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Optimizing the Pick Area for Shipping Operations
Optimizing the Pick Area for Shipping Operations, from Industry Week. Shipping and distribution are essential to any company's profitability. Efficiencies gained in these areas can reduce costs, speed products to market and increase customer satisfaction....
Why Inventory Control is Continually Back-Benched by Business Owners
Why Inventory Control is Continually Back-Benched by Business Owners, from Brook Software Solution. You probably hear it all the time. Blogs, articles, and industry specific resources that stress the importance of inventory control and highlight the advantages of lean...
Autosoft Certifies MaximTrak F&I Platform
Autosoft Certifies MaximTrak F&I Platform, from F&I Showroom. WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. — Autosoft Inc., a provider of dealer management systems (DMS), announced this week that MaximTrak Technologies’ F&I suite has completed the certification process for...
F&I product provider to buy rival in cash deal
F&I product provider to buy rival in cash deal, from Automotive News. AmTrust Financial Services Inc. said last week it has agreed to buy Warranty Solutions, owned by Wells Fargo, for $152 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2015...
AutoNation launches private-label products
AutoNation launches private-label products, from Automotive News. AutoNation Inc. will start selling self-branded service contracts in 50 Texas stores this month, in a move that begins the retailer's nationwide launch of private-label finance and insurance products....
Increasing Recall Compliance Efforts Gets Political
Increasing Recall Compliance Efforts Gets Political, from Automotive Digital Marketing. A recent article on The Hill.com detailed how the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is teaming up with a Republican pollster to survey Americans on why they don’t bring in their...
Lowering Workers’ Compensation – How to use Safety and Compliance Software to Protect Your Dealership and Employees while Decreasing Insurance Rates
Lowering Workers’ Compensation – How to use Safety and Compliance Software to Protect Your Dealership and Employees while Decreasing Insurance Rates, from NCM Institute. Workers’ Compensation insurance was designed to ensure adequate employee reimbursement from an...
Study Looks at Easing Car Dealership F&I Pain Points
Study Looks at Easing Car Dealership F&I Pain Points, from Wards Auto. Auto shoppers seem conflicted in their perception of finance and insurance products and how dealerships sell them, according to a survey focusing on easing pain points. More than 60% of those...
CFPB plays up auto finance complaints
CFPB plays up auto finance complaints, from Automotive News. A new report released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau covering more than three years of complaints by military service members shows that although gripes about auto loans were a small part of the...
Federal Trade Commission Crack Down – Are you in Compliance?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other government entities have taken an increased interest in dealership practices and have intensified enforcement and arrests over the past 16 months. They have specifically focused on deceptive and illegal practices by auto...
Survey: 76% Of Shoppers Would Consider Bypassing Dealerships & Buy Cars Online
Survey: 76% Of Shoppers Would Consider Bypassing Dealerships & Buy Cars Online, from The Car Connection. If you're like many folks, you have an aversion to conventional car dealerships. (Honestly, no one likes haggling.) Also, if you're like many folks, you buy a...
Automile Scores $5M To Connect Your Car To The Cloud
Automile Scores $5M To Connect Your Car To The Cloud, from TCTV. Automile, which offers a device and platform that connects your car to the cloud so you can track various kinds of data, has closed a $5 million Series A round. The investment was led by Dawn Capital and...
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