Automotive Aftermarket
The Complete Aftermarket Engine for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
APOLONO AFTERMARKET is a comprehensive and intelligent extension for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, designed to unify the entire automotive aftermarket ecosystem inside your ERP.
Developed in close cooperation between the APOLONO and ATITEC teams — two sister companies under the same ownership — the solution combines deep Microsoft Dynamics expertise with advanced aftermarket technology, TecDoc/TecCom know-how, and real-world distributor experience.
The result is a modern, high-performance engine that automates pricing, article creation, purchasing, logistics, stock visibility, and customer interaction across all your systems.
Advanced Pricing
Discounts & Margin Logic for the Automotive Aftermarket
In the spare parts wholesale business, pricing is never one-dimensional.
A brand is not simply “premium” or “economy.”
Its market position changes depending on the product segment.
Standard ERP pricing cannot reflect this reality.
APOLONO AFTERMARKET is built exactly for it.
Every item in the system carries structured classification data:
- Brand
- Assembly Group
- Designation
- Master Designation
(Based on TecDoc structures.)
This allows you to define dynamic brand groups such as:
- Premium
- Mid-range
- Entry-level
A brand can belong to different brand groups depending on the assembly group or product category. That means your pricing follows actual market positioning — not static ERP assumptions.
APOLONO enhances Microsoft Business Central with aftermarket-specific pricing intelligence.
Discounts can be calculated based on:
- Brand group
- Assembly group
- Product designation
- Customer group
- Customer-specific agreements
- Priority rules with automatic fallback logic
The system evaluates rules in a structured hierarchy.
If one rule does not apply, it automatically moves to the next level.
This ensures:
- No pricing gaps
- No manual overrides
- No inconsistencies between ERP and B2B webshop
- Full transparency in how prices are calculated
Wholesale is margin-driven.
APOLONO starts with the supplier purchase price and automatically calculates:
- Target margin
- Net sales price
- Gross sales price
Margins can follow:
- Brand group strategy
- Product segment
- Customer category
- External partner agreements
This guarantees:
✔ Controlled profitability
✔ Transparent contribution margins
✔ Protection against underpricing
✔ Consistent pricing across all sales channels
For Owners
Full control over margin structures across all brands and segments.
Automatic Article Creation
From Complex Data to Ready-to-Sell in 1 Second
Creating new articles in the automotive aftermarket is time-consuming and error-prone.
Product data is complex, highly structured and must be complete to ensure correct pricing, searchability and cross-referencing.
Manual creation slows down purchasing, sales and product onboarding.
APOLONO automatically generates a complete, structured article card inside your ERP — within one second.
The article is immediately:
- Correctly classified
- Ready for pricing logic
- Searchable across references
- Available for sales
No manual typing.
No incomplete data.
No administrative bottlenecks.
Because every article is created with structured intelligence, your team can:
- Find parts instantly
- Identify alternatives
- Work faster in sales
- Reduce onboarding time for new products
The Result
Less administration.
Faster product availability.
More focus on margin and sales performance.
Webcatalog Integration
Real-Time Connection Between ERP and the Webcatalog
APOLONO connects your ERP directly with your webcatalog — in real time.
No exports. No delays. No duplicated data.
Your ERP provides:
- Customer-specific prices
- Live stock availability
- Individual discount logic
- Margin-based pricing
Every webshop request reflects the exact ERP logic.
What your sales team sees is exactly what your customer sees.
The webcatalog sends the shopping cart directly into the ERP.
APOLONO automatically creates:
- Sales orders
- Consignment orders
No retyping.
No manual transfer.
No process breaks.
Your customers have direct access to:
- Customer account overview
- Open entries
- Invoices
- Shipment documents
- Credit memos
- Consignment documents
- Sales statistics
All data is provided directly from the ERP — always up to date.
For Owners
Complete digital process integration without system fragmentation.
For Wholesale Managers
Reduced internal workload and fewer manual corrections.
For Sales Teams
Consistent pricing, fewer customer calls, faster order handling.
The Result
A fully synchronized B2B environment where ERP and webshop operate as one system — in real time.
Not two systems.
One integrated sales platform.
External Partner Integration
Extend Your Inventory. Keep Full Margin Control.
APOLONO integrates external suppliers directly into your ERP environment.
You automatically receive:
Item master data • Purchase prices • Available quantities
Data is updated periodically, for example every hour, ensuring reliable availability in your system and webshop.
Based on the supplier’s purchase price, APOLONO automatically applies your defined margin logic.
The system calculates:
- Target margin
- Net sales price
- Gross sales price
This ensures that even externally sourced stock follows your profitability strategy — fully aligned with your internal pricing rules.
Your webshop always displays the correct, margin-controlled sales price.
Supplier invoices are imported directly into the ERP.
The system automatically:
- Creates missing articles
- Matches invoice data
- Assigns quantities
- Updates stock
No manual article creation.
No retyping invoice data.
APOLONO continuously checks:
- Standard backorders
- Customer-specific special orders
When goods arrive:
- Existing backorders are automatically evaluated
- Orders are closed correctly
- Stock is allocated using defined priority logic
Incoming goods follow a structured process:
- Items are received into a scan location
- After scanning and verification
- Goods are moved to their final warehouse location
This ensures:
- Clean inventory control
- Traceable movements
- Reduced booking errors
- Transparent stock management
For Owners
Extended product portfolio without increasing warehouse risk.
For Wholesale Managers
Automated supplier integration and reduced manual workload.
For Warehouse Teams
Structured receiving process with full traceability.
The Result
A seamlessly connected supply network — where external partners behave like an extension of your own warehouse, while you stay in full control of pricing, margins, and processes.
TecCom Integration
Direct Connection to Manufacturers in Real Time
APOLONO AFTERMARKET connects your ERP directly with manufacturers via TecCom — the industry standard network of TecAlliance.
This transforms purchasing from manual processing into a fully automated, data-driven workflow.
Your purchasing team can access:
- Real-time manufacturer stock
- Current buying prices
- Lead times
- Net purchasing conditions
No phone calls.
No email confirmations.
No delayed responses.
Everything is available instantly inside the ERP.
Purchase orders are sent directly from your ERP to the manufacturer via TecCom.
No manual entry.
No media breaks.
No process delays.
Orders are confirmed digitally, ensuring:
- Faster processing
- Reduced errors
- Higher purchasing reliability
APOLONO evaluates:
- Availability
- Purchase price
- Lead time
- Supplier conditions
This enables real-time sourcing decisions — automatically selecting the best procurement option based on your defined strategy.
Purchase proposals are continuously optimized based on:
- Updated manufacturer data
- Availability changes
- Price updates
Your purchasing remains dynamic and market-driven.
For Owners
Optimized purchasing costs and improved margin control.
For Purchasing Managers
Full transparency and faster supplier communication.
For Operations
Reliable supply chain integration without manual workload.
The Result
A fully connected procurement process — where manufacturers are digitally integrated into your ERP and purchasing becomes strategic instead of reactive.
Advanced Delivery & Logistics Engine
Precise Delivery Promises — Calculated in Real Time
In the spare parts business, delivery speed is a competitive advantage.
But speed without structure leads to wrong promises and customer frustration.
APOLONO ensures that every delivery date shown in ERP and WebCatalog is calculated precisely — based on your real logistics setup.
You can define:
- Internal warehouse locations
- External partner locations
- Priority warehouse selection
- Fallback routing logic
The system automatically determines which location can deliver fastest and most reliably.
Delivery rules can be assigned:
- Per customer
- Per delivery region
- Per specific customer
- Per weekday
You can define different delivery scenarios for each day of the week.
This allows you to reflect your real tour planning and distribution structure inside the ERP.
APOLONO supports:
- Multiple cut-off times per day
- Warehouse-specific cut-offs
- Weekday-based variations
Orders placed before the cut-off can ship the same day.
Orders after the cut-off automatically move to the next possible delivery window.
No manual decisions required.
Delivery dates are clearly visualized:
🟢 Green – Same-day delivery
🟡 Yellow – Next-day delivery
🔴 Red – Longer delivery time
This transparency applies in both ERP and WebCatalog.
Your sales team and your customers see exactly the same delivery promise.
For Owners
Reliable delivery promises increase customer loyalty.
For Logistics Managers
Structured routing and realistic scheduling.
For Sales Teams
Clear delivery information without internal clarification calls.
The Result
A delivery engine that reflects your real distribution logic — and turns logistics complexity into reliable customer commitments.
Not estimated delivery dates.
But calculated, dependable delivery promises.
AI-Powered Intelligence
Practical Artificial Intelligence for the Aftermarket
APOLONO integrates Artificial Intelligence directly into your daily wholesale processes.
Not as a marketing feature — but as a practical productivity tool.
When product data from external partners is incomplete, AI helps to:
- Translate article descriptions automatically
- Enrich missing product information
- Generate structured descriptions
- Identify comparable or similar products on the market
This ensures faster product onboarding and better data quality in your system.
AI can analyze:
- Customer buying behavior
- Item performance
- Margin development
- Sales frequency
Based on real ERP data, the system generates proposals and decision support for:
- Assortment optimization
- Price adjustments
- Purchasing strategy
- Customer segmentation
Instead of exporting Excel lists and manually interpreting numbers, AI transforms your data into clear, actionable insights.
It helps you answer questions like:
- Which items are underperforming?
- Where can margins be improved?
- Which customers show growth potential?
- Which products should be promoted or replaced?
For Owners
Data-driven decisions instead of gut feeling.
For Managers
Faster analysis without manual reporting effort.
For Sales & Purchasing
Better preparation and stronger negotiation basis.
The Result
Artificial Intelligence that supports real wholesale operations — improving data quality, accelerating processes, and strengthening strategic decisions.
Not experimental AI.
But measurable operational value.
Consignment Module
Flexible Workshop Supply with Full Control
In daily workshop business, mechanics often need flexibility.
When repairing a vehicle, they may take multiple parts — for example several variants of the same component — because it is not always clear in advance which one will fit.
Some parts are used.
Others are returned.
This process must be flexible for the workshop — but fully controlled for the wholesaler.
APOLONO provides exactly that.
With the APOLONO Consignment Module, goods can leave the warehouse:
- As consignment items
- Assigned to a specific workshop
- With defined return periods
- With clear stock tracking
The system always knows:
- Which items are in consignment
- At which customer
- For how long
- In which quantity
Full transparency. No stock uncertainty.
When the workshop decides to keep the item, it can be converted into:
- A regular B2B invoice
- A sale assigned to a specific end customer
- Or other defined settlement types
The process is seamless and fully documented inside the ERP.
Depending on country regulations, goods leaving the warehouse may require:
- An official fiscal invoice
- Or a formal consignment confirmation
APOLONO supports both scenarios — configurable according to local requirements.
The system monitors:
- Consignment due dates
- Open consignment quantities
- Overdue items
Automated reminders help ensure that goods are either returned or converted into sales — on time.
For Owners
Maximum flexibility for workshops without losing inventory control.
For Wholesale Managers
Clear tracking of goods outside the warehouse.
For Sales Teams
Stronger customer relationships through flexible supply models.
The Result
A professional consignment solution that combines:
Workshop flexibility
Inventory transparency
Regulatory compliance
And full ERP integration
Because in the aftermarket, flexibility wins customers — but control protects margins.
