TORRANCE, Calif., July 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota
Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today
announced its partnership with Overall Parts Solutions (OPS), a
leader in providing shop management solutions in the automotive
collision industry. Through the joint venture, the OPS Software
Suite will become available to Toyota dealership parts departments
across the country. The suite is aimed to serve as a one-stop
solution to improve the ordering, management, and delivery of
Genuine Toyota Parts through the wholesale channel. Toyota
dealership parts departments will have the ability to begin using
OPS solutions in July 2015.
"Offering the OPS Software Suite to our dealerships is an
important step in fulfilling our commitment to provide tools to our
dealerships that give them a competitive edge. Not only will our
dealers' parts department be able to take advantage of cutting edge
technology in parts ordering and delivery optimization, they will
be able to pass along better efficiency and generate savings for
their collision shop customers," said Jeff
Hilton, Wholesale Parts & Collision Manager, Toyota
Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
The OPS Software Suite tackles three key areas of concern
currently facing the collision parts industry: parts procurement,
competitive pricing, and parts delivery. OPSTRAX is a parts
procurement and communication tool between dealers and collision
centers that allows the collision center to electronically submit
and track their parts orders and allows Toyota dealerships to view
all collision parts orders through a centralized online interface.
VALUTRAX provides parts departments the opportunity to offer their
customers original equipment (OE) parts at a more competitive price
than non-OE parts through a conquest program. It also provides the
opportunity for Toyota parts departments to advertise their brand
and submit reimbursement requests to Toyota on any qualifying
competitively priced claims. DELIVERYTRAX is a logistics tool that
Toyota parts departments will use to track all of their parts order
deliveries to their customers through real-time delivery
information, tracking, and driver accountability.
"We are at a key time in our industry. The OPS Software Suite
creates a bridge that provides the transformation of dealership
parts departments into facilities that can accommodate the demands
of our modern times," said Nick
Bossinakis, CEO/President, Overall Parts Solutions. "Having
the ability to provide our solutions to dealerships of the largest
auto manufacturer is an incredible accomplishment and we look
forward to expanding our footprint to include other OEMs in the
near future," Bossinakis added.
OPS has been conducting business in the auto collision industry
for more than 20 years. They began in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and within a few
years, OPS was prevalent throughout the state. After numerous
studies and spending time in collision centers and dealership parts
departments, OPS sought out to streamline the parts ordering
process. In 2005, they developed and launched the groundbreaking
solution OPSTRAX, a web-based parts coordination system designed to
work with major estimating and management systems. OPSTRAX quickly
spread throughout the state of Texas. Within a few years, OPSTRAX was being
launched in collision centers and dealership parts departments
nationwide.
Along with Toyota, Lexus recently launched the OPS Software
Suite to their dealerships throughout the
United States.
About Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the
world's top automaker and creator of the Prius and the Mirai fuel
cell vehicle, is committed to building vehicles for the way people
live through our Toyota, Lexus and Scion
brands. Over the past 50 years, we've built more than 25
million cars and trucks in North
America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the
U.S.) and directly employ more than 42,000 people (more than 33,000
in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (1,500 in
the U.S.) sold more than 2.67 million cars and trucks (more than
2.35 million in the U.S.) in 2014 – and about 80 percent of all
Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road
today.
Media Contact:
Rickie
Leos, Collision Business Development Consultant
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,
Inc.
(310) 468-3111
Rickie_Leos@Toyota.com
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SOURCE Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.