Articles by Sandi Jerome - Contributing Author

Sandi Jerome - There are four things that you must do regarding technology to protect your dealership against a violation of the safeguards rule

Sandi Jerome - Your dealership’s computer system is often the most expensive outside service that you pay monthly. Here are twenty ways to save money on your computer system and get more value for the dollars you are spending.

Sandi Jerome - Today, dealerships are a maze of networked computers, factory DCS PCs, third-party software, integrated phone systems, and web sites. Less than 10 percent of dealerships have system administrators, but many are considering hiring one in the next year.

Sandi Jerome - STAR was organized in May 2001 and has grown to include about 98 percent of the OEM that the 8 major DMS members support. It is a non-profit, auto industry-wide initiative to create voluntary IT standards for how manufacturers, dealers and customers communicate with each other.

Sandi Jerome - Each month, valuable data is being deleted by your DMS system and you need to create regular monthly reports that will be downloaded to a PC and saved for future analysis.