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Auto Tech Outlook | Wednesday, June 08, 2022
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During the digital transformations in the automotive sector may take a little longer to complete, their consequences are already being felt.
The automotive industry's technology is progressing rapidly. From the everyday use of software solutions that aid in dealership management to self-driving cars, the sky is the curb to the rise of digital technology in the automobile sector. The technology-driven automotive industry is increasingly successful at meeting customer demands. Below are some recent breakthroughs in digital technologies.
Dealership Management Software's Popularity: As technology invades daily lives, it is only a matter of time before dealerships throughout the country begin integrating DMS (dealership management software) into their day-to-day operations. It automates and digitizes a dealership's numerous verticals, benefiting overall process growth.
As a dealership's inventory, customers, and finances develop, robust DMS will be needed to maintain a firm grip on the numerous verticals. Unless a dealership is insistent about remaining reliant on human labor in this digital age, implementing a DMS is the most brilliant action.
DMS allows automobile dealers to manage their finances efficiently, maintain efficient bookkeeping, track sales, generate reports, and manage inventory. A system like eMsys AutoNet provides comprehensive automation and all the facilities and features needed by a car dealership daily.
This program has a unified accounting system that supports dealerships with GST accounting and tax compliance. This popular DMS suggests MIS data on daily sales, parts, and services, and it functions over various locations.
Blockchain Technology in the Automotive Industry: With ideas in particular artificial intelligence, automation, and cryptocurrencies becoming hot topics of conversation, blockchain technology has played a crucial role at the center of it all. A blockchain is a redistributed public ledger (or a decentralized database) in which transactions are continuously updated and digitally recorded.
It is a substantial technological innovation since blockchain enables transactions, digital transfers, and record-keeping without a third-party intermediary. The automobile industry is influencing blockchain technology to simplify businesses to share ownership of corporate vehicles and access cars and trucks. Without the hindrance of a third party, blockchain technology enables shared access to data maintained by a network of computers.
Further, because data exchange via blockchain technology is peer-to-peer certified, no single party can tamper with it, ensuring data security. Moreover, there is the concept of the VLB Token, also named the Vehicle Lifecycle Blockchain Token, which is a stage for storing and recording all information about a vehicle.
This token collects data on the vehicle's production, ownership, recalls, warranty issues, repair and maintenance records, accidents and damages, and insurance history. Access to this data will need payment of a set quantity of the platform's internal cryptocurrency, the VLB Token. Token holders will be capable of following and validating a vehicle's history down to the component level, ensuring profitability and assisting transactions at the touch of a button.