Customized DFS provides monthly analytics that parse, then display graphically, key trends from the masses of data that dealerships generate each month. The subject matter embraces gross profit, inventory, reconditioning and repossessions. This service is covered by the monthly fee for use of the UPM.

The analytics provide valuable insight into dealership gross profit, reconditioning cost and inventory mix in a 13-month comparative bar chart format. For example, the dealership’s management is able to prioritize its purchasing and inventory levels utilizing the Customized DFS analytics that analyze each month’s sales based on the average gross profit contribution per day in inventory by vehicle model and vehicle color. Customized DFS emphasizes that the strength of a dealer’s balance sheet and cash flow is as dependent on the vehicles not purchased this month as those actually bought.