Survive the Times — Increase Efficiency
Doing more with less is a definition of efficiency and the tools you use will define how your business improves its efficiency.
Video: AutoMap – Letting Your Inventory Speak for Itself
Find your customers’ vehicle by make, model, engine size, options and accessories in record time.
White Paper: Secure Automated Remote Floorplan Auditing
Floorplan auditing is an integral part of the auto finance process and although the technology is available to provide secure, remote auditing, lenders have been slow to adopt this process.
AutoMap LLC Promotes Mark Sargeant to CEO
Sargeant was promoted on Sept. 30 and will take on his new duties of leading and growing AutoMap’s vehicle inventory tracking technology. AutoMap specializes in providing OBD vehicle tracking for automobile dealers, OEMs, auctions and financial institutions.
From Barcode to Bluetooth
Which vehicle tracking system is best for your business? Barcode readers might work for some, while others might prefer location services via an RFID network. Another option is a reusable Bluetooth-OBD module system that doesn’t require additional infrastructure yet provides even more data than one gets from decoding a VIN.
Podcast: Inventory Tracking
Mark Sargeant joins us to discuss inventory tracking.
RFID vs. Bluetooth: The Battle of the Vehicle Trackers
In 2017, over 17 million vehicles were sold in the U.S. Last year, sales increased by less than 1 percent. By any definition, that’s still a lot of inventory. Which begs the question, how do dealerships keep track of these assets?
RFID v. Bluetooth: The Battle of the Vehicle Trackers
New cars are “things” that we refer to as inventory and those things can be better managed with the right vehicle locator technology. Two of the most common wireless technologies used are RFID and Bluetooth.
Inventory Tracking: It’s Not Just for Dealerships
Using inventory tracking tools, an audit that might take an entire day can be done in an hour. When you have a car audit and your car is floored with a banking company, it takes up your accounting time. People have to go out and try to find vehicles that the auditor might have missed, walked by or can’t find.
One Area That Affects F&I Satisfaction? Inventory
It stands to reason that the faster a salesperson can locate the vehicle for a test drive, the better for every department across the dealership.
Five Ways to Use Inventory Tracking Beyond Sales
We all know inventory tracking works well during the sales process. A customer comes up, the dealership’s salesperson talks to them about their wants and needs to help them figure out what kind of vehicle they want, and then he or she finds the vehicle. In the past, this would involve the customer walking out
Top Five Things to Look for When Evaluating Your Next Inventory Tracking Solution
“With the advances in online research and tools, customers come onto the sales lot today knowing exactly which vehicle they want. So it’s a surprise to them, and many managers, when the salesperson helping them can’t find the vehicle on one lot, or even worse, across multiple lots.”
