In today’s extremely competitive market, retail agility is increasingly important for a competitive advantage — and, arguably, becoming a requirement for survival. Achieving this retail agility requires greater collaboration between dealerships and automakers, which requires tighter integration between automaker business systems and the systems running inside dealerships.

The Oxlo Automotive Retail Integration Network provides automakers with a proven, cost-effective solution for integrating the systems and processes they share with their dealer partners. Tighter integration through the Oxlo Retail Integration Network creates better dealer collaboration, which drives increased sales, better business intelligence, and lower costs — in other words, greater retail agility.

Leveraging the Oxlo Retail Integration Network is the quickest path for automakers to introduce industry-leading solutions into the dealer channel. The following list includes examples of solutions Oxlo offers automakers in their pursuit of greater retail agility — please follow the links for more information.

Integrated Lead Management
Car buyers are turning to the internet in record numbers. Optimizing the internet lead management process will increase sales, strengthen customer loyalty and improve dealer relations.

Parts Management
Parts management impacts profitability as well as customer loyalty based on service department experience. Automakers can optimize the parts ordering and stocking process in ways that improve CSI scores and minimizes leakage to third party vendors.

Service Contract Management
Service contract sales are directly related to how easily F&I managers can access accurate plan details. Automaker captives that provide service contracts and administration can grow their revenues by simplifying the presentation of accurate plan rates and options, as well as reduce their operating costs through electronic document submission.

Dealer System Provider (DSP) Certification and Management
Automaker pursuit of retail agility is driving new integrations with the various software vendors currently active inside dealerships. Outsourcing the vendor management process reduces cost and speeds the roll-out of new retail-focused business processes.