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Automotive Retailing & Distribution - Systems & Processes
Woods & Seaton Information Service
Step by step since 1973, Woods & Seaton have become accepted internationally as an independent source of valuable information and advice on IT based systems, communications and services in international Automotive Distribution and Retailing.
Our core service is the compilation, publication and distribution via an annual Subscription Service of the Woods & Seaton Briefings - Current Events in Context.
- The content of these is the result of frst-hand independent research and analysis based on almost 40 years of experience.
- We do not depend on industry press releases, nor are we aligned with any automotive systems or service providers or organisations directly involved with vehicle manufacture and distribution.
Our subscribers (many of long standing) vary in size from quite modest SMEs to divisions of global enterprises spread across Europe, North America and more widely.
Our aim is to provide a unique and authoritative information service at a cost that can readily be justified by companies and others who value it as an important component in creating and maintaining their own competitive business strategies.
For our April 2011 to March 2012 Subscription Year we are offering a package containing:-
- Briefings by e-mail
- Brief reviews of urgent topics by e-mail
- Query and Reference Service - by phone or e-mail
- Year-end Summary and Searchable Contents List
Further details of each of the four components above are provided in the Annual Subscription downloadable. pdf
In addition we offer...
- Specific research and analysis services
- Assistance with Dealer systems strategy planning
To keep oursleves up-to-date, we maintain regular contacts with..
- Dealers, Groups and Independent Repairers
- Vehicle Manufacturers (OEMs) and Importers
- Finance Sources - captive and independent
- Providers of Systems, Data and Services.
In this market, organisation and IT are strongly influenced by commercial politics, especially between the OEMs and their dealers, which make this environment one of the most complex in which to implement systems and processes.
- Our analyses clarify not only the IT but the business and politics that influence it.