DriveRight answers labelling questions
As the introduction of compulsory tyre labelling legislation draws ever nearer, independent data providers DriveRight have seen a new stream of enquiries from tyre manufacturers and distributors.
Director Richard Bailey explains, "The question from the industry was 'where do we get label information?' We have communicated via our EC1222.com website that we have manufacturer label information available; now the prevalent enquiry has become 'how are we going to get it?'
“Being independent, not aligned to any manufacturer, our focus has been to position ourselves as a one-stop source of data, with a delivery mechanism that does not need any complex implementation method.
“We recognised from the outset that deployment had to be a simple solution, easily integrated into end user systems. Deploying the data via an API allows us to provide a live feed to manufacturer and distributor websites, while updating and adding product as it becomes available.
“We believe we have achieved that, a simple and effective solution, designed to work in conjunction with any existing client-side web-based system.
“A request to our server will provide the user with a list of available manufacturers. We have an API to provide the list of distinct tread patterns for each manufacturer, plus a further method to return all the sizes, load speed indices and EAN codes for each tread. We then provide a method to return all the data available for the EAN code. This includes the rolling resistance, wet grip and noise rating values for each tyre.
“Lastly, we provide a webservice that will return a URL for the label stored on our server in a choice of image format. Although each label is specific to each EAN code, we generate the electronic labels dynamically based on the performance attributes of each tyre.
“This negates the need to match to EAN or product code manually, ensuring accurate delivery of labels formatted exactly to the manufacturer’s wet grip, rolling resistance and noise values. This was paramount for us, the consumer needs reassurance that the label information is exactly as the manufacturer has specified.
“In our experience delivering data for dynamic web-interfaces via API has become a prerequisite for our global client base. As e-commerce sites embrace the benefits of using third party webservices to retrieve data, developers are becoming increasingly more proficient in integrating with the client’s product files. We believe our API can be integrated within hours, as opposed to days, which will take the pressure off those still wanting to implement a tyre labelling solution before the 1st November”.
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