Centralised Finance Information / CCCFA Reform
As part of the recent CCCFA changes we have now added Total Repayments calculations and also a configurable piece of text for finance terms and conditions. This information can then be displayed when advertising finance as well as through to your website.Additionally, all finance information is now centralised in one place (under Dealership settings) and Motorcentral will use this information on reports etc (previously each report was configured separately).
New Vehicle Classes: Motorhomes & Machinery
We have included new two vehicle classes in this release: Motorhomes & Machinery (Farming & Industrial).Auto-Export Vehicles to Trade Me etc
You can now schedule to send your vehicles to any nominated listing agent (Trade Me, Autotrader etc) without the need to have a user logged in at the time of Export.(Previously it was required for a computer to be switched on and a nominated user to be logged in at the time of export).
More Features in this Release:
- Improved layout of Bulk and Mixed Bulk Expense Entry screens to cater for new font-based resizable layout.
- Added the ability to create custom print advert layouts.
- You can now type the Stock No, Reg No, or last 5 digits of the VIN to quickly select a vehicle in an print advert spot.
- When an activity is opened via the Vehicle Activities screen, the Customer Name is now clickable.
- In opportunity activities, the vehicle name is now a clickable link to edit the vehicle.
- The Vehicle Activities window now allows the Opportunity to be opened via the context menu of any activity.
- Document Manager will now work on networks not using the default proxy settings.
- Autobase validation will not display warnings even if the Trade Me extension is not switched on.
- Added Driver Safety Stars and Driver Safety Test to website exports in XML.
- Integration with Auto Attendant has been improved. Auto Attendant enquiries can automatically create Opportunities in Motorcentral.
- Customer referral method is now defaulted to initial activity referral method.
- Added the ability to display Payment Instructions on the VOSA. Appears under Purchaser's Offer and Agreement section.
- You can now print CIN for all vehicles on a sale from the Sale > More Reports > CIN menu option. Printing the CIN from the sale also uses the Sale Price instead of the vehicle price.
- Added VIN/Chassis and Sale Date to vehicle search screens such as that in Bulk Expense Entry forms.
- When importing vehicles using IBC or Autoterminal you can choose how many images are imported into the vehicle images section. Any additional images will be imported into the vehicle document library.
- Added feature to move/copy vehicle images from an individual vehicle to the document library via the context menu.
- When searching vehicles to add to a Sale, Quote or Finance Application. Vehicles attached to an In-Progress sale are no longer displayed in the search results.
- You can now add cities and countries from within the dealership editing wizard.
- When Trade Me listings have their settings changed the entire view is now refreshed to reflect all possible changes immediately.
- Added new parameters to the Money Outstanding report: In Progress Sales status and Group By.
- Added new Group By option to Sales Reports: Sale Status.
- Inactive Models and Variants are now excluded from appropriate dropdown lists.
- Added Next Action and Next Action Date tracking fields to opportunities. Opportunity Inbox now show opportunities in Orange if the Next Action Date has lapsed or Red if it has lapsed by 3 days or more.
- Improved the performance of vehicle search especially when performed as part of generating a report such as Stock List reports.
- In opportunity activities, the vehicle name is now a clickable link to edit the vehicle.
- Added new activity types Note, Outgoing Email and Incoming Email.
- You can now quickly record notes and send emails for an opportunity.
- Changed Summary Sheet and Fuel Saver to show Total Repayments and more detailed information on the finance calculation to work better with the new Responsible Lending Code guidelines.
- Added 2 extra photos to the Price My Trade activity form, taking the total to four.
- Added additional photo to Test Drive form allowing the back of the driver licence to be recorded.
- Time of activities can now be recorded (in addition to date) for all types including Quotes, Finance Calculators and Sales.
- Activities coming from Auto Attendant to Motorcentral will now have the referral method set, whether that's the dealer's Own Website, Trade Me or another source.
- Added new finance wild cards available for export: Finance rate, term, fees, total repayments etc.
- When inserting text into the vehicle details from the Export Text Library, the text will now be inserted where the cursor is positioned.
- You can now insert wild cards including finance-related wildcards into the vehicle description for export.
- Advert Publications can now have their descriptions pre-populated using templates. Wildcards can be used also including finance-related information.
- Added new report Financials > Sale Payments Report. This allows you to view all payments recorded between two dates.
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