Euro Car Parts Ltd, one of the UK’s leading car parts distributors, reached an agreement this month to run Datatrak’s flag ship solution, DispatchIT on their fleet of distribution vehicles and mobile sales force. The multi-year deal will see over 450 mobile devices running the advanced job dispatch solution, including the mobile sales force version of DispatchIT which will be used by 80 mobile sales men across the UK. Euro Car Parts is one of the most prominent UK enterprises in the field of supply of car and LCV parts to independent garages in the UK, with over 54 branches across the British Isles. Established over 25 years ago, today Euro Car Parts employs 1,500 people with annual sales in excess of £120 million.
Reuben Portanier, Datatrak’s chief officer for strategy and business development, remarked: “The selection process adopted by Euro Car Parts was very tough, as the company is very attentive to value added, detail and results. It is thus with great satisfaction to note that our solution passed with flying colours through such a rigorous assessment and managed to oust other competing solutions. We are very glad to be associated with a company with such an important market history of 25 years, a remarkable market position today, and with forecasted progressive growth rates for the coming years.”
Mahesh Shah, Commercial Director at Euro Car Parts, said: “Euro Car Parts required a mobile job management solution, based on GPS/GPRS that could be used for both the sales and distribution processes of our car parts for the UK territory. Following a request for proposals process, datatrak’s DispatchIT was chosen due to its versatility, cost effectiveness and rich functionality.”
Roland Scerri, Datatrak’s UK Country Manager, who was instrumental in bringing this agreement to fruition, thanked the teams of both Datatrak and Euro Car Parts, who worked with so much dedication in order to produce a win-win business relationship.
Datatrak Solutions Ltd is a subsidiary of Datatrak Holdings plc, and has offices in Malta, UK and Italy. DispatchIT is an advanced and innovative mobile job dispatch solution that helps clients manage their fleets and mobile sales force more effectively, while also offering a job workflow solution that is fully integrated with satellite navigation and that can integrate seamlessly with back office and ERP systems.
Datatrak CEO Joe Fenech Conti expressed his satisfaction. “Datatrak’s significant investment in research and development is the foundation of our commercial success. The Euro Car Parts contract not only adds another prestigious name to our UK client list but also confirms that our product development strategy is right on target,” he said.