Acumens Tire Sales, Services & Distribution

The Acumens Tire Sales, Services & Distribution is a comprehensive solution tailored for Tire distributors, retailers, and service centers. Built as an extension of Microsoft Business Central and Dynamics Nav, integrating specialized tire management software modules combines multiple specialized apps to streamline enterprise operations, automate tax compliance, and enhance operational efficiency across multi-site dealership networks.

Managing high-volume tire retail counters, technician scheduling, manufacturer rebates, and multi-state sales tax calculations across separate disconnected systems causes severe administrative friction. Centralizing your entire distribution and service workflow inside specialized tire management software built for Business Central eliminates manual spreadsheet entries, minimizes billing disputes, and safeguards store revenue.

Integrated Apps in Acumens Tire Management Suite

Deploying specialized tire management software capabilities inside Business Central provides core operational tools tailored for enterprise automotive dealers:

1. Acumens Tire Sales: This app aims to simplify compliance with federal and state regulations on Tires sales. The App provides several features including Tire Configuration and Item Creation, Advanced Tire Search, FET claims Processing from both vendors and customers, Tire Disposal Fee Management, etc. tailored to ensure accurate fee calculations for Tire sales.

2. Acumens Service Job Management: This is a solution designed to simplify equipment servicing activities. It offers a suite of submodules to manage various aspects of service management which include Equipment sales and servicing, Resource and Material usage monitoring, Service Cost and Price Management, Timesheet Management, Technician Scheduling, Field Service Technician portal, etc.

3. Acumens Claims & Rebates: This app automates rebate calculations, submission, and tracking, helping organizations maximize efficiency and improve customer satisfaction. It provides a way to efficiently handle rebates for various recipient types, including W2 Employees and 1099 Vendors, based on sales volume, flexible rebate payment methods, customizable rebate options and tiered rebate management.

Payment, Tax, and Billing Automations

Utilizing enterprise tire management software workflows automates front-desk POS and back-office accounting functions:

4. Acumens e-POS Payments: This is a comprehensive solution that ties together e-commerce and point-of-sale payments for Dynamics Business Central & Dynamics Nav. It offers a robust solution for accepting payments, managing e-commerce transactions, and tracking sales, all in one place, ensuring security and efficiency in the business process. It integrates card-present and card-not-present transactions, ensuring a seamless payment process for both businesses and customers. The App supports many payment methods, including EMV and NFC Contactless payments such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, and EMV chips & PIN payment.

5. Acumens e-Tax (Enterprise): The App introduces an address specific sales tax which is fetched from external APIs based on a validated address and customizations for special taxes. It supports TaxJar, ZipTax and USGeocoder external Sales Tax APIs. It supports UPS.com and Smarty.com address verification APIs. These external APIs are subscription based and can be used one at a time for each category.

6. Acumens e-Mailing: It provides a feature for sending emails using customizable templates tailored to various functional areas. It ensures uniform and standardized email templates and signature formats while still allowing the flexibility of varying the email templates per document. The features provided in the app include support for all sales, purchase and Service documents.

7. Acumens e-Receivables Management: This app is designed to enhance receivables tracking and management. It provides Automated invoicing and collections, receivables reporting and analytics and a centralized platform for managing and tracking disputes.

Streamlining Business Central Distribution Operations

Operating multi-channel tire distribution operations without dedicated tire management software leads to fragmented inventory data, delayed rebate payouts, and billing errors. Standardizing customer pricing, warranty claims, and technician scheduling across all store locations maximizes labor utilization and speeds up counter checkouts.

Financial controllers gain real-time visibility into automated sales tax filings, EMV payment authorizations, and receivable dispute resolution logs. Enterprise managers can scale store branch operations while keeping overhead low and maintaining total administrative compliance across all regional divisions worldwide.

Driving Scalable Tire Enterprise Growth

Deploying structured tire management software tools inside Business Central empowers financial leaders to manage expanding dealership operations effortlessly.

For more details, check our guide on Acumens History Management or read official documentation on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Architecture Models.