Arkona Completes Integration with Gulf States Toyota
SALT LAKE CITY--Arkona Inc. (OTC: ARKN), the leader in on-demand solutions for new car franchise, independent and powersports dealerships, announced today that it has completed the dealer management system (DMS) communications interface with Gulf States Toyota (GST) Inc., and its more than 150 Toyota affiliated dealerships in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The interface, developed jointly between GST and Arkona, means that every GST Toyota dealership can now migrate to Arkona’s DMS, providing immediate costs savings and improved operating efficiencies from their current legacy solutions. The major points of integration include:
- Parts Orders – Electronically transfer stock orders and supplemental orders
- Parts Return – Automatically download parts returns
- Financial Statement Reporting – Simplify preparation and submission of financial statements
“We needed an improved dealer management system and an established, evenhanded business partner to help us significantly reduce our computer system expenses,” said Billy Maxwell, Parts Director, Kinsel Toyota, Beaumont, Texas. “Arkona has delivered a powerful and more cost-effective DMS solution and, at the same time, has provided the much needed communications interface to GST. Our previous DMS provider required that we hand-enter all parts and financial information. With Arkona, we have noted that our staff is performing more efficiently and our customers are better serviced.”
Arkona has continually enhanced its DMS to meet the requirements of key OEM partners. The integration with the Gulf States Toyota organization required extensive programming, certification testing, and several months of cooperative effort between Gulf States Toyota, Kinsel Toyota as the pilot dealership, and Arkona.
“From the company’s inception, Arkona’s philosophy has been to evolve our DMS solution by unrelentingly adding functionality, features, enhancements and OEM integrations such as this one with Gulf States Toyota,” stated Rich Holland, President, Arkona, Inc. “We fully recognize Gulf States Toyota’s prominence in the marketplace. Arkona’s management team and employees are committed to meet Toyota’s expectations by enhancing the existing interface and ensuring that every GST Toyota dealership finds it invaluable.”
For more information about Arkona and the Gulf States Toyota communications interface, call 800-429-3375.
About Arkona Inc.
Founded in 1996, Arkona is a public company and a leader in on-demand automotive and powersports management solutions. Arkona's dealer management system also leads the market in technologically superior e-business solutions for automotive dealers that fully integrate back office systems with a retail Web presence. In this market Arkona is the premier Application Service Provider (ASP). For more information visit the Arkona Web site at www.Arkona.com
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