Helping you drive growth, improve profits
and identify investment opportunities
For the first time detailed information on 200 franchised dealer groups and vehicle manufacturers operating in the UK has been compiled by Automotive Management’s new intelligence division AMi to create an essential strategic planning and business tool for dealers, manufacturers, suppliers and investors.
Constantly updated, AMi gives you the information to compare, benchmark and identify growth strategies by region, brand and individual dealer or manufacturer with information at your fingertips. AMi’s wealth of data also means we can deliver market reports and bespoke research.
AMi is available through subscription. To find out more click here.
Dealer AMi
Purpose
Provide understanding of the strategy and comparative performance of individual dealer groups. It enables risk assessment, benchmarking and competitor analysis, as well as insight into the profile and performance of vehicle manufacturers.
Goal
To empower dealers’ growth aspirations, identify franchise opportunities and highlight acquisition opportunities
Tools
- Dealer health check – individual company profiles, providing analysis of performance and activity, as well as sector segmentation by AM10, AM100 etc
- Manufacturer health check – includes market share, units sales data and model line-up
- Financial analysis – benchmark the current and 10-year performance of 200 dealer groups by key performance indicators
- Regional mapping – analyse dealership locations and manufacturer networks
Manufacturer AMi
Purpose
An analysis and prospecting tool designed to improve franchised network performance through insight and data providing an understanding of dealer groups’ and manufacturers’ networks performance, creating opportunities to identify and target new franchises by group, brand and region.
Goal
To compare brand standing and identify opportunities and partnership prospects that will improve network performance
Tools
- Manufacturer performance – including health checks and open points and franchised network mapping
- Performance comparator providing details of operational KPIs and a health check on individual dealer groups
- Dealer network mapping – compare dealer groups’ locations by brand
Investor AMi
Purpose
Providing planning and prospecting tools to inform efficient investment strategies through access to financial reporting, ownership details and board level contacts at UK franchised dealer groups.
Goal
Identify and sense check potential investment opportunities.
Tools
- Dealer health check – concise summaries on the performance, ownership details, network and management structure of the UK’s leading automotive retailers
- Dealer group financial assessment, including operational performance stats and gearing
- Manufacturer franchise assessments
- Manufacturer health checks including regional mapping and open points
Supplier AMi
Purpose
Providing a unique, high value prospecting tool, enabling assessment of the market value by size and identify and target the most dynamic dealer groups. AMi provides access to prospective customers through our contact database. Individual dealer health checks provide valuable supporting material for field sales teams.
Goal
Identify business growth opportunities through a holistic understanding of the dealer sector and empower your sales teams with the AMi contact database.
Tools
- Strategic planning including dealers’ operational performance, gearing and manufacturer health checks
- Regional targeting via franchise network mapping
- Customer management including dealer health checks, a ‘follow this dealer’ service and a customer contact database
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and insight also available
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