Data and Database Management Software
Application Suite manages and protects dealership info.
Press Release Summary:
Decision Support consists of online reporting, data analysis, and data visualization tools designed to help automotive retail dealerships improve business performance. Designed to utilize, manage, and protect information, suite employs FYI Visual(TM) visualization technology as well as dealer management security and auditing tools and data cleansing services. Software, built on secure data foundation, offers integrated document and data management solutions as well as self-healing technologies.
Original Press Release:
ADP Dealer Services Expands Its Group of Dealer Information Solutions with the Introduction of a New Decision Support Suite of Applications
- Includes robust online data analysis tools, graphical reporting, forecasting and the latest data visualization technology to change how dealerships manage business today -
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Feb. 11 - The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NYSE:ADP) today announced the introduction of its new Decision Support Suite of Applications. Decision Support is one of many continuing enhancements to ADP's Dealer Information Solutions, a group of products and services that deliver the most comprehensive offering in the automotive retail market for utilizing, managing, and protecting dealer's information -- all designed to help clients sell more cars, parts, and service profitably.
ADP's Decision Support is a full suite of online reporting, data analysis, and data visualization tools designed to help dealerships improve their business performance. Powering the new Decision Support Visualization module is FYI Visual(TM) advanced visualization technology from FYI(R) Corporation. ADP has an exclusive licensing agreement with FYI Corporation, a leading data visualization technology provider. FYI Visual advanced visualization technology manages large amounts of complex data from various sources and then represents the data visually, using colors and shapes that decision makers can easily identify, analyze and take action on.
"In order to make effective business decisions, our managers need accurate data that can be interpreted quickly. During our pilot we found that the FYI Visual product is robust and intuitive. It absorbs large amounts of data in a short period of time," said Jerry Daniels, executive vice president of Coggin Automotive Group. "The combination of the FYI Visual product for data visualization and the ADP products for data collection will truly change the way dealerships are managed today."
"We are excited about the enhancements that FYI Corporation is bringing to ADP's unrivaled w.e.bSuite(TM)2006 dealer management system. FYI Visual allows dealer executives to identify enterprise-wide business opportunities faster than with any management system offered today. We're delivering what dealers want," said Steve Anenen, president of ADP Dealer Services.
The Decision Support Suite is the result of ADP's Dealer Information Solution initiative that began in 2001. Each year brings enhancements designed to give dealers more secure, open, and integrated access to their data, such as dealer management security and auditing tools, data cleansing services, integrated document and data management solutions, and self-healing technologies.
"Awareness of the absolute importance of protecting dealership information is not a new concept for ADP Dealer Services. Our clients have been saying they want a system that is secure, delivers the ability to access, manipulate and share data, has plenty of integration options, and is easy to use. The addition of Decision Support with new data visualization technology and expanded auditing tools illustrates our leadership in helping our clients better utilize, manage, and protect their data," said Kevin Henahan, senior vice president of marketing for ADP Dealer Services.
ADP's new Decision Support is built on a secure, integral data foundation that combines the key security areas comprising the entire scope of dealership technology: data security, LAN security, WAN security, wireless security, server security, workstation security, document security, user security and Internet security. ADP's security tools can be used to audit system log-ons, determine how long the user is in the system, where the user went and what files were accessed.
ADP's DataFresh(R) data cleansing service and award-winning self-healing technologies recognize and proactively remedy data issues and conditions that threaten data integrity.
Security is an integral piece of every ADP system, and through its portfolio of integration services ADP provides secure integration for third-party software providers.
"ADP has always understood that dealerships want choices. Our integration solutions deliver a vast array of options while securing the system," said Hamid Mirza, chief technology officer for ADP Dealer Services. "It is clearly understood by ADP that this secure openness is at the discretion of our dealership customers, and not others."
About ADP Dealer Services
ADP Dealer Services provides integrated computing solutions to nearly 25,500 auto, truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, China, Asia and the Middle East. ADP Dealer Services is the third largest business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE:ADP). ADP, with $8.5 billion in revenues and 550,000 clients worldwide, is one of the largest providers of a broad range of premier mission-critical, cost-effective transaction processing and information-based business solutions. More information on ADP Dealer Services is available on the Internet at http://www.dealersuite.com/.
About FYI Corporation
Based in Melbourne, Florida, FYI(R) Corporation focuses on advanced data visualization software. FYI Visual(TM), the company's flagship product, converts large amounts of information into intuitive visual representations so users can make better decisions faster. For more information, please visit http://fyivisual.com/.
CONTACT: Doug Towle of ADP Dealer Services, +1-847-485-4374, Doug_Towle@adp.com
