DealerBuilt/ LightYear Dealer Technologies Joins STAR

MCLEAN, Va., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DealerBuilt, which provides the LightYear dealer management system, has recently joined Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR), the IT standards body for the global retail automotive industry. DealerBuilt's alliance with STAR has been much anticipated and will greatly enhance the services both organizations provide in the automobile dealer management area, specifically relating to computer systems, software, and associated work.

"With DealerBuilt's recent expansion in the DMS marketplace, the need to quickly adapt OEM interfaces has become critical to our dealers. The STAR standards have proven to be successful in allowing us to do this cost effectively.  Consistent with our goals to provide modern, fully-integrated solutions, it is only natural for DealerBuilt to become a contributing member of the STAR Alliance," said Mike Trasatti, CEO of DealerBuilt.

Bill Fitzpatrick, the Chairman of STAR adds: "We are very excited to be working with DealerBuilt. DealerBuilt has been doing great work in the dealer management space, as evidenced by the great results they have achieved for the past twenty years. The mutual collaboration between DealerBuilt and STAR will be very beneficial for all STAR members."

As a new member of STAR, DealerBuilt will have a great impact on standards development and implementation in the XML and Infrastructure special interest groups. By collaborating together in standards development, DealerBuilt will continue to provide integrated solutions in all of its dealer operation areas with increased efficiency and time savings.  

About STAR

The Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) organization is the information technology (IT) standards organization for retail automotive and related industries. STAR is leading the effort to implement voluntary IT standards throughout the automotive industry. These standards are designed to support business information needs and provide secure and reliable means for dealers, manufacturers, and retail system providers to communicate. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, STAR is a not-for-profit organization and its members include dealers, manufacturers and retail system providers.

About DealerBuilt

DealerBuilt/ LightYear is a dealer management system that has been providing modern, integrated solutions for automobile dealers throughout the United States for twenty years. Based in Mason City, Iowa, DealerBuilt competes at the national level as a viable DMS solution with the overriding goal of providing process efficient and customer driven solutions for dealer operations in myriad functional areas.  

SOURCE STAR (Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail)