Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Auto Appraisals Using Handheld PDAs

Reporting from the UK - Our team in Newcastle has developed a number of very interesting and compelling solutions for the automotive industry. An application I previewed today enables
service companies to complete many mobile services and use their mobile handheld computers to register and invoice the work. The solution was designed to mobilize the following three business processes:
  1. Mobile dent repair and minor autobody work
  2. Mobile Auto Detailing/Valet
  3. End-of-Lease Inspections

All of these business processes are completed on the mobile handheld PDA and synchronized with a web enabled database.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Reporting from the UK - Mobile Automotive Solutions

I am in Newcastle, UK this week on assignment. Our team here in Newcastle are experts in the automotive industry. They have many years experience working with mobile PDA solutions for vehicle auctions, automobile dealerships, automobile lease return applications and more. Today they demonstrated their mobile PDA solutions to a large automobile dealership with locations across Ireland.

The mobile solution they were demonstrating included a valuation component. A person could scan a VIN code and the description of the car would pop-up and auto fill the the electronic inspection form on the handheld PDA. The dealership would then inspect the car for damage and the final value of the car would be computed from the valuation database and the inspection.

This solution is used for automotive auctions, auto dealers, insurance and automotive lease return companies.

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