Does your dealership desperately need new technology, but the idea of making a huge change keep you up at night? The longer you wait, the worse it feels to face the challenge. Change management…
Drive to Success: Measure What Matters When It Comes to KPIs
Whether you’re busy selling new cars, marketing your franchise business, or managing the day-to-day functions of your growing automotive dealership, it’s likely you’re really, really busy. But, you don’t want to stay busy spinning…
Industry News Roundup: 6/21/19
Introducing our new weekly Dealertrack blog feature designed to keep you up to date on industry news and trends that affect our customers. F&I continues to be a sweet spot for biggest dealers –…
Thinking Fresh: Today’s Modern, Adaptive Auto Dealer
Mandi Fang, Vice President and General Manager of Dealertrack DMS, a Cox Automotive company, recently joined Auto Remarketing’s podcast to share her perspective on digital transformation and its impact to the industry. With more…
Faster Paper Contract Processing for Lenders
The car buying process is getting more digitally connected with each passing year, yet most dealerships are still finalizing purchase contracts on paper. During this time when contract processing is a hybrid of traditional…
Drive to Success: Technology Change is All in Your head. (In a Good Way.)
Is your automotive dealership considering a change to your technology stack? Shifting customer needs are causing general managers, controllers, and owners to rethink their software systems. But dealers have a lot to consider. After…
Maximizing Titling Efficiency to Boost Inventory Turn
Economic trends indicate that plateauing SAAR for new vehicles is likely to continue, which means that used vehicle sales will be particularly important. This isn’t surprising news, but it reinforces the importance for dealers of…
Our Partners Are Doing Amazing Things In The Auto Industry
When it comes to choosing the right vendor, automotive dealerships have a big decision to make. Matching a technology to meet your needs is only one part of the process. Dealers have to consider…
Drive to Success: Dealership Technology Impacts More Than Profits
The technology that drives the automotive retail industry from start to finish varies wildly, from online shopping apps to point-of-sale systems, and all the way to online data and customer retention tools. All of…
Turn Dealership New Hires into Experts with Strategic Onboarding
Employee turnover costs dealerships billions of dollars every year. Yes, billions. And the problem is getting worse. Payroll is rising and one- and three-year retention rates are dropping, meaning dealers are spending more and…
Drive to Success: Create a Culture of Learning and Build a Strong Team
Fighting high turnover and building a strong team takes a lot of work, time, and effort, right? The problem is, you don’t always have a lot of time. Additionally, dealership managers and owners have…
Add Confidence to Every Trade-In Deal
When your dealership uses a traditional payoff and title release process for trade-ins, there can be a lot of built-in uncertainty. Between the amount of time it takes to receive the clean title (18+…
