As 2015 is wrapping up our entire DealerPILOT team would like to wish all of you a great Holiday Season. We hope that you are able to enjoy this busy time of year with family and friends and that 2016 may be a fantastic year. The DealerPILOT family grew substantially in 2015 and we’re looking […]
Can Dealership accountants save trees? Might sound like a funny question, but that’s exactly what the controller from one of our customers said they were doing with DealerPILOT to our Customer Success Team. Dealership Secretary Treasurers, Controllers and Accountants deal with a LOT of paperwork. In many cases it’s not only financial paperwork, but often […]
Repair shop owner criminally charged for health & safety infractions. The following article is a prime example of why having a “safety first” mentality is critical in the automotive repair industry. Nobody wants to see anybody get hurt or killed. Owners, supervisors and managers must understand that in addition to personal responsibility and liability under […]
Davenport Subaru succeeds with DealerPILOT! Congratulations to Davenport Subaru on their successful DealerPILOT Implementation! Mike, Skye, Lise, Veronica and many others worked together seamlessly with our implementation team to roll out DealerPILOT HR and Compliance Automation across all departments in the dealership. Davenport Subaru had very good systems and processes in place, but of course they […]
Compliance management is a fact of life when running a business, and being proactive can mean the difference between a good day at the dealership or a stop work order that could disrupt the business significantly. Dealerships and Service Centres have a wide variety of legislative obligations at both the Federal and Provincial level. The most commonly known legislative […]
Are your HR filing cabinets overflowing? It doesn’t matter how big or small your Dealership or Service Centre is, managing Human Resources efficiently is critical for the smooth operation of your organization. One of the biggest things we hear from Managers, Secretary Treasurers or GM’s is that the paperwork can simply be overwhelming, and that it […]
Does your Dealership have a Social Media Policy? Technology has crept into virtually every aspect of our lives, both business and personal, and Social media has become a very important and powerful way for Dealerships to communicate to their customers. But while social media can be used to promote the dealership through sales, marketing and […]
Improving Dealership CASL Compliance. It’s now been just over a year since Canada’s Anti Spam law (or CASL for short) came into effect. This much touted law is supposed to reduce the amount of spam Canadians receive and is one of the most stringent laws of this type in the world. Whether we like it […]
Vacation Time. Summertime is in full swing and that means so are employee vacations. Everyone wants to take their vacations in prime time, especially since summer is relatively short in Canada. Around the Dealership, this typically means staff pestering their managers or HR for how much vacation time they have left, piles of vacation request […]
Ontario Dealer Day Success! The results are in and the 2015 Ontario Dealer Day was bigger and better! More vendors and most importantly more attendees came out to this exciting event. Additional promotional efforts by the vendors ensured that more dealership personnel were aware of the event and could take time out of their busy schedules to […]
