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Remembering ISTEL

International systems

As the largest net exporter of
manufactured products in the
UK, BL requires

comprehensive systems to
ensure that all exports,
whether they are vehicles or

parts, are produced, shipped,
distributed, sold and
accounted for as efficiently as

possible BL Systems staff have
designed tor the major
functions of Vehicle Sales.

Service and Warranty. Parts
and Finance, a series of
standard systems packages

which can be easily adapted to
cater for the local language,
legal or environmental

requirements of the National
Sales Companies. The local

adaptation and implementation of the packages is carried out by BL Systems
staff in close collaboration with the staff in the respective National Sales
Company

The Vehicle system includes the calculation, planning and consolidation of
future sales requirements, the on-line entry and validation of orders, the
matching of these against vehicles available locally or in transit and the

generation of a manufacturing order on the UK when no vehicle is available The
system also monitors the status of orders and vehicles and ensures that all

sales are invoiced Orders can be passed to the UK using computer readable
media and teleprocessing links Failures of vehicles to move in accordance with
pre determined target times are highlighted to management at individual
vehicle and consolidated levels with on line status enquiries being available

The Parts system similarly calculates future sales requirements and re-order
quantities and accepts orders from dealers on a regular stock order basis with

a turn around time measured in days.

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