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    From Excel to a real system: how a car dealer moves the whole operation in 30 days

    Most independent car dealers still run large parts of the business in Excel, email and the salesperson's head. Here's the short version of why that costs you money, and how to move to one integrated system without breaking daily operations.

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    Short answer (TL;DR)

    Excel works until you hit 50–80 cars a month. After that you lose leads, miss follow-ups and lose service contracts. The fix is one dealer CRM on top of your DMS, not another spreadsheet. CARRUSLiNK consolidates customers, vehicles, leads, contracts and service contracts in one place and is live in under 30 days.

    5 signs you've outgrown Excel

    • Salespeople type the same customer into 3 different sheets
    • Nobody knows who last called which lead
    • Service contracts are a manual reminder in Outlook
    • The MD waits 2 days for a simple sales report
    • When a salesperson quits, the customer base walks out the door

    30-day plan: from spreadsheet to one system

    1

    Week 1. Map your data

    Pull everything from Excel, email and DMS into one list: customers, vehicles, leads, contracts. We do it for you at kick-off, usually 1 day.

    2

    Week 2. Integrate DMS and accounting

    CARRUSLiNK plugs on top of Keyloop, AD Manager, e-conomic and others. We don't touch your back-office systems.

    3

    Week 3. Train the team

    2 hours of onboarding per role. Sales, prep, management. Mobile-first so salespeople can work on the lot.

    4

    Week 4. Turn on follow-up and service contracts

    Automated lead follow-up, automatic service reminders and contract generation. Excel retires.

    What you actually get

    One customer card

    All conversations, vehicles, test drives, contracts and service contracts on one profile.

    No double entry

    The customer and the car are created once and flow into accounting, contract and follow-up.

    Live overview

    Management sees pipeline, days-in-stock, margin and service contracts in real time, no waiting for reports.

    Automated follow-up

    No leads are lost. The system nudges itself and reminds the salesperson of what matters today.

    Excel data imported

    We import customers, vehicles, leads and contracts from your existing sheets, without loss.

    Excel vs an integrated dealer system

    AreaExcel + email + DMSCARRUSLiNK
    One customer card with vehicles, leads, contractsNo, 5 spreadsheetsYes
    Automated lead follow-upNoYes (SMS + email)
    Real-time pipeline and MRR reportingNo (2-day job)Live
    Contract and service-contract generationManual printOne click from card
    Customer data stays with the business on resignationNoYes
    GDPR compliance out of the boxNoYes, audit log + 1-click delete
    Time to look up a customer2–5 minutes3 seconds
    Price per month€0 (but DKK 3-8,000 per lost lead)tiered from DKK 2,299/mo

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    Ready to close the spreadsheets?

    30 minutes. We show you what CARRUSLiNK looks like with your own data, alongside your current systems.