Automobile Dealers Trade Association Gets Great Mileage on Custom Software Before Trade-in for New Model

Alexander Associates Custom Database Solution Provides Traction for Over a Decade

When the New York State Automobile Dealers Association (NYSADA) was looking to automate its membership, automobile title registration, and worker compensation insurance programs in 1991, it turned to Alexander Associates for a turn-key, custom system. This system was so effective that it was not until 1999, when forced by the Y2K technology changeover, that NYSADA sought to replace it. After experimenting with several off-the-shelf, PC-based systems, NYSADA once again turned to Alexander Associates to provide a database-driven system that was tailored to NYSADA's unique requirements. Today NYSADA operates with the latest generation of custom database software, designed and built by Alexander Associates.

Diane Rivers, NYSADA Controller, relates:

"Alexander Associates designed and built our original applications well, so well that they lasted almost a decade before we felt that we needed replacements. And with our newest generation of applications, Alexander Associates is again doing an extraordinary job of listening to our needs, and creating solutions that raise the level of service we can provide to our members. To top it off, Alexander Associates is doing it on-time and within budget."

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NYSADA's Mission

Provide membership services to 1,100 new car and truck dealers in NYS. These include lobbying, title registration, health and disability claims processing, and worker’s compensation tracking.

Project History

The New York State Automobile Dealers Association (NYSADA) provides various membership services to over 1,100 dealers of new cars and trucks in the Empire State, including:

• lobbying and public relations
• group health, life, disability insurance, etc.
• automobile title services including duplicate titles, background checks, etc.
• the largest workers’ compensation plan available to NYS auto dealers
• a marketing service division providing advertising, forms, specialty clothing, etc.
• newsletters, and other informative publications covering political, economic and environmental issues affecting NYS new auto and truck dealers.

Beginning in 2001, Alexander Associates designed and developed new workers’ compensation, duplicate-titles, and membership applications for NYSADA. (Some of the same Alexander Associates staff that implemented these systems a decade before on a mini-computer are involved on these new projects today.) Diane Rivers, NYSADA Controller, reports that the new systems have "come on-line without a hitch, on-time and under budget. The data conversion from our old systems to the new was very smooth. Our users are very happy."