Aftermarket Parts Sourcing Made Easy: How Repair Shops Save Time with Epicor Parts Lane

It’s a typical scene: a customer walks through the door in your repair shop mid-morning without an appointment, complaining about squeaky brakes. After a quick inspection and road test, you confirm that the front pads are worn, the rotors are glazed, and the hardware kits shouldn’t be reused. It’s a routine brake job — but the real delay isn’t the repair. It’s sourcing the right parts.

Now the clock starts ticking. You need to verify the correct pad and rotor combination for the VIN, confirm availability at nearby suppliers, make sure hardware is included, compare pricing across vendors you already have accounts with, and place the order before the bay stalls. What should be a simple process can easily take 10–15 minutes. Multiply this across several repair orders per day, and parts sourcing can quickly turn into hours of lost productivity each week.

Epicor Parts Lane was built to eliminate that friction. It’s a free aftermarket parts sourcing platform designed specifically for how modern automotive repair shops diagnose, estimate, and repair vehicles.

Built for Real-World Automotive Repair

Epicor Parts Lane goes beyond basic parts lookup. It supports real diagnostic and repair workflows, not generic catalog searches.

VIN-Based Parts Accuracy

Many components such as brake pads, rotors, suspension parts, and sensors have multiple variations for the same year, make, and model. Epicor Parts Lane matches VIN data to Epicor’s catalog, automatically filtering results to parts that fit the vehicle in your bay. This reduces ordering errors, minimizes returns, and helps prevent comebacks.

Real-Time Inventory You Can Trust

Parts Lane, built using Epicor’s industry leading Epicor Parts Network (EPN), connects with participating distributor systems to provide real-time, accurate inventory levels. If a part shows in stock, it’s available for fulfillment — no phantom inventory and no last-minute delays.

Your Existing Vendor Accounts and Pricing

Repair shops continue working with the suppliers they already trust. Epicor Parts Lane automatically applies to your existing account pricing, discounts, and credit terms, allowing you to see your true cost upfront without logging into multiple portals.

Order from Multiple Suppliers in One Workflow

Many repairs require parts from more than one vendor. One supplier may stock the pads, another the rotors, and a third the correct hardware kit. Traditionally, that means multiple tabs, multiple orders, and more chances for mistakes.

With Epicor Parts Lane, shops can:

• Search parts across multiple suppliers
• Place multi-vendor orders in a single workflow

 The result: less administrative work and faster job completion.

Designed to Improve Shop Efficiency

Epicor Parts Lane fits naturally into daily shop operations, helping service advisors and owners:

• Reduce time spent sourcing parts 
• Avoid delays caused by incorrect or unavailable components
• Improve technician productivity
• Get vehicles back to customers faster 

Because the platform is free, shops gain these efficiency benefits without increasing overhead.

A Smarter Way to Source Aftermarket Parts

Epicor Parts Lane gives repair shops a centralized view of accurate inventory, real pricing, and multiple trusted suppliers, all on one screen. By simplifying parts sourcing, shops save time, reduce frustration, and are free to focus on fixing vehicles correctly the first time.

Create your Epicor Parts Lane account today; experience faster, simpler aftermarket parts sourcing built for the realities of today’s repair shop.