Item
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Example Benefit
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£
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Clear visibility of stock across the group
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Locate a suitable vehicle for a customer which may be at another branch. Find sales stock which has been transferred out to other locations. Leads to one extra vehicle sale for the department per year
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£1,000
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No lost keys
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Eliminate cost of ordering spare sets through parts department. For example, 3 sets per annum at £250 per set.
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£750
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No lost customer keys
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No need to replace locks. No unhappy customers. No hits on customer satisfaction. Eliminate 3 incidents per annum at £250 per incident plus CSI improvement
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£1,750
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Know who was responsible for parking and Speeding fines.
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Allocate costs and fines to staff and customers. For example, 2 of each per year for Sales and 2 of each per year for Aftersales, including improved CSI benefit
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£1,300
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Improved Employee Satisfaction
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Saves 10 minutes per day for every staff member previously spent looking for a key or a vehicle, which can be used to generate leads, follow up customers, demo and sell more vehicles (All Departments) plus CSI improvement
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£11,000
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Full history of key movements
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Speak directly to the right member of staff with a question, create real responsibility for every activity, eliminate wasted time and improve efficiency. Know who worked on every vehicle instantly, saving investigation time
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£2,000
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Restrict access to specific keys like demos & Courtesy Cars
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Ensure only the right members of staff can take demo or Courtesy Car keys meaning they are always available or not used in a way which contradicts the company insurance policy
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£1,000
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Ensure a demo can be completed every time
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Prevent prospects walking, sell to a prospect who would otherwise buy elsewhere, convert 1 more enquiry to a sale
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£1,000
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Integration with the DMS
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Eliminate data entry of vehicle details saving all members of staff valuable time each day
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£1,000
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Track keys and progress of vehicles at offsite storage and prep facilities
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Keep customers accurately informed, search and find out status of a vehicle whilst on the phone, no investigation or call-back required
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£250
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Fully audit the movement of keys between locations
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Measure drivers, eliminate time-wasting, eliminate re-tagging of key at each location
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£1,000
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Measure Parking Space usage to improve overall use of capacity
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Optimise site usage by 5%
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£500
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Alarms for late return of demos
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Ensure sales staff deliver a comprehensive demo, no customers kept waiting for a demo, time to ensure each demo is cleaned before use
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£100
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Quick reporting on specific vehicles
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Cross check demo usage against showroom logs over the weekend – ensure all prospects are recorded and auctioned, possibly leading to one more sale per year
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£1,000
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Perform a simple comparison of demonstrator usage
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Optimise the demo fleet by model and colour (where possible) ensuring best mix
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£100
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Very fast key tagging from the service desk
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Service Advisors spend 2 more minutes with each customer
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£2,000
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Improved customer satisfaction
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No waiting for keys or vehicle to be returned after a service, no more lost keys or replacement locks, no more missing keys when the customer wants a test-drive.
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£2,000
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Huge productivity gains for all departments, particularly in Aftersales
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Saving just 5 minutes per day per Technician for 10 technicians at a labour rate of £100 per hour
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£25,000
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Get extra work done in the same number of hours.
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Eliminate time wasted hunting for keys and vehicles by everyone else - spend the time booking more jobs, selling more hours and more parts.
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£5,000
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Demonstrable key security to customers
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Differentiates your service from the competition leading to 3 additional customers retained per year and CSI improvement
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£2,500
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Controlled access to keys for valeters and external staff
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No manual logs, no management intervention, saves time
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£500
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Deliver vehicle back to the customer promptly.
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Turn customers around quickly, saving time and money and making them happier
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£2,000
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Quick vehicle and key location lookup from any PC for any member of staff.
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No telephone calls, no walking around or asking about, saves time
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£1,000
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Increased productivity of Service Advisors
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Spend more time with each customer, no stress connected with keys, build rapport and improve CSI
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£2,000
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Measure PDI processes
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Identify strengths and weaknesses, compare staff and improve performance by 5%
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£2,000
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Colour-coded segmentation of the key cabinet
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Show workload to be undertaken, eliminating paperwork
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£250
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Documentary evidence
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Elimination of time and effort reviewing CCTV, interviewing staff and other investigation work
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£750
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Sarbanes Oxley and Stock Audit reporting functionality
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Maximize your stock level during annual stock check by 3 additional vehicles worth £10,000 each, speed up the time it takes to perform audits and reduce the administrative overhead associated with managing vehicles stocks and auditing
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£40,000
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Modern and effective process
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Customers expect modern dealerships to be using this kind of system.
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-
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Requires minimal training with a fluid and easy to understand layout
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No time out for staff, no trainers needed
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-
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High performance
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Saves time for staff
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£500
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Scalability (Software)
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Inexpensive server hardware needed, quick and easy to expand at minimal cost
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£1,000
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Cabinets scalable from 10 to 1000s of keys in single locations
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Efficient use of space saves money
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£500
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Automatic updates
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Clients automatically update from the server so no downtime or resources needed to update
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£500
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Free lifetime hardware warranty
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0
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-
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Free software upgrades
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0
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-
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Free technical support
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0
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-
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Twice yearly comprehensive on-site health checks
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Audited externally by us rather than your own staff
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£1,000
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Free overnight error and diagnostic checks
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0
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-
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All customers benefit from application improvements which are simple to roll back to others
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Free analysis and development
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-
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Link the system to building alarms for audible warnings
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Protect against tampering and avoid stolen keys
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£5,000
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Restricted access to cabinets and keys according to your procedures.
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Eliminate paper procedures
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£1,000
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Key cabinets can be configured with any form of access method your require
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Link to your existing access control system at no extra cost
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£1,000
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Roller Shutters
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Out of hours additional security protects against theft and reduces insurance premiums
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£2,000
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Heavy duty steel cabinets
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Reduce Insurance Premiums by 1%
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£1,000
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Cabinets can be increased in size very easily
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Flexibility reduces hardware replacement costs
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£500
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Easy to relocate and reconfigure
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Flexibility reduces hardware replacement costs
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£500
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The eTag software allows an unlimited number of client PCs to be installed
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No installation costs, no further license costs
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£1,000
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Differentiated service from the competition WILL be visible to customers
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They will score their CSI experience higher with your dealership
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£1,000
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Reduced Insurance Premiums
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Assuming 5% reduction on £100,000 annual policy
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£5,000
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COMBINED POSSIBLE BENEFIT ACROSS ALL AREAS
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£130,250 per annum
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