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A BDC manager serving 10 dealerships on Contact Management (CM) seeks reporting functionality to track daily appointment volumes across multiple stores, noting that CM lacks true BDC capabilities. Responders suggest the Desk Log feature may provide some of this data and recommend exploring call tracking systems, though one respondent notes that most CRMs offer this functionality and suggests consulting with the vendor or upgrading systems like VINsolutions or DealerSocket for centralized multi-store visibility. The key insight is that while the requested reporting may exist within CM or through add-on systems, Contact Management appears to be an inadequate platform for managing a large-scale centralized BDC operation.

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Hello everyone,

I do not know if anyone else has some of the same issues as me but here it goes. I currently have a BDC that serves 10 dealerships. We currently use Contact Management and we are locked in a contract with Reynolds for another year. Since CM does not have a true "BDC" functionality it is becoming very difficult managing a large volume of appointments.

Is it currently possible to see how many appointments the BDC has booked on a given day and to also be able to see how many appointments there are in each store from the BDC per day.

Thank you,
John
 
Is it currently possible to see how many appointments the BDC has booked on a given day and to also be able to see how many appointments there are in each store from the BDC per day.

Not sure if I'm missing a bigger picture here, but you should be able to see this under 'Desk Log'. It has the number of appointments along with the MTD appointments.

As for the group, I believe you need to login to each stores account to see those numbers:\
 
Most CRM's have that capability. I run a Centralized BDC for 11 stores as well and I use three different CRM's (nightmare I know) but I have VINsolutions, Dealersocket and Pro Max (Not really a CRM) and they can show all this information daily, monthly and annually. Contact your rep for assistance.
 

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A BDC manager serving 10 dealerships on Contact Management (CM) seeks reporting functionality to track daily appointment volumes across multiple stores, noting that CM lacks true BDC capabilities. Responders suggest the Desk Log feature may provide some of this data and recommend exploring call tracking systems, though one respondent notes that most CRMs offer this functionality and suggests consulting with the vendor or upgrading systems like VINsolutions or DealerSocket for centralized multi-store visibility. The key insight is that while the requested reporting may exist within CM or through add-on systems, Contact Management appears to be an inadequate platform for managing a large-scale centralized BDC operation.

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