Autologica Podcast: Autologica and ADC's partnership for the Caribbean/Central America region will help dealers improve efficiency and make more money.

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Podcast Guide:

1. Introductions
a) Who is Autologica, by Al McClymont, CEO Autologica.
b) Who is ADC – Automotive Dealer Consulting, by Peter Daniel, CEO ADC.

2. Main features of the Autologica Dealer Management System: Windows-based, online/offline, Microsoft Excel integration.

3. Managers spend a lot of time trying to extract reports from their auto dealer software.

4. Hardware requirements, normal LAN, normal PCs, no monthly hardware charges, no billing per repair order.

5. Autologica DMS can be customized.

6. A must: One central database, no data re-entry.

7. Benefits in Parts module. Pricing menu, automatic parts reclassification based on frequency and activity. Perpetual phase in and phase out order suggestion.

8. Filter clients by how much they spend. Easy to extract information. Key to customer retention.

9. Why are Autologica and ADC partnering?
a) ADC expertise in dealer efficiency, how to make more money.
b) Autologica provides software to support these best practices.
c) Dealers need dealer management software + process improvements.

10. What percentage of managers understand the information coming out of their DMS system?

11. Upcoming joint event in Puerto Rico, March 2006.

12. Signoff, next podcast is "Five Reasons Dealers Lose Money" in February.