IBS and Auto-IT to expand territories via business allianceNews & Events 2007-04-03 A recently signed partnership will see IBS Asia Pacific and Auto-IT Pty Ltd working together to expand their market share while providing a full compliment of IT solutions to the automotive and allied industries.
President of IBS Asia Pacific, Rajiv Parrab said: "We’re excited about this alliance and believe that it will revolutionise the Australian DMS and distribution markets locally and globally. We look forward to working closely with Auto-IT in this new venture.”
Ken Fife, Chief Executive Officer, Auto-IT Pty Ltd commented: “IBS and Auto-IT have non competing products and this alliance will enable us to integrate our products and services to enable us to participate in business opportunities previously unavailable to either company.
He added: “The alliance with IBS will help us immeasurably in those instances where Importer Distributor organisations also own a number of retail dealership outlets. This is a not an uncommon situation throughout the Asia Pacific region.
The partnership with Auto-IT will allow IBS to extend its reach beyond the OEM and distributor clientele through to the dealership marketplace. For Auto-IT it is an opportunity to offer distributor owned dealerships a seamless view of the entire supply chain from manufacturer to user.
IBS develops and markets supply chain software at the manufacturing and wholesale end for niche industries such as pharmaceutical, publishing, food and consumer goods in addition to the automotive vertical. Auto-IT has a long history developing and marketing quality retail dealership management systems. The alliance between the two will allow IBS to market to its customer base three of IT-Auto’s Dealer Systems - Units, and Showroom for Automotive dealerships and EQUIP for the Agricultural and Construction industry.
Units is a comprehensive Windows system that incorporates financials, parts, service, sales, customer contact and marketing processes into an integrated view. Equip is a business solution for the Agricultural, Construction, Truck and Materials Handling markets. It incorporates Financials, Operations, Rental, CRM as well as dealer principal and management functions. The Showroom software product is an indispensable tool for modern dealerships helping to increase sales and eliminate loss making deals.
With combined 50 years experience, this partnership will certainly offer companies integrated solutions, stability and quality support from two experienced and long-term industry software players.
For more information contact:
Rajiv Parrab, Area President, IBS Asia Pacific
Mobile: +61 412 999 868
rajiv.parrab@ibsaustralia.com
Ken Fife. CEO Auto-IT
Mobile +61 432 689 688
kenfife@auto-it.com.au
James Phillips, Sales & Marketing Manager, IBS
Tel: +612 8875 9000
Mobile: +61 414 991 999
james.phillips@ibsautomotive.com
IBS, (XSSE: IBS B) is a world leading provider of supply chain management solutions for distribution, demand-driven manufacturing, financials and business intelligence with group revenue of EUR 256 m. IBS' primary focus is large and mid-sized distributors as well as sales and manufacturing companies in international groups. For more information, please visit www.ibs.net
Auto-IT Pty Ltd, is the second largest dealer management solutions’ supplier in Australia and their software is in use in over 350 dealers and 550 dealer locations worldwide. The UNITS ™ and EQUIP ™ brands are sold and supported not only in Australia and New Zealand, but also in South East Asia, North America and South Africa. For more information, please visit www.auto-it.com.au
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