IRVINE, Calif. – Partners Standard Protocol (PSP), the industry-wide program
establishing data communications standards announces plans to create a dealer portal
enhancing communications between dealerships and PSP-Certified trade partners.
The PSP Dealer Portal will provide dealers the ability to conduct transactions relating to
the existing PSP data transfer specifications independent of whether they use an
existing business management system. The planned offering will initially focus on the
Parts Suite transactions that have been established in the marketplace since 2007.
Many smaller or non-franchised dealerships do not presently utilize the sophisticated
business management systems of larger dealerships. Soon these dealerships will be
able to obtain many of the same benefits attainable through the use of the PSP
protocols.
While still in the planning phase, the PSP Dealer Portal is likely to offer multiple
methods for communicating with PSP-Certified trade partners. Dealers may be able to
access the PSP Dealer Portal via a web site offering Parts Inquiry, Parts Order, Order
Status, and Parts Shipment. Additional utilities may include a browser plug-in for
perpetual access to PSP-Certified trade partners or a “desktop gadget” popular with
current-generation computer operating systems.
As the PSP data communication standards are now either endorsed or implemented
across four different industries – Marine, Outdoor Power Equipment, Powersports, and
Recreational Vehicle – the PSP Dealer Portal will be available to thousands of
dealerships nationwide. PSP National Managing Director Scot Begovich provides, “The
PSP Dealer Portal makes sense for dealerships. Today dealers have to go to 40 or
more different web sites and extranets to place parts orders and look up an order
status. To help dealers improve their efficiency this information should be both accurate
and readily-available for the dealer in a convenient format.” The PSP Dealer Portal
provides just such an opportunity for the smaller dealerships.
The goal for the PSP Dealer Portal is to complete the planning phase in time to present
the intended direction and demonstrate the functionality at the upcoming DealerNews
Expo to be held in Indianapolis February 13-16, 2009. The product development and
launch would occur later in 2009.
For more information about The PSP Dealer Portal and other PSP initiatives, please
contact Scot Begovich at (949) 727-4211 x3072, email sbegovich@mic.org, or visit the
PSP Web Site at www.psp.mic.org.
Located in Irvine, Calif., the MIC is a not-for-profit national trade association
representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles,
scooters, motorcycle parts and accessories, and members of allied trades.
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