General Motors Contracts Quorum to Develop New Dealer System Integration
Five New Projects Highlight the GM IDMS Program
Detroit, MI, December 6, 2007 - Quorum announced today that it has
received five change orders from General Motors under its GM IDMS
contract to build business to business integration points into its
dealership management system. Under the IDMS agreement, GM and Quorum
work together to bring value-added integration between the auto
manufacturer and the systems that GM's dealers use. The companies
jointly agree to the project deliverables and time tables. Most
recently, GM has initiated five new integration projects to help its
dealerships improve efficiency and increase customer responsiveness as
follows:
Customer Delivery Record (CDR) - automated delivery reporting
eliminates the requirement to data enter all the details on every
vehicle sale into a separate GM application.
Parts Information and Parts Availability - real-time access to the
most current parts data including; supersession, pricing and parts
availability.
Vehicle Invoicing - electronic vehicle invoicing eliminates the need
to data enter and store paper copies of every GM vehicle invoice.
Parts Ordering - improved parts ordering process ensures more
efficient tracking of parts shipments and reconciling of parts invoices.
Global Warranty - more streamlined warranty submission and management
process to simplify the claim submission process and reduce warranty
claim rejects.
General Motors Canada and Quorum Announce Breakout Advancement in
Factory-to-Dealer Integration
For the First Time Ever in North America, Vehicle Incentives, Rates and
Residuals are Seamlessly Available Directly from the Manufacturer and
into Dealers' Systems
OSHAWA, CANADA, August 9, 2007 -- Quorum and General Motors of Canada,
Limited (GMCL) today announced the establishment of a landmark new level
of information technology integration for their dealers. The
announcement highlights the establishment of a remarkable new
integration point between GMCL and Quorum whereby GMCL provides data
feeds directly to Quorum's DMS solutions so that the dealers using these
systems can accurately select and apply the incentives and lease or
finance rates and residuals to a vehicle purchase. This is a major
milestone for the North American automotive marketplace as this sort of
joint integration has been a long sought after process improvement at
the point of sale. For further information, click on this link.
Other Quorum / GM Integration
Quorum has highlighted the Features & Benefits of some of the key integration points in newsletters delivered electronically to GM dealers in North America:
