ADP Announces Mazda North America Purchase of Enterprise Site License Agreement for their Warranty Wizard Solution; Enterprise Site License Agreement Includes 700 Mazda Locations.Business Editors/Automotive Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2003 The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ) is pleased to announce the purchase by Mazda North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. of an Enterprise Site License agreement for ADP's Warranty Wizard offering. The Enterprise Site License (ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ) will provide Warranty Wizard for each of the 700 locations Mazda has in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . ADP Warranty Wizard is the most accurate and up-to-date warranty administration software designed to run on a PC. This tool has the speed and efficiency to keep dealerships running smoothly with the most current information available. The application's user-friendly database provides novices and experts with suggestions on labor hours and material allowances that maximize profits; increases accuracy of data and reduces the number of claim rejections. Warranty Wizard is an automated software package designed to streamline the warranty administration process and is developed and supported by ADP/Hayes-Ligon, a unit of ADP Dealer Services. "It is our goal to assist our dealerships with increased productivity tools that will maximize their Service Department profits," said Fred Ehlers, V.P. of Customer Service & Parts Operations, "Warranty Wizard provides us with an easy-to-use solution that will simplify the warranty administration process saving time that can be better spent serving our Mazda customers." "We are extremely pleased that Mazda North America chose our Warranty Wizard product to assist with their processes in the service department," said J. Michael Smith, Director of Warranty Wizard in ADP/Hayes-Ligon. "Warranty Wizard continues to evolve by offering advanced features that will assist Mazda dealers not only with accessing information faster but also with greater accuracy. With Warranty Wizard, Mazda dealerships can increase the precision of their warranty claims, display assembly diagrams, and look-up complaint damage, failure and return codes in easy-to-read pop-up windows. About ADP Dealer Services ADP Dealer Services provides integrated computing solutions to more than 16,000 automotive and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. ADP Dealer Services Group is the third largest business unit of ADP, Inc. ADP, with $7 billion in revenues and 500,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing services firms in the world. More information on ADP and ADP Dealer Services is available via the Internet at www.Dealersuite.com. About Mazda North America Mazda North American Operations
MNAO Mazda North American Operations ) is responsible for the sales and marketing, customer service and parts support of Mazda vehicles in the United States. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., MNAO has more than 700 dealerships nationwide. ADP is a registered trademark of ADP of North America, Inc. |
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