White Clarke Group launches next generation Wholesale Finance Floorplanning (Unit Stocking) Solution

   

Today, White Clarke Group announces CALMS Wholesale Finance - a workflow-driven, fully internet-deployed system that dramatically minimizes the cost of supporting finance companies, dealers, suppliers and their business partners. From production line through to retail sale to end customer

   

For companies financing products through the supply chain – be it cars, trucks, office equipment or spares - the credit crunch is focusing attention on ways to get cost out of the business, improve customer service and drive sales in an increasingly difficult climate . White Clarke’s new solution promises to do just that.

   

“We have a wealth of expertise in this arena, supporting wholesale finance systems in more than 20 countries,” says Brendan Gleeson, Group Sales & Marketing Director. “For our existing customers and indeed the whole sector, CALMS Wholesale Finance will transform the way they conduct their business.”

   

“Its cutting edge functionality has no borders for multi country operations. It also accommodates different trading cultures - bringing countries with small portfolios, otherwise unable to cost justify a market-leading solution, into the fold. Integral language translation is a given. Next generation CALMS is a more dealer-responsive, self-service approach that diminishes the administrative burden by reducing the number of human touch-points.”

   

“For the finance company, CALMS brings web-based speedy customer service and fast response times in a single solution that is incredibly cost effective. Flexibility with compliance - and the tightest levels of credit control. Above all, CALMS' systemic web technology brings true supply chain integration - linking companies, customers and partners, from factory gate to dealer to end customer.”

   

     

Finance companies aren’t the only ones to benefit. For the manufacturer, Web-based flexibility means they can create individual incentives to support dealer promotional campaigns, moving more stock into the supply chain while strengthening relationships. The ease with which CALMS can be integrated and customized makes it the perfect technical solution for captive finance operations.

   

And for the dealer, White Clarke's floorplanning solution frees them up to manage their own destiny - initiating and concluding finance, making enquiries and managing their own floorplan funding over the web. All partners are linked, cementing the business relationship.

   
Key features

   

    *       A true, 100% web-based solution
         

    *       Multi Country/Company/Currency – a solution without boundaries
         

    *       Multiple & Configurable Finance Plans with tiered rates & periods
         

    *       Multiple vendor/manufacturer/distributor/franchise support
         

    *       Business Partner ‘Single view’ of dealer/supplier/franchise
         

    *       ‘n’ tier dealer groups
         

    *       Multi-asset inventory financing
         

    *       Workflow driven processes with ‘drag & drop’ process design
         

    *       Integrated credit/risk management – sophisticated credit line control and with dynamic allocation
         

    *       Fully automated processing of transactions via manufacturer/distributor Interface
         

    *       Dealer & Supplier ‘Self-Serve’ administration
         

    *       Integrated stock & document audits – PDA real-time integration with the server
         

    *       Document management
         

    *       Sophisticated account configuration and GL interface
         

    *       Stand alone solution or part of the CALMS family

         

   

     

Cutting edge, future-proofed technology

   

Web Services/SOA and other progressive techniques are integral to our CALMS Wholesale Finance system.  Separation of the technology levels (business logic, process logic and screen presentation) smoothes the way for implementation of future advances in technology, without a complete system rewrite.

   

The open design of CALMS Wholesale Finance enables easier interfacing with existing systems, whether in-house legacy systems or proprietary solutions from organizations such as SAP or Oracle.