AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION

Standards adoption: auto care association's mission is to develop technology standards and best practices that lower costs and increase efficiencies in the auto care industry supply chain. Auto care association has taken a leadership role in developing standards and best practices in e-commerce and technology. Through the leadership of the auto care association technology standards committee, the association has developed tools and practices that have come to be recognized as the industry standard. Standards developed specifically for the auto care industry accelerate the adoption of technology and lower the cost of integration. Auto care association serves as a neutral facilitator allowing competitors and trading partners from all industry segments to collaborate on solutions that benefit the entire auto care industry. Auto care solved industry supply chain challenges by enhancing an already robust set of heavy, medium, light, and off-highway duty product standards. During the tax year, auto care association translated more of the vehicle configuration database to spanish and continued to add standards specific to vehicles sold in latin america.