- The garage calls or sends a WhatsApp
- The counter searches catalogue, ERP and stock by hand
- Callback, quote, risk of a wrong part
Parts Distributors
From wholesaler to augmented parts distributor.
PartnAir brings AI teammates to every function of your company, from the counter to purchasing, pricing, returns and your garage network.
PartnAir · CounterV-042
WhatsApp · 07:42 · Garage MartinTiming belt kit for a Golf 2.0 TDI, plate GH-482-KT. Delivery this morning?
- ✓Request received, outside opening hours
- ✓Vehicle identified from the plate
- ✓OE reference and IAM equivalents checked
- ✓Stock, price and delivery slot from your ERP
Part numberKD-4571 · OE 04L198119A
Garage price€214.90 excl. VAT
AvailabilityToulouse branch · 10:30 run
Counter approves · order to ERPPauses on hoverSample data
Your context
Between large groups and online players, how do you keep growing?
Mid-size distributors feel the squeeze from both sides. Most of what limits growth today comes down to six things.
Counter capacity
Recruiting and training
Margin pressure
Online competition
Stock and purchasing
Returns and disputes
Built for mid-size distributors
Your challenges, our answers.
Your challengePartnAir answerModule
Overloaded counter, scarce staff, long trainingAn AI teammate prepares identification, quote and orderCounterTalent
Identification errors, costly returnsVIN or plate search to verified references and equivalents, with OE sourceCounterResolve
Stock and replenishment run by handReplenishment proposals based on sales and lead timesFlow
Margin under pressurePrice, discount and margin rules applied consistentlyPricing
Small IT team, ageing ERPAn AI layer above your systems, no migrationFound·AI·tion
Showcase · the augmented counterToday With PartnAir
Your counter staff focus on advice and sales.
- Request by phone, WhatsApp or portal, 24/7
- An AI teammate identifies the vehicle, OE references, IAM equivalents, stock and price
- The counter validates complex cases only; the order lands in your ERP
Fewer identification errors and returns, faster answers to garages, new staff productive sooner.
In real life · 15 seconds
From the garage to your counter, one request.
Beyond the counter
AI across every function of your company.
Start with
One shared foundation: an approved action in one module can trigger the next steps in the others.
Your garages too
Keep your garages close, under your brand.
Your agentic answer to online platforms that connect garages directly with suppliers.
PartnAir never sells to your garages.
Your brand, your terms. Garage access is billed through you, and your customer relationships stay yours.
Do you run a garage network yourself? See our page for workshops & networks ↗
Quotes, part requests, orders and pricing in real time, from an interface built for the shop floor.
From reception to workshop, quotes and customer follow-up for your garages.
Your brand, your terms. You decide which garages get access and on what conditions.
No big IT team, no big-bang project.
Your ERP stays
An AI layer above your ERP, catalogues and stock. No migration, no new system to learn.
We run it with you
Our experts handle deployment, training and adoption with your teams.
Grow module by module
Start with one site and one module; extend when the value is proven.
Your dataRemains your property, on a dedicated or sovereign cloud.
Your teamsKeep the decision: AI teammates prepare, your people validate.
Your garagesYour customer relationships stay yours; we work behind your brand.
Your qualityAnswers grounded in your data and catalogues, with source and human fallback.
Two ways to start
Choose how you start.
Build AI intuition with your teams in five days, or focus on one specific use case over ten weeks.
01 · 5 DAYS
5-day Bootcamp
Hands-on AI activities using your own dataset.
We deliver a proof of concept (POC).- DAY 1BUILD AI INTUITION
Interactive overview of LLMs and generative AI, framed around your company.
- DAYS 2–3HANDS ON
A mix of demos, intensive hands-on sessions and group discussions using your data.
- DAYS 4–5USE CASES AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Configure and deploy initial use cases, then prepare onboarding and training for the POC rollout.
02 · 10 WEEKS
10-week Pilot
Specific use-case focus.
We deliver a minimum viable product (MVP).Minimum commitment: we deliver, you test, you decide whether we continue.
- WEEK 0FRAME
Discovery workshop · Data inventory, scope, success metrics.
- WEEKS 1–4WE DELIVER
Augmented counter · On one site, with your catalogue and ERP data.
- WEEKS 5–8YOU TEST
Real requests · Your counter team and a few friendly garages.
- WEEK 10YOU DECIDE
Go or no go · Continue, adjust or stop, on measured results.
Measured onTime to answer a requestIdentification accuracyReturns avoidedCounter team satisfaction