9 Aug 2018Traka Automotive eliminates lost key events and enables doubling of number of cars photographed each dayNetworked key management solution provider to car dealers and service centres Traka Automotive, has provided a 490 slot key cabinet to the Kearys Renault car dealership in Cork City. The Traka system has helped this busy dealership to eliminate lost key events which were costing this dealership several thousand euros each year prior to installing the Traka system. On average Kearys Renault sells nearly 150 new and approved used Renault cars each month.
4 Aug 2018Mobility as a Service players offer dealers a route to better returns on ageing, demo and pre-reg stockOne of the interesting trends that I picked up while walking the floor of CDX 2018 this year, was the rapid progress of ‘Mobility as a Service’ (MaaS) start-ups like Drover. Drover is less than three years old but has completed two successful funding rounds garnering a total of £7.5m of investment capital during its short life.
4 Aug 2018Traka Automotive helps reduce time to find and move cars into bays at busy Kearys Hyundai Service Centre in CorkNetworked key management solution provider to car dealers and service centres Traka Automotive, has provided a 180 slot key cabinet to Kearys Hyundai Service Centre in Cork City. The Traka system has helped this busy service centre to cut the time spent by technicians locating and moving cars into its workshop bays by more than seven minutes per job.
2 Jul 2018Consent or legitimate interest – a GDPR post mortemHow was your GDPR compliance experience? Was it an exercise in smooth project management or a blind scramble to delete personal data en masse before 25th May 2018 deadline?
24 May 2018Connected Car Services offer cost effective way to command customer loyalty long after initial saleTelematics is forming the basis for a significant ‘Connected Car Services’ revolution which dealerships can take advantage of to more than double five-year customer retention numbers from the industry average which sits in the 25-35% range today. And if dealerships don’t begin offering these telematics-based services to existing customers over the next two years then their OEMs most certainly will. This is my hypothesis having reviewed what a number manufacturers and service providers are already offering in this area.