2020-2025

Dealer management system

Dealer management system

DMS for car sales, upselling, financing, and document management. The platform replaces outdated solutions with a modern, web-based tool, allowing dealers to manage the entire sales process in a single workspace.

Key Challenges

Key Challenges

For dealers

  • Limited accessibility - Sales tools were only available on installed desktop apps, restricting mobility


  • Disconnected workflows - The sales and financing processes were handled in separate systems


  • Decrease offline paperwork - Contracts and agreements were stored physically, slowing down processes

For the importer

  • Lack of centralized insights for importer - No centralized data on sales, financing, or customer behavior

Market limitations

  • Existing solutions didn’t fit the Nordic market - Available DMS tools weren’t adapted to local tax and registration complexities, making them unsuitable

Goals

Goals

Create a modern, fully web-based solution

Make the system accessible from any device

Provide a single workspace for dealers

A unified platform to handle sales, financing, trade-ins, test drives, and document management

Give the importer real-time sales insights

Enabling data-driven decisions and improved dealer oversight

Introduce a new revenue stream for the importer

Implementing a subscription-based model for dealers

Structure

Structure

Workspaces

Customer

Fleet

Settings

Notifications

Notes/Tasks

Requests

In stock

Waiting list

GDPR

Store workspace

Test drives

Sold

Local upsales

Personal

Deals

Car

Car

Upsales

Driver

Trade-in cars

Plate numbers

Store

Financing

Registration

Workspaces

Customer

Fleet

Settings

Notifications

Notes/Tasks

Requests

In stock

Waiting list

GDPR

Store workspace

Test drives

Sold

Local upsales

Personal

Deals

Car

Car

Upsales

Driver

Trade-in cars

Plate numbers

Store

Financing

Registration

Workspaces

Customer

Fleet

Settings

Notifications

Notes/Tasks

Requests

In stock

Waiting list

GDPR

Store workspace

Test drives

Sold

Local upsales

Personal

Deals

Car

Car

Upsales

Driver

Trade-in cars

Financing

Registration

Plate numbers

Store

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Demo cars

MVP

Test drives

Used cars

Docs

Loan

Private lising

Business leasing

GDPR

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

MVP

Demo cars

Test drives

Used cars

Docs

Loan

Private

lising

Business

lising

GDPR

Each phase of product development included multiple stages: Research → Wireframing → Testing → Development.

Each phase of product development included multiple stages: Research → Wireframing → Testing → Development.

Time line

Research

Research

  • Conducted stakeholder interviews with importer representatives, sales managers, and business strategists.


  • Ran competitive analysis on existing dealer management systems, despite the challenge of limited publicly available data.


  • Analyzed regional market needs, focusing on tax and registration requirements in North Europe.

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Single workspace

Sales portal

Unexpected challenges

Unexpected challenges

  • Integration with external solutions - The system needed to interact with multiple external services for vehicle data, financing, pricing, and dealership management, adding extra complexity.


  • Complex UI consistency issues - The initial approach of repurposing existing tools created UI inconsistency. The team successfully advocated for a holistic design approach to ensure a seamless user experience.


  • Responsiveness - The team had to rethink layouts, introduce progressive disclosure, and implement mobile-friendly interactions to maintain usability without losing functionality.

Some information is hidden due to a confidentiality agreement

Results

Results

15%

15%

15%

Increase in sales within the first three months due to better tracking and goal-setting.

80%

80%

80%

Sales representatives actively monitoring their performance daily, fostering engagement and motivation.

25%

25%

25%

Faster deal closure rate due to increased transparency in sales progress.