Is your automotive DMS system running your dealership more effectively or more costly?

April 17, 2010 - PRLog -- DMS system or "Dealer Management System" refers to the complete packaged software that can run your automotive business. From printing service invoices to manage internet sales, from inventory management all the way to accounting and payroll. It is suppose to be the comprehensive system that is able to run a dealership all in one. But the software vendors in the market place are often poorly developed and hopelessly outdated. Many of the DMS or even the CRM solutions out there can be unnecessarily over complicated and redudant. Trying to enforce certain processes in the automotive business often leads to overwhelming human errors, and counter productive system glitches.  If you can take some time out for a little research, you should ask your support staff just how many functions of your DMS system they are truly using on a daily basis. Or better yet, pick a random function in your DMS system and quiz your staff on it. If your dealership support staff are only using a small fraction of your current DMS system, don't you think it is a complete waste of money and time to have these over complicated system that is never put into use? If your DMS system require intense user training on top of that, don't you think you are using the wrong system all together? Perhaps you are creating unnecessary obstacles for your business that is separating the meaning of team work.

A poorly deployed or developed DMS system can actually cost your dealership more money and time in comparsion to a well developed system. Don't over complicate the simple process of selling a car. Focus your energy on selling cars not to have a seemly complicated system that is full of bugs, and not user friendly at all. If you have a system that can do what you are looking to do with just few simple clicks, don't you think it is a lot more efficient to manage? When it comes to used car business the biggest challenge is to manage your inventory effectively, your DMS system should help you in this task to make your inventory organized and easy for access, not to create unnecessary obstacles to print, export and publish your inventory to sales staff. So the next time you hear the sales pitch for a CRM or DMS solution remember to ask these questions other than the cost.

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Dealer Elite CRM your affordable automotive DMS and CRM solution for Canadian dealers. We are your complete web design, hosting an CRM solution all in one. For more details on our product or a video walk through of the system please visit us online at http://www.dealerelites.ca