// definition
DMS
Dealer management system
Short definition
A system used by an automotive dealership to connect functions including sales, service, inventory, customer relationships and accounting. Its scope depends on the software and its integrations. Asbury and AutoNation’s disclosures following the 2024 CDK incident show that the core system and its ancillary applications can return at different times.
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Intuition
A sale connects a vehicle, its record and the accounts.