# AI for franchise auto dealers · Fore Datum

> How Fore Datum works for a franchise dealership: DMS, CRM, OEM and service data on storage you own, reconciled on VIN.

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For auto dealers

# Run the store from one picture.

Fore Datum was built inside a working Mercedes-Benz Van Center, against the systems a franchise store actually runs. Here's how it fits into yours.

How it works

## Five stages. Receipts at each.

01 · Land

### Feeds arrive

DMS, CRM, OEM portal, service and telematics data lands daily on storage you own.
02 · Validate

### Checked on arrival

Every file is checked for freshness and shape before it is trusted.
03 · Reconcile

### Keyed on VIN

Customers and vehicles are matched across systems, and disagreements are flagged.
04 · Govern

### Who sees what

Access is set by role, and every number keeps a trail back to its source.
05 · Serve

### Answers on the floor

Managers ask in plain words, and campaigns and reports draw on the same picture.

Who it's for

## Every desk in the store.

The same governed picture serves the dealer principal and the service advisor. Each sees what their role needs.

01

### Dealer principal

One view across sales, service, parts and the factory statement, without waiting for month-end.

02

### Sales manager

Aging units matched to open leads, and trade-in equity from real service history.

03

### Service and parts

Every VIN's history in one place, and customers due back before they drift to an independent shop.

04

### Controller

Variances between the DMS and the OEM statement surfaced as they happen, with the source of each number.

05

### Marketing

Audiences from real transactions, with suppression applied before anything is sent.

Before you sign with anyone

## Questions to ask any data vendor.

01

### Where does my data live?

On storage you control, or inside the vendor's platform?

02

### What happens if I leave?

Can you keep reading your history without them?

03

### How do you get the data?

Through approved feeds and dealer-authorized access, or by screen scraping?

04

### Can I trace a number?

Can every figure be followed back to the system and file it came from?

05

### Which AI, and who chooses?

Are you locked to one model provider, or does the platform use the right model for each job?

Let's chat

## Bring your systems. We'll map them.

Tell us which DMS, CRM and OEM portals you run, and we'll show you what one governed picture looks like for your store.
[Start the conversation →](contact.html) [Book a demo](https://outlook.office365.com/book/ForeDatum@NETORGFT20275420.onmicrosoft.com/)