The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing has instealled its Application Service Provider (ASP) solution in nine Volvo Truck locations throughout the country.

In addition to providing automotive retailers with a powerful new technology program that provides a complete suite of automotive applications and Internet access, ADP's ASP solution also delivers sales, service, parts and business programs to truck dealers and vehicle manufacturers throughout North America. The nine Volvo Truck locations are being supported by a service dedicated connection directly from the ADP data center in Chicago.
In order to improve the consistency of their financial and operational reporting from branch locations, Volvo Truck placed their eight different dealer development sites onto ADP's ASP solution. Volvo wanted to streamline and standardize the management systems in their stores, yet have the flexibility to grow as new locations were added without a huge investment up front to help control their total technology costs.
"One of the distinct benefits for those using ADP's ASP solution is for a manufacturer to receive consistent and cohesive information from its branch locations. It is much easier to standardize the use of business applications through ADP's ASP solution single location, single server model, than trying to capture and convert data from multiple dealership systems across the country," says Dan McCray, vice president of ASP & Next Generation product marketing for ADP Dealer Services.
ADP Dealer Services provides integrated computing solutions to more than 16,000 automotive and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.