Leasing can be an attractive option for car buyers who enjoy the bells-and-whistles of a late model car but seek to keep their payments in check. Cox Automotive forecasts an overall lease penetration rate…
Operations in a Lean Inventory Environment
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the industry faces significant inventory shortages that threaten your dealership’s profitability. With fewer cars to sell, you’ll need to adjust your dealership operations by developing a comprehensive,…
A DMS Designed to Work Well With Others
Technology driving franchise dealerships is more connected, more powerful, and faster than ever. As you strive to meet the needs of your customers (two out of three buyers surveyed by Cox Automotive want to…
Car Buying Hits the Road
Even before the current inventory crunch, dealerships have been promoting their listings beyond their immediate market area to reach as many consumers as possible. Thanks to online shopping, car buyers can locate the exact…
Avoid the DIY-DMS with a True Partner
It’s easy to assume technology is everything. It’s critically important. And in the last year and a half, dealers like you leveraged technology, processes, and data to accomplish the impossible. In fact, even during…
Complete Your Toolkit with End-to-End Titling Solutions
Does your dealership have all the technology solutions necessary to handle your most pressing registration and titling needs? Are you still using manual methods to handle part of your registration and titling workflow for…
Does Your DMS Pass The Profitability Test?
Does your DMS pass the Profitability Test? It’s time to find out. In a year when people spent less time at your dealership, customer satisfaction also reached an all-time high according to Cox Automotive…
Improving Your Reg & Title Workflow to Help the Bottom Line
As dealerships look for ways to adapt their processes to keep auto sales moving in new ways, registration and titling may get overlooked. But because every sale, lease and trade-in vehicle you handle includes…
Drive to Success: Diversity Drives Profit in Automotive Industry
Dealers made big changes to their business at record pace last year. Yet, with so much progress taking place, it’s surprising to learn the industry still suffers from a lack of diversity and inclusion.…
Your DMS is a Profit-driver. Not a Utility.
I’ve had the privilege to listen to Dealer Advisory Boards and other groups who share their feedback on the technology used to run their business in my career, and often, it’s not always good.…
14 Reasons to Start eContracting Now
As more and more dealerships adopt eContracting, you might be wondering if now is the time for your dealership to look into getting or using an eContracting solution. The fact is, there’s no good…
Drive to Success: A Holistic Approach to Digital Change Management
The phrase ‘change management’ is a loaded statement. After a year of rapid digital tool adoption, your dealership has shifted focus and designed new strategies to reach your goals, improve the customer experience,…