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After an exhaustive search and analysis of the available ‘full service marina software’, I came to the overwhelmingly clear conclusion that IDS offered the most comprehensive and best solution available on all counts.
–Bob Blumberg
Owner
Marinas.com
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Astra Marine Solutions
Whether you have one location or several, you need organization to avoid duplicating data. Streamlining your operations management is necessary in order to continue growing your business.
With the Astra Dealership Management System, IDS provides the most complete dealer management system on the market. Developed specifically for dealers in the Marine industry, its detailed reports, true multi-user and multi-location capabilities, and overall ease-of-use make Astra the Dealer Management System of choice for the most successful dealerships.
As a division of Brunswick, IDS has the backing of a leader in the boating industry. IDS and Brunswick have powered to create integrations that allow dealerships selling certain Brunswick Boat companies, including Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, US Marine, and more, to submit warranty preauthorization and request claims and product registrations, as well as order part and download part pricing information through the Astra Dealer Management System. This will truly eliminate double data entry on many laborious processes and increase organization and efficiency.
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Accounting & Financial Management
It’s time to make your numbers work for you – identify trends, generate detailed tax records, create customizable financial statements, efficiently reconcile your accounts, and much more. You need to turn your financial data into actionable information, so you can make informed business decisions.
* General Leger
* Accounts Payable
* Accounts Receivable
* Payroll
* Unit Inventory Management
Sales and Financial & Insurance
Allow yourself to seamlessly manage and monitor every step of the sales process from prospect management through the closing, to ensure that your sales department is running efficiently and profitably. Our Sales and F&I module includes these features:
* Prospect Management
* Sales & Payment Quoting
* Deal Processing
* Unit Inventory
* Finance & Insurance
Service and Warranty Management
It’s important to have a smoothly-run Service department that keeps customers happy. IDS's Service Management solutions can help your service business run more efficiently and profitably with the following features:
* Estimates
* Work Order Processing
* Warranty Processing
Parts and Accessories
IDS's Parts & Accessories solutions allow you to track all your parts from when they arrive to when they leave your dealership. You can efficiently access information on all parts including stock location, quantity on hand/on order, sale prices, etc. Quickly locate parts from any of your suppliers - when they arrive, inventory is automatically updated. A wide range of reports can assist you in analyzing parts department profitability. Our Parts & Accessories module includes the following features:
* Purchasing / Receiving
* Supplier Integrations
* Inventory Control
* Point of Sale
Reporting and Business Intelligence
Keep a close eye on every department’s progress every step of the way. Forecasts and budgets are created from data your system has already collected. Evaluate performance against estimated figures and analyze other valuable information to run your dealership efficiently.
Although the Astra Dealer Management System is extremely comprehensive, IDS also offers additional products that can be added to Astra to supply further functionality.
Credco
IDS has partnered with First Advantage CREDCO to offer customers fast, integrated access to consumer credit reports. Now you can order and receive credit reports from all three national credit bureaus - Equifax®, Experian® and TransUnion - from one source directly through your Astra software. Reports are delivered in seconds, using your existing internet connection, so that you can get customers financed and close deals faster.
Dockslips
Dockslips provides marina operators with the tools to manage their business effectively with an interactive, user-friendly customized map of their marina. This exceptional program lets you carefully monitor and manage the booking, billing and planning for your marina.
FIpoint
More than just a quote system, IDS’s FIpoint Virtual Business Manager is user-friendly for both F&I employees and their customers. Instead of using the hard-sell to convince customers to purchase, salespeople can show buyers the dealer-customized FIpoint presentation to illustrate the benefits of F&I products. With an unlimited number of menu templates, user testimonial video clips, eye-pleasing graphics, and clearly-organized material, customers can see for themselves the value of the dealership’s F&I products.
Hardware & Networking
IDS offers a variety of servers, workstations, networking devices and peripherals designed for performance and ease of use. Single and multi-processor systems with hot-swappable hard drives and RAID configurations ensure maximum uptime as well as system reliability and expandability. Each server is tested to ensure system compatibility, and arrives configured with your specified software and operating system installed by our professionals. IDS uses the latest technology from Microsoft, Intel, and IBM.
X-Charge
Enjoy increased productivity and decreased costs associated with accepting credit card payments by applying X-Charge technology. X-Charge provides your business with a fast and secure payment-processing platform that can be used by any computer running Microsoft Windows. Its integration with Astra prevents errors due to double-entry, provides a one-to-one audit trail, and saves valuable counter space. X-Charge authorizes and performs electronic draft capture for all major credit cards and debit cards and supports various check authorization platforms.
Astra Web
AstraWeb is a web-based product that updates your Astra unit inventory to the Internet so that potential customers may view your inventory online. Once a day, unit inventory information is sent from your Astra server to an IDS server where the unit inventory information is accessible over the internet. Your current web host or an IDS web developer can link your current web page to the IDS hosted inventory webpage for a seamless transition for viewing your unit inventory. The look of the IDS hosted web page can be customized to match your current dealership website.
Service Scheduler
Want to make your service operation more profitable? Service Scheduler increases efficiency and productivity by matching job requirements to skill sets. Service Scheduler gives you full control over your dealership’s most perishable asset…a mechanic’s time! With Service Scheduler, you’ll enjoy the ability to schedule by Work Order, entire job, or individual Labor Line using easy ‘drag and drop’ functionality. Service Scheduler also offers Suggested scheduling based on skill sets and availability, plus at-a-glance views of mechanic productivity.
Managed Electronic Vaulting Services
Whether it’s lightning striking, unreliable tape backup systems, or you just aren’t storing backups offsite, your data is vulnerable. That’s why IDS’s Managed Electronic Vaulting Services need to be an integral part of your business. Your data is backed securely, automatically, and consistently, and is stored off-site without the need for IT staff to intervene. Plus, IDS ensures that your servers can quickly and effectively be recovered if disaster would ever strike.
CRM
Astra CRM is the industry’s most comprehensive and cost-effective solution for managing and maintaining your Contacts, from Leads to satisfied Customers. Astra CRM is a fully featured customer relationship management system, letting you track and promote Leads through the sales pipeline to qualified Prospects Opportunities, and satisfied Customers. Astra CRM’s contact database lets you leverage valuable Contact information, from currently owned units to expressed interests, while building all-important long-term relationships that bring customers back!
Astra SMS
Focused on the smaller to mid-sized dealer, Astra SMS provides an unprecedented combination of a complete dealer management system utilized completely through a subscription service. That means for a low monthly rate, your dealership will be able to utilize the power of the complete Astra system without having to make a costly upfront investment.Astra SMS ensures that dealerships will never have to deal with security issues, maintenance, or costly upgrades again!