AutoAlert & CreditMiner Partner to Aid in Service Sales

AutoAlert & CreditMiner Partner to Aid in Service Sales, from Auto Remarketing. IRVINE, Calif. – AutoAlert, teaming with CreditMiner, has added additional sales opportunities for its users via the addition of credit soft pulls for service-
Apr 27, 2015

GM prognostics use 4G for data acquisition, cloud analysis

GM prognostics use 4G for data acquisition, cloud analysis, from SAE International. Prognostics uses real-time monitoring to detect impending fault and deploys an in-car display, smartphone text, email, and/or remote notification to chosen receiver.
Apr 27, 2015

Wrong Car Dealership Staffers Stuck Fielding Customer Questions

Wrong Car Dealership Staffers Stuck Fielding Customer Questions, from WardsAuto. Service advisers and auto technicians say they’ve got other things to do than explain how infotainment systems work. It’s the job of dealership auto technicians to f
Apr 27, 2015

Vehicle TLC: Proper Vehicle Care Has Many Merits

Vehicle TLC: Proper Vehicle Care Has Many Merits, from AutoCarePro. While raising the awareness of preventive maintenance sounds good in theory, especially during April Car Care Month, the reality is many ­motorists’ ­vehicle maintenance habits j
Apr 27, 2015

Auto Dealership Service Dept. Relationships Need Repairs

Auto Dealership Service Dept. Relationships Need Repairs, from WardsAuto. Repair work is needed to fix flawed communications between dealership service advisers and auto technicians. That’s according to a Carlisle & Co. survey done in coopera
Apr 27, 2015

What Are the Different Types of Fixed Operating Costs?

What Are the Different Types of Fixed Operating Costs?, from wiseGEEK. Fixed operating costs represent any cash outflows for business necessities that do not change over time. In most cases, all businesses have some type of fixed costs in their o
Apr 27, 2015

The connected car ‘as-a-service’

The connected car ‘as-a-service’, from RCR Wireless News. In the next five years we will see many new developments in services for the connected car. But what about the connected car as-a-service? While discussing the issue with different compani
Apr 21, 2015

RepairLync Launches First and Innovative Vehicle to Automotive Repair Shop Communication Platform

RepairLync Launches First and Innovative Vehicle to Automotive Repair Shop Communication Platform, from PR Web. RepairLync, a startup based in the San Francisco Bay Area, launched its mobile app, aimed at the automotive repair industry. RepairLync in
Apr 20, 2015

AutoMD joins AMRA/MAP

AutoMD joins AMRA/MAP, from Tire Business. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (April 7, 2015) — AutoMD Inc., an online automotive repair resource for consumers, has joined the Automotive Maintenance Repair Association (AMRA). Carson, Calif.-based AutoMD, thro
Apr 20, 2015