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Can't decide between AutoSoft and Arkona? What is the difference between Auto/Mate and ACS? The most popular 4 "alternative DMS systems" are covered in this report.
- Autosoft - ASI - with top 4 reasons to buy AutoSoft
- Arkona - with top 4 reasons to buy DealerTrack/Arkona
- Auto/Mate - with top 4 reasons to buy Auto/Mate
- ACS - with top 4 reasons to buy ACS
One of these systems could save you hundreds of thousands of dollars!
Contents of the 36+ Page Report
- Details for each of the top 4 alternative systems include price ranking
- Top 10 reasons you might need to stay on ADP or R+R
- Tips to prepare & survive the conversion
- List of all the DMS providers and their rank as Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
For those of you who might question whether or not I'm independent after designing DealerStar - I'm not, but I do know these systems and I haven't met another consultant that has spent the time that I have consulting with dealers on these systems. In one month alone, I was on an AutoSoft system helping them use the dispatching and flagging system, then over to an ACS system to help them download to Excel, and finishing up with an office manager during their Arkona/DealerTrack DMS installation. I recently wrote Expense Master for Auto/Mate. I am proud to say that I am probably the only consultant that has taken payments for almost ALL of the DMS providers over the years. Yes, I've consulted with almost each one; product consulting, data extraction or sales training. I like all these systems and they do the job, so the challenge will be for you to read this guide, see the systems, and pick the one best for you! Buy now and it will be emailed to you !
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DMS Consulting – Bid Analysis
Most likely your first reaction when you receive a bid for
an upgrade to your DMS system is, “do we need all this?” For some dealerships, the answer is easy;
yes, the upgrade is required because it has what you need to continue doing
business. Often the manufacturer is
requiring a new interface that doesn’t work with your old system – or your DMS provider
is no longer going to support your existing version. In that case, you have to
upgrade and if your proposal is merely the latest version of the same software,
then we do a simple bid analysis with suggested pricing for $895.00. We need your new bid and your latest monthly
support billing.
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DMS Consulting – Bid Analysis, New Features
Often your bid is not a simple “apples to apples” upgrade and the DMS
provider has proposed new software and features along with their newest
version. As an accountant, I will
analyze these new features and question the return on the investment and
provide a reasonable price for the upgrade.
I will carefully analyze your current billing to your new proposal and
question any differences. My final
report will most likely be quite negative and will be a challenge to your sales
representatives if you decide to present it to them. Of course, you wouldn’t even be reading this
if they had done their job and properly sold you on the value of this upgrade. This report is $1800.00.
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DMS Consulting – Bid Analysis, Complicated with Negotiations
Are you the type of person who would like an advocate in
this process? A complicated bid analysis
means that the DMS provider is informed that I will be helping to negotiate this
proposal with you. I will be questioning
their pricing of motivation in proposing various changes and features. Since I do have my own DMS system coming out
in a few years, they might refuse to
deal with me, but if you insist, they will have no choice. In addition, your employees will know that I
will be asking questions via email about the proposed features. For example I might question a sales or BDC
manager about the current CRM process or software if the new proposal contains CRM
software. I need to make sure you’re
ready for this feature BEFORE you buy it.
This final report will contain not only my analysis – but my final recommendation
of what you should get and what you should pay.
The price for this is $3500.00.
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Thinking of Changing DMS Systems?
Are you paying too much for your current system? Are you ready for an alternative computer system?
Could one of these new systems really save you thousands per month?
There are over 20 choices today and it's difficult to figure out which one is best for your dealership.
What you do:
Complete the form below and we'll email you more information and an order form. Complete that order form and then we'll send you a workbook.
After the workbook arrives; you complete and send it back with your current billing from ADP, R+R, or UCS.
If you have any special concerns, include them in the workbook and we will address these.
If you already have bids from ADP, R+R, UCS -- please send those.
What we will do:
Review your existing DMS billing and bids and note any items that we feel you are paying too much for
-- or any items that might be under-utilized and could be dropped.
Next, we’ll take the information you provided and find the best 2-3 alternative vendors based on your situation.
If you already have ADP, Arkona, R+R bids, we’ll let you know which one we'd pick and provide you
with the lowest price another dealer has paid for the same system.
We'll rank these 2-3 vendors as first, second and possibly 3rd choice and tell you why.
If we feel strongly that you should stay on your existing system, we'll give you the reasons why
and for how long --but we’ll still recommend my top 2-3 alternative systems.
The cost of this consulting and report is $3,500 (request multiple dealership pricing in the form below)
and should be done when you have 1-2 years left on your existing contract or more.
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