IT Strategy

FCS tries to assist car dealers und car dealer networks in order to optimize their processes and IT, to explore new business potentials and to lower IT-Costs.

FCS consultants are often confronted at a car dealership with a heterogeneous IT infrastructure which has been grown up over many years consisting of systems of different manufacturers which are linked in a complex way. Here there is a need to consolidate and simplify the IT infrastructure. Mainframe solutions might be replaced with more pliable PC server systems (Downsizing).

Process and cost benefits

Due to new forms of organisation in the market, more than one brand and a need for centralization of customer-, car- and parts data, the introduction of a new Dealer Management System is a challenge for the dealerships. By implementing a holistic DMS, process and cost benefits can be achieved.

Outsourcing or insourcing? Professional consultation

Concerns regarding outsourcing and insourcing will be taken up by FCS consultants. At first internal synergy potentials have to be exploited completely. Outsourcing should lead to real cost advantages (if it is applied). In many firms, IT can be scaled down and systems can be operated internally, in particular in car dealer networks.

IT cost drivers are tracked down by FCS consultants. The IT costs are compared with the branch benchmark. All advises of FCS shall help the dealer achieving the benchmark.

Consultation and execution from one source

FCS consultants do not only just create proposals but executes the proposed measures directly if wished. IT experts of FCS are satisfied when the business and cost targets has been achieved.

Our customers

FCS has successfully worked on such projects commissioned by well-known car dealerships and car dealer networks, e.g. at AVAG Holding AG, Augsburg, Wolfgang Denzel AG, Vienna. Also the manufacturers General Motors Europe and Adam Opel GmbH, Rüsselheim, are customers of FCS.

IT Strategy

Dealer Management Systems

Application Management

Car Rental System