The Autoline Package
is a fully integrated automotive dealer management
system developed by the Kerridge
Computer Company (KCC), Ltd. of the U.K.
and recognized as the industry leader by major automobile
manufacturers.
Distinguishing
Features
The
20 plus years of progressive development makes it
possible for the Autoline Package to optimize the
day-to-day activities of dealers.
Supports multi-franchise, multi-model, multi-branch,
and multi-location functions
Fully integrated system facilitates efficient
operations and management
Easily tailored to meet individual dealer
requirements
Provides powerful data analysis tools for
visual management status analysis
Strength
The user-friendly GUI environment ensures
ease of use
Installation is possible in various system
environments from a PC to mainframe servers
Multi-language support is provided with nine
language versions, including English, Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, etc
A wide array of parameters representing business
factors enable rapid installation
The development toolset makes it possible
to easily scale package functions
Modules
Dealer Management System (DMS): Supporting
distributor and dealer requirements (specification
management, marketing, vehicle and parts sales,
accounting)
Importer Management System (IMS): Supporting vehicle manufactures and parts suppliers (import/export functions, vehicle orders, vehicle imports,
order tracking, warranty, accounting)
System Utility Module: System Management (E-mail,
electronic organizers, document compression,
system parameters.)
Configuration
H/W
Platform
Unix Server, Windows NT Server
O/S
Unix, Windows NT
Database/DBMS
None, K-ISAM(Kerridge ISAM)
Protocol
TCP/IP
Development
tool
KCML(Developed by Kerridge, VB+ C)
Reference
Volvo Japan, Chrysler Japan,
Yanase(Japan), CMI(Taiwan)
Trend
Analysis
Changes in the international automobil market
The birth of Daimler-Chrysler, the largest automaker
in the world, from the merger of Chrysler and Mercedes
Benz heralded the dawn of "grand mega-merger age"
for the automobile industry. Such M&A reshaped the
landscape of the automobile industry into the arena
of the Big 6s - GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, VolksWagen,
Toyota and Renault - whose annual production exceed
4 million units per year.
This, in turn, has intensified competition in the
global marketplace.
Enormous market and its potential
The enormous Japanese automobile market accounts
for 14% of the global market and 67% of the Asian
market. Also, Japan is the home of global players
such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Isuzu. The competition
in the domestic market is fierce, and foreign nameplates
have been left with minor share of the market.
Transformation in automobile distribution with Internet
and e-Business
-- Changing landscape with dawn of digital age and
Internet Automobile distribution and sales in the
countries such as Japan and the U.S. were transformed
with the dawn of the digital age and the introduction
of the Internet.
In addition to the conventional sales methods, dealers
now are armed with network sales techniques with
the utilization of the Internet for sales brokering
and on-line sales.
Such changes in sales brought about fewer but larger
dealers through M&A, the creation of larger economic
zone and changes in their profit structure(large
profits from parts and services).
It not only increases profit from sales but reduces
the cost involved in sales of new cars as well as
vitalizes the used car market to increase the cost
of the entire industry.
In addition, it opens the door for the era of made-to-order
automobile production, which would be another shock
to the industry's distribution system.
Distribution cost of the automobile industry is
about 30% of the sales price of vehicles. This implies
that reducing costs would determine the leader and
the structure of the automobile sales and distribution
industry.
-- Urgent need for infrastructure for new distribution
system
As such, the business strategy of the industry would
have to reflect the regional, geographical, cultural
and industrial differences, and they would have
to adopt CRM (Customer Relations Management) techniques
to meet the needs of the end-consumers as well as
diversification of their sales channel and systematic
business management.
Automobile manufacturers would also have to adopt
advanced network and dealer systems that increase
efficiency and profit in order to predominate the
new distribution system.
Clients'
Mission
Automobile importers, who are facing such formidable
challenges from within and without, seek to fully
launch their businesses and create profit by adopting
new distribution and management systems to reduce
cost and increase customer satisfaction.
SDS's
Mission
In line with the international standardization policy
for the dealer system, Samsung SDS seeks to increase
profit with manufacturer-centered aggressive business
strategy away from the past import-oriented strategy.
Why
Autoline?
Features of Autoline
-- Package specific for automobiles
-- Multi-lingual support - Completed Japanese and
Chinese versions based on
the experience from the development of the Korean
version and years of customizing.
-- Localized package system
-- System that integrates functions of entire business
process
-- Interface compatible with other systems
-- Flexibility to adopt to various business structure
Major Functions of DMS
-- Option management (car/model/variant/options)
-- Marketing (Customer management, customer/vehicle history management, customer satisfaction index)
-- Automobile sales (Inventory control, new car price estimate, order, contracts,
used car sales)
-- Service management (Workshop management, technician
management, salary management)
-- Parts management (Inventory management, inventory
survey, parts purchasing/sales)
-- Financial management (Invoices of purchasing,
sales, total bookkeeping)
-- Reports (Graphic analysis, standardized reports)
-- System support (Security, user registration,
user privilege classificaiton)
Results
Construction of a one-stop system that integrates
automobile sales, maintenance,
repair and bookkeeping system
Construction of a network system to pre-occupy the
new distribution system
Autoline
Zesati
System Integration
Changes in the international automobil market
