BBB Industries and Hahn Automotive Honored with the 2020 AASA Channel Excellence Award Presented by Epicor

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – BBB Industries and Hahn Automotive’s recent collaboration on enhanced inventory modeling and optimization tools to facilitate the availability of the right parts at the right time was awarded the second Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Channel Excellence Award presented by Epicor. Kim Nolan, Vice President, Regional Sales, BBB Industries, and Josh Futerman, Vice President, Administrative Services, Hahn Automotive, accepted the award in a virtual ceremony today at the 2020 AASA Vision Conference.

The AASA Channel Excellence Award was established to both recognize innovation and to encourage collaboration between suppliers and valued channel partners to drive aftermarket growth. Suppliers are innovators and the drivers of new technologies, but greater achievements are possible when suppliers and channel partners develop new products and solutions in a collaborative environment.

During her acceptance speech, Kim said, “I am excited to accept this award on behalf of BBB Industries and our 30-year customer Hahn Automotive, and a special thank you to our category managers Josh McCabe and Patrick Pennington, who worked alongside John Donovan, the store inventory specialist, at Hahn Automotive. Our collaboration delivered real results.”

During his acceptance speech, Josh said, “I want to thank Himanshu Palsule and Stephen Gannon from Epicor, as well as Chris Gardner and Paul McCarthy from AASA, with presenting Hahn Automotive and BBB Industries with this year’s Channel Excellence Award.”

The BBB Industries / Hahn Automotive project was one of three joint initiatives by automotive aftermarket companies selected as award finalists. The other finalists were: DRiV / Auto-Wares and NGK / XL Parts. Short videos submitted by all the AASA Channel Excellence finalists were played at the 2020 AASA Vision Conference and are posted on the AASA website.

“We created this award to recognize innovation and to encourage collaboration between suppliers and our valued channel partners in order to drive growth together,” said Paul McCarthy, AASA President & COO. “This award encourages the right behaviors in our industry, and we congratulate BBB Industries, Hahn Automotive, and all of our award finalists for driving innovation and collaboration across the value chain.”

“It has been an honor for us to work with AASA on another successful year of the Channel Excellence Award,” said Rod Bayless, Epicor Senior Director of Industry Data Analytics. “Epicor is proud of its role in encouraging and rewarding collaborative initiatives that benefit participants throughout the aftermarket value chain.”

The 2020 AASA Channel Excellence Award Selection Committee included:

• Rod Bayless, Epicor
• Brian Cruickshank, University of the Aftermarket
• Chris Gardner, AASA
• Rick Guirlinger, Schwartz Advisors, LLC
• Tony Molla, ASA
• Joe Pomaranski, Pomaranski Consulting

More information is available at the AASA Channel Excellence Award webpage or by contacting AASA Senior Vice President Chris Gardner at cgardner@aasa.mema.org.

About AASA
AASA (www.aftermarketsuppliers.org) exclusively serves manufacturers of aftermarket components, tools and equipment, and related products, an important part of the automotive parts manufacturing industry which supports 871,000 American jobs. AASA is a recognized industry change agent – promoting a collaborative industry environment, providing a forum to address issues and serving as a valued resource for members. AASA is the light vehicle aftermarket division of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA). “AASA, The Voice for the Automotive Aftermarket Supplier Industry”

About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation drives business growth. We provide flexible, industry-specific software designed to fit the precise needs of our manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industry customers. More than 45 years of experience with our customers’ unique business processes and operational requirements are built into every solution―in the cloud or on premises. With this deep understanding of your industry, Epicor solutions dramatically improve performance and profitability while easing complexity so you can focus on growth. For more information, connect with Epicor or visit www.epicor.com.