ADP Announces Technology and Business Agreement with Advent Resources; Advent Becomes Part of ADP's API Partnership Program.Business Editors & Automotive Writers CHICAGO--(AutomotiveWire)--May 2, 2001 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 they have signed a technology and business agreement with Advent Resources Inc. This agreement will certify Advent as a member of ADP's Application Programming Interface (API) Program. ADP(R) clients can now enjoy the benefits of Advent's F&I system, using an ADP authorized bi-directional interface. ADP's API Program allows selected partners the ability to interface to the ADP Elite system through ADP's robust interface library. Prospective program participants go through a rigorous qualification process before being certified to utilize the interface library. "We have been an Advent and ADP client for almost 5 years and in our opinion, the Advent F&I System has made a significant contribution to the efficiency and profitability of our dealership. We depend on the Advent system for the vehicle sales department just as we do on the ADP system (Automatic Data Processing system) An earlier term for a computer system. for fixed operations and accounting and data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a . Together ADP and Advent bring us a very high value solution," said Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson can refer to:
"This will enhance the ability of ADP clients to better manage multiple deals while managing profits. This is part of our strategy to help our clients improve their efforts to find, sell and keep customers," said Kevin Henahan, Vice President of Product Marketing for ADP Dealer Services. "ADP and Advent share many mutual customers. Our goal is to provide a better value proposition for those clients who use both ADP and Advent for their overall solution. Working together we are able to bring to the dealership a very powerful solution for their computing needs. Today dealers require the best in supporting technology to run their business. In an ever more competitive environment we believe that together this solution answers that need," states Tim Gill Tim Gill (born October 18, 1953 in Hobart, Indiana) is an American computer software entrepreneur and gay rights activist. Early in his life, Gill showed both interest and talent in computer science first at Wheat Ridge High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, eventually , Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Advent. There are over 20 new and planned information points between the 2 systems. Dealers can pass information to and from the ADP dealer management system with Advent's F&I software. The sales manager now has all the necessary information to make the best decision on a deal, enhancing the ability to not only close the deal, but to do so at the optimal profit. "The API Partner Program allows ADP to offer a competitive advantage to our clients. Advent is an excellent example of how this program is providing value to our marketplace," adds Henahan. 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. ADP, with more the $6 billion in revenues and more than 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.adpdealer.com. About Advent Advent Resources Inc. is a leader in the development of high performance automotive software solutions. Established in 1988, Advent provides software and services to over 200 large dealership clients from Honolulu to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Clients are supported from our national data center in the Los Angeles world port at San Pedro, California. More information about Advent Resources Inc. is available at www.adventresources.com. ADP is a registered trademark of ADP of North America, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective companies. |
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