Snap-on Business Solutions, Inc. engages in the development and deployment of parts and service-oriented electronic catalogs for the automotive, powersports, heavy equipment, and outdoor power industries worldwide. Its products enable technicians at automotive dealerships to access original equipment parts information needed to service their customers' vehicles. The company’s products transform complex technical data like parts catalogs and service manuals into easily accessed electronic information. Snap-on Business Solutions provides business-to-business information and retail performance measurement services, and management information systems that monitor and evaluate dealer performance in product inventory, pricing, territory, margins, and OEM support areas. The company also designs, develops, and distributes software systems that automate product, e-commerce, and corporate support functions between manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and their customers in the power equipment market. The company was incorporated as Bell & Howell Publication Systems Company in 1988 and changed its name to Bell & Howell Publishing Services Company in May 2002. Further, the name was changed to Proquest Business Solutions, Inc. and to Snap-on Business Solutions, Inc. in November 2006. The company is based in Richfield, Ohio. As of November 28, 2006, Snap-on Business Solutions, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Snap-on Inc.