Software Suite aids automotive retail process development.
Press Release Summary:
Software tool suite accelerates rollouts of integrated business processes by streamlining dealer system integration providers' development and deployment efforts. Self Service Integration(TM) consolidates all necessary content for 24/7 accessibility, while Self Service Deployment(TM) automates processes of initiating and configuring dealer business system to new business process. Oxlo Partner Portal offers centralized Web portal for viewing and managing Oxlo integration services.
Original Press Release:
New Oxlo Tools Accelerate Automotive Retail Innovation
Self Service Integration, Self Service Deployment and Oxlo Partner Portal tools simplify the integration and dealer deployment processes
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 14 -- Oxlo Systems Inc. introduces Self Service Integration(TM) (patent pending), Self Service Deployment(TM) and Oxlo Partner Portal -- a suite of tools that's making dealer software faster, easier and cheaper to integrate and deploy. The innovative tools enable faster rollouts of new integrated business processes by streamlining dealer system providers (DSPs) integration development and deployment efforts through automation and simplification.
Oxlo's patent pending Self Service Integration efficiently guides DSPs through a successful integration development. It consolidates all necessary content including a guided step-by-step development process, specifications, sample use cases and end-to-end test cases with real-time automated feedback and error code identification. Developers now have access to everything they need 24/7 including closed-loop testing for instant feedback -- eliminating the lag associated with development verification.
The Self Service Deployment tool automates the process of initiating and configuring a dealer business system to a new business process through the Oxlo Dealer Communications Hub. Streamlining this process simplifies the task for DSPs and increases the pace for automakers rolling out new integrated business processes.
"Automaker success is becoming increasingly dependant on tighter collaboration with the dealer channel," said Thilo Koslowski, Research Vice President, Gartner, Inc. "Automakers can leverage IT technologies to achieve tighter collaboration with their retail partners, and those companies who get there first will enjoy a competitive advantage," added Koslowski.
The Oxlo Partner Portal is a centralized Web portal that provides customers and partners with private access to view and manage their Oxlo integration services. The Oxlo Portal enables access to the Self Service Integration and Self Service Deployment tools, as well as reports that provide partners with metrics for all associated transactions passing through the Oxlo hub. The Oxlo Portal provides partner personnel access to the information and tools they need in one convenient location, from a manager seeking a high- level development status or dealer rollout progress to developers actively working on new integration code.
New integrations, while critical to DSP offerings, have historically represented a significant resource drain. With Oxlo's new tools, DSPs are able to reduce the time and resources required to complete integration developments and deployments, allowing them to offer more services to their dealer customers.
"By utilizing Self Service Integration, Self Service Deployment and the Oxlo Partner Portal, DSPs no longer need to wait for feedback from the automaker or other integration partner while progressing through the integration development," said Dan Seats, chief operating officer, Oxlo. "Simplifying and accelerating the integration process will make dealer deployments faster and easier for DSPs. More importantly it will free up time for application development so that service providers can offer more value to their customers."
Oxlo is currently in production with all three new offerings. A demo for these tools is available at www.oxlo.com/ .
About Oxlo Systems
Oxlo Systems Inc., based in Broomfield, Colo., is the leading Dealer Communications Hub provider, designed specifically to improve the processes of buying, selling, servicing, and financing a car. By seamlessly connecting the various systems that drive the automotive retail business, Oxlo differentiates itself with an integration focus that allows dealerships and manufacturers to concentrate on customer relationships and system vendors on application development. Within the existing IT architectures of the dealership, these plug-and-play integration solutions, which support the STAR standard, provide the tools that allow dealers to increase sales and lower costs. Oxlo Systems is a privately held corporation and has received institutional financing from Mobius Venture Capital and Appian Ventures. For more information, please visit www.oxlo.com/ . For perspective on emerging trends and issues affecting the market, visit Oxlo Observer at oxlo-observer.typepad.com/ .
