A Reporting Focus

It was only last week when I announced our awesomely simple Bulk Pricing Tool, but we already have more AutoSweet platform enhancements ready for release. This time, we have focused on making better reports available to Internet & Sales Managers through a brand new dashboard. But that's not all - we have added features to our window sticker QR code landing pages and AIMS sorting. Read on for the details.

Introducing AutoSweet's OneView Dashboard

OneView Dashboard

OneView Dashboard is the perfect way for an Internet or Sales Manager to quickly check the health of in-stock inventory. It is the new start page you will see when first logging in to ACE and can also be accessed via the top menu "Dashboard" link.

OneView shows an array of KPI's for your inventory marketing health, from vehicles with missing photos & comments to aging inventory that might need pricing reviews or wholesale consideration. Each report is interactive, so you can click any metric and quickly see that subset of vehicles in AIMS.

You will also find the last time an AutoSweet Agent was at your dealership to perform on-lot services and the most recent DMS or physical inventory load job and file. 

We will be adding more reports and metrics to OneView over the coming months, so if you have any suggestions leave a comment below.

Print Reports from AIMS

Report Print Button

Example Report Printout

Creating a hard copy of a report from AIMS in the past has been somewhat of a messy affair, with the resulting printout ranging from just-usable to plain-unreadable depending on the web browser. We decided the best approach to solve this was to simplify the HTML so that all web browsers could print a clean and easy to read report. We also added some items that you will find useful:

• Dealer name
• Description of filter being applied and the sort order
• Username and time the report was generated
• Color banding and page numbers (available in most web browsers)

AIMS Sorting Enhancements

You can now sort by Special Price and click the column headers to sort

For those of you who use Special Price as your primary pricing field, you'll be happy to learn that sorting is now enabled on this field in AIMS. This is a quick way to find vehicles missing Special Prices or view cars that meet the price requirements for one of your customers.

Also, the column headers in the grey bar with underlines can now be clicked to sort. This is simply a more intuitive way to sort for List, Special, Odometer, and the other column header fields.

Configurable Price Type on QR Code Landing Pages

You can now choose which price type shows on the QR Code landing page.

Those of you who use our window sticker QR Codes know how important it is to capture customer leads while your sales people aren't available. But many Sales Managers don't want to show the lowest advertised price on the QR landing page like they would on their regular website. We now allow you to show any price type you would like on this QR Code page. Just contact AutoSweet Support and let us know which you would like to use.

Lightning Quick Pricing Changes and More

Keep it simple, keep it quick, keep it predictable. The AutoSweet team has been using this mantra to improve the workflow for Sales Managers in our Inventory Management Sweet. We've listened to much customer feedback to drive these changes and we hope you are as happy with the results as we are. After a few weeks of effort, we are now ready to release the changes into the wild.

Of special note is the way SweetPricing has evolved. Now you can do more in less time with our Bulk Pricing Tool. Quickly make changes so you can stay ahead of market pressures or run a special without jumping through hoops! Read on for the details.

AIMS Bulk Pricing Tool Tutorial

How often has your dealership wanted to discount Used Pickup Trucks by $600 for a weekend sale? What about moving the price on all Honda Accords up 5% due to increased demand in your region? Internet and Sales Managers are often tasked with these types of mass pricing modifications, and their current re-pricing process probably works somewhat like this:

1. Open AIMS
2. Filter on the vehicles that need pricing changes
3. Click the price column to modify
4. Grab a calculator and do the math to find the new price
5. Enter this new price in the field
6. Repeat from step 3 for each vehicle in the change set
7. Click Bulk Actions -> Save Prices

Now this isn't terribly complex work, but it is certainly time consuming and error prone. Especially if new incentive pricing just came in for those 80 New Toyota Tundras you have in stock. There needs to be a better way - and today there is.

With our new Bulk Pricing feature, we have eliminated the need for our customers to manually adjust prices individually. Putting all of your Used Pickups on sale this Saturday now only takes a few simple mouse clicks. Even better, you can bring the prices back to their normal values just as easily.

Follow the jump to see a quick guide to help you get started and to learn about other changes to the AutoSweet Platform!