be third in importance after the Inquiry/Special Order and Stock Order processes. This project was assigned to the AWDA IAT Committee, the APAA EC Committee and the MEMA X12 Committee. Tasks identified are the following:
-- Software Vendor Review and Consulting Services Review
-- Document Standards
-- Develop Process Flow

Electronic Warehouse Management The Bar Code Survey which was developed by the AWDA IAT Committee Bar code will be re-issued to manufacturing members and the survey results will be placed on the WEB. The results will also be sent to all aftermarket organizations for printed publication.

Internet Based Electronic Commerce was assigned to the APAA Electronic Commerce Committee and the CFS Electronic Commerce Task Force.

Year 2000 Awareness was assigned to MEMA/MISG and the APAA Electronic Commerce Committee.

DEVELOPMENT OF ACEC EC PROJECT PROCESS
The ACEC decided that projects on the project inventory will be assigned to existing aftermarket work groups. The work group responsibility will include some of the following project process steps:
Define
Develop/Design
Test
Introduce
Promote
Train
Monitor

ACTION ITEMS/NON PROJECT ITEMS
The following action items were assigned:

Recruit Members from other aftermarket associations was assigned to all committees to send names to Jim Bonham via industry association representative. Jim Bonham will compile the names sent in by committee members and actively encourage other aftermarket organizations to join the ACEC.

ACEC Chat Room development was assigned to MEMA.

Post ACEC Meetings on the Automotive Aftermarket Calendar was assigned to MEMA.

COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
By an unanimous vote of the Council Jim Bonham was appointed chairman of the ACEC.

FUTURE MEETING SCHEDULE
The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 30 at ASIA headquarters in Chicago.