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AutoMap™ and NRG Mobility & Fleet Solutions are Pleased to Announce their Partnership

(January 2021) – AutoMap™ and NRG Mobility have entered into a partnership allowing NRG Mobility to provide solutions to the fleet industry through the use of the AutoMap™ location system. With the extensive experience NRG Mobility brings to fleet management and their ability to anticipate the needs of their clients the inclusion of AutoMap™'s award winning location system is a natural fit.

Quote from Mark Sargent CEO of AutoMap™

"We are excited to work with NRG Mobility & Fleet Solutions to expand our product offering to more customers. With NRG's extensive fleet experience and background, we can collectively offer even more value to our current and future customers. For over a decade AutoMaP™ has been providing secure vehicle location services to many markets, and with NRG's combined leadership we believe there is a great opportunity to further broaden our market and serve even more."

"The ability to take our strong existing on-lot solution and add this to NRG's comprehensive offerings is an exciting proposition for AutoMap™," said Mark Sargeant, CEO of AutoMap™. "With this partnership, AutoMap™'s ability to track a vehicle for individual customers and through the chain of custody increases dramatically."

Quote from Neil Schamus – Managing Partner of NRG Mobility & Fleet Solutions

"AutoMap™ represents the type of value added and cost-effective solution that our clients need and we are excited to work together to enable more operations to realize increased operating efficiencies that will drive overall performance and profit improvements."

Background on AutoMap

AutoMap has been tracking vehicles for over 12 years and has expertise throughout the auto industry. AutoMap has had the opportunity to serve dealerships, auto auctions, transport, OEM, and financial institutions. In 2016 AutoMap™ debuted their Premiere Vehicle Tracking System, powered by Bluetooth OBD, which brings the dealership total visibility to their business. Understanding what location services can do for an organization's efficiency, the improvement of the bottom line, and the agility to adjust to our customer's needs have been integral to AutoMap's success. This now includes not just location services, but the entire health of the vehicle including recall alerts, ensuring the dealership's lot is "customer ready". AutoMap™ has been awarded "Finalist – Driving Sales 2017" and "Winner – MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International) Innovation Award 2018".

Background on NRG Mobility and Fleet Solutions

NRG Mobility and Fleet Solutions brings a team that has been managing the fleet life-cycle for decades. NRG understands the operational challenges and finds opportunities with a balanced customized approach, combining the business needs with mobility's newest technologies, ideas, products and visions, into simple, executable, value-added outcomes. NRG Mobility is a proud member and part of an "Industry Collective", a group of consultants that work together to address the ecosystem of Mobility to drive your "Return on Investment" Visit NRG at nrgmobility.com for more information and follow us on LinkedIn. linkedin.com

AutoMap Adds Inventory Retrieval Solution

PORTLAND, Ore. (January 17th, 2019) – Inventory-tracking and audit solutions provider AutoMap announced the immediate availability of "A.I.R." (for "AutoMap™ Inventory Retrieval" system), a solution designed to enable dealers to easily search inventories from a desktop or a mobile phone to find customer-requested vehicles currently in inventory.

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AutoMap™ Announces New Inventory Retrieval Solution for Matching Customer Searches to Vehicle Invoices

Portland, OR. (January 16, 2019) – AutoMap™, the leading inventory tracking and audit solution for dealerships, today announced the immediate availability of A.I.R. (AutoMap™ Invoice Retrieval system), a solution that enables dealers to easily search invoices from a desktop or a mobile phone to find customer-requested vehicles currently in inventory.

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AutoMap™ Announces New Inventory Retrieval Solution for Matching Customer Searches to Vehicle Invoices

Mapping for Mercedes

(October 23rd, 2018) - A new system using bluetooth on smartphones is helping Mercedes-Benz to track cars at its Tuscaloosa plant, as well as assisting numerous dealerships. Lem Bingley reports... click here to download the article. (PDF / 177kb)

Automap™ is a proud sponsor of the 2018 Automotive Logistics Global Conference in Detroit, September 18th – 20th. Our own Mark Sargeant will also be speaking on Wednesday, September 19th in session 3A at 2:00pm.

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One Area that Affects F&I Satisfaction?

(December 5th, 2017) – Sales and service are the most visible parts of any dealership, but dealers and GMs who ignore F&I — or don’t give it the focus that it deserves — are not only leaving money on the table, but they are underserving their customers.

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5 Ways to Use Inventory Tracking Beyond Sales

(October 26th, 2017) – We all know inventory tracking works really well during the sales process. A customer comes up, the dealer salesperson talks to them about their wants and needs to help them figure out what kind of vehicle they want, and then he or she finds the vehicle.

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Innovation Cup Finalists Announced

(September 2017) – The finalist who receives the highest score from the panel of judges will be designated “Innovation Cup Winner” and presented with an elegant trophy, as well as a free license to use the "2017 Winner – DrivingSales Innovation Cup" logo in his/her marketing.

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Inventory Tracking at Your Dealership – Mark Sargeant

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Leading Your Team to Greatness

(September 2017) – So many manuals and programs try to be the definitive guide to leadership in the world today. While many of these programs will give you success when implemented, more frequently than not, leaders only end up taking the bits and pieces of what catches their attention during the learning process.

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AutoMap™ Inventory Tracking Service Hits 40,000 Vehicles Tracked

Portland, OR. (August 22, 2017) – AutoMap, the leading inventory tracking and audit solution for dealerships, today announced their AutoMap Car Finder solution now has more than 40,000 inventory vehicles tracked in the system.

Through AutoMap, a blue-tooth enabled onboard diagnostics device (OBD) chip is attached to each vehicle, a simple set up that takes less than 30 seconds per vehicle. Once the device is enabled, each vehicle’s location is broadcast to the main software site, or AutoMap app on mobile, for tracking.

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What to Look for in an Inventory Tracking Solutions

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Top Five Things to Look for When Evaluating Your Next Inventory Tracking Solution

(August 2017) – There has been a lot written lately about the customer experience and meeting customers “where they live.” You don’t have to look far to find research on the customer sales funnel, stats on how quickly sales teams should respond to emails, and even details on the best time to meet digital shoppers. But one simple way dealerships can ramp up customer satisfaction is so simple it’s almost easy to overlook — inventory.

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AutoMap™ Releases New Bluetooth-Enabled Car Tracking Tool

Tuesday, Jun. 27, 2017
By Auto Remarketing Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. - Dealership inventory tracking and audit solution provider AutoMap™ has introduced AutoMap™ Car Finder, which is a new vehicle tracking tool for dealers, auctions and lenders.

With AutoMap™ Car Finder, sales teams, management and auditors can quickly find any vehicle in their inventory across multiple lots using Bluetooth.

For tracking, a vehicle’s location is broadcast to the main software site, or the AutoMap app, using a Bluetooth enabled onboard diagnostics device (OBD) chip attached to each vehicle.

“With the amount of research customers are doing online before they enter the showroom, they often know the exact vehicle they want before stepping foot on the lot. So it becomes a huge frustration for them when a sales associate can’t quickly locate the vehicle they’re looking for and offer a test drive or deliver their car,” AutoMap director of sales and marketing Mark Sargeant said in a news release.

“Using AutoMap™, anyone at the dealership can find the exact vehicle the customer is looking for in seconds and eliminate this timely part of the sales process, increasing customer satisfaction and furthering the sale.”

The new solution can accelerate floor audits and sales by decreasing staff frustration and eliminating customer waiting times, according to the company.

AutoMap™ also offers the system to auction houses and lenders.

Once the device is enabled, dealership staff can begin searching inventory by VIN, stock number or model across multiple lots via a desktop computer or smartphone.

Additionally, the OBDs used are engineered for varying climates and have almost no effect on vehicle batteries because of their low power need.

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Inventory Tracking – It's Not Just for Dealerships

For many people, when you discuss the benefits of an inventory tracking solution, their mind immediately goes to dealership sales. In the dealer world, though, there’s more to it than just sales. Inventory solutions can be used to improve everything from audits with banks to rental car facilities to auction houses.

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AutoMap™ Inventory Tracking Service Boosts Customer Satisfaction, Decreases Audit Times, and Increases Sales Opportunities

Portland, OR.—(June 27, 2017) – AutoMap™, the leading inventory tracking and audit solution for dealerships, today introduced their AutoMap Car Finder solution. Now dealer sales teams, management, and auditors are able to find any vehicle in their inventory across multiple lots in seconds. The solution decreases staff frustration, eliminates customer waiting times, and accelerates floor audits and sales.

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AutoMap™ Aims to Streamline Floor Plan Auditing

HILLSBORO, Ore. - Mark Sargeant insisted banks and other capital providers are interested in the tool AUTOMAP Tracking Solutions offers: a product that can reduce the time it takes to complete an audit to minutes instead of days while mitigating risk.

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