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ADP Introduces DealerSuite.com

7 April 2000

ADP Introduces DealerSuite.com, the Online Truck Retail Community Center; Unique Portal Provides Access to Online Products and Services from ADP, Business Partners

    SAN ANTONIO--April 7, 2000--ADP(R) Dealer Services introduced DealerSuite.com at the American Truck Dealers Convention today. A new Web portal for the heavy truck retail community, DealerSuite.com redefines how goods and services are delivered to dealers.
    "With DealerSuite.com we've created an innovative Web site that links heavy-duty truck dealers to the online resources and services they want -- and need -- to help them become more competitive and profitable," said ADP Dealer Services President Mike Martone. Designed to be used by anyone in the truck industry, DealerSuite.com provides users with access to a variety of online products and services from ADP and select business partners. DealerSuite.com is easy to use, providing users access to a comprehensive set of organizational, retail procurement, motivational and incentive tools. DealerSuite.com helps all dealers who sign up:

    -- Get connected, with the speed and reliability of high-speed
    commercial-grade Internet access.

    -- Get organized, with free Web-based e-mail, calendar and group
    collaboration tools.

    -- Get efficient, with e-procurement for competitively bid
    supplies, disposal of obsolete equipment and auctions, MRO,
    and asset management.

    -- Get motivated, with online employee retention and incentive
    programs.

    -- Get educated, with online training in life skills, business
    skills and PC skills.

    -- Get noticed, through high-powered DealerSuite.com marketing
    promotion products and services.

    Special features for ADP clients exclusively include:

    -- ADP Support Network, a national support call center offering
    fast, reliable resolution of systems concerns to keep dealers'
    business systems at peak performance.

    -- ADP Support Channel, which gives dealers online access to ADP
    product information, system software upgrades and
    documentation, online parts catalogs and pricing guides,
    training tutorials, office supplies and other productivity and
    convenience solutions.

    "DealerSuite.com is a total solution, a seamless work environment that improves efficiency, lowers overhead and builds teamwork within the dealership, all of which allows dealers to service customers more conveniently, stay competitive -- and leverage the Internet to their advantage," Martone said.

    ADP Dealer Services Group provides integrated computing solutions to more than 18,000 automotive and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. ADP Dealer Services Group is the third largest business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. . ADP, with more than $5 billion in annual revenues and more than 450,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing services firms in the world. More information on ADP and ADP Dealer Services Group is available via the Internet at www.adp.com and www.adpdealer.com.
    ADP is a registered trademark of ADP of North America, Inc. DealerSuite.com is a registered or unregistered trademark of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective companies.