Datalynx Cloud For the Automotive Industry
Automate Your Entire Back-Office and Cut Costs 75% in Less Than a Week
Profit Leakage Audit
See how much manual processes are costing your franchise right now.
The problems Datalynx solves
Every multi-store automotive operation faces these challenges. DataLynx was built to eliminate them.
Parts errors eating your profits
Vendor invoices don’t match your POS. Credits go unclaimed. Theft goes unnoticed. Most stores can lose $4,000+ monthly without knowing it.
Labor Costs Too High. Employee Retention Low
Finding that right mix of compensating employees to motivate high performance while maintaining good profitability is trickyℹ
Drowning in Spreadsheets and Low-Insight Reports
Your team spends more time pulling data and formatting Excel than using intelligence to drive sales and profitabilityℹ
Scaling means hiring more back-office staff
What is Datalynx?
The Most Comprehensive Platform Built to Simplify Multi-Store Automotive Franchises
DL365 eliminates manual back-office work by automating parts reconciliation, payroll calculations, and report delivery while increasing insights, transparency, and performance across all your locations. Powered by 20+ years of automotive franchise data.
Who is DL365 built for?
Franchise owners
Needing time-saving, easy and complete transparency of all your locations for the way you manage your profitability, growth, and cost control.
Franchisee Leadership Teams
Looking to standardize intelligence-sharing across DMs, Store Managers, and back-office staff and are drowning in Excel spreadsheets.
Accounting Teams
Manual payroll and reconciliation tasks requiring hours and days to process. Meanwhile, critical information for making staffing decisions and potential parts loss is delayed or never produced.
Corporate Leadership and IT
Multiple vendor packages needed to meet multiple ERP features for tightly managing all locations, significant licensing and support costs, and custom integration required.
Facts about Dataynx
Did you know?
Works across multiple franchise brands
Manage Midas AND Big O Tire stores in one platform; different brands, one back-office
ISO 27001 certified security
Your data is protected by enterprise-grade security standards
Works with all Major POS systems
Integrates with whatever you're using today
Built by automotive operators
Created by people who understand your business.
Is Your Data Working For You?
Toggle the switch below to see how DataLynx transforms chaotic manual work into a streamlined growth engine.
POS Systems
Vendor Invoices
Employee Hours
What You Get Using Datalynx
Real improvements within the first 30 days, measured and proven across 1,600+ automotive operations.
60-85% automated parts reconciliation
Catch $4,000+ per store per month in errors automatically
75% faster payroll processing
Daily calculations for all employee types; no more Friday chaos
70% less time on reporting
200,000+ reports auto-delivered to decision-makers annually
233% productivity increase
Eliminate manual Excel work and repurpose staff to revenue-generating tasks
Anomaly detection that catches fraud
Stop tech-swapping, parts theft, and payroll manipulation before it costs you
Works with any POS system
R.O. Writer, Navex, VAST, AutoLeap, or any of 10+ systems; live in days; new systems welcome
Executive Operations Dashboard
Interact with the filters or AI sidebar below to see how DataLynx aggregates real-time data from 50+ stores into a single source of truth.
| Store | Status | Total Sales | GP Margin | RO Count | ARO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demo Store 1 | ✔ | $1,577,436 | $903,082 | 6,134 | 257.16 |
| Demo Store 2 | ✔ | $1,232,414 | $750,641 | 3,687 | 334.26 |
| Demo Store 3 | ✔ | $1,588,875 | $980,705 | 6,244 | 254.46 |
| Demo Store 4 | ✔ | $2,337,192 | $1,426,299 | 6,989 | 334.41 |
| Total | $36,169,465 | $23,093,980 | 121,502 | 297.69 |
How DataLynx works
Bottom line: Your team focuses on running stores. DataLynx handles the back-office work.
These are actual DataLynx clients who transformed their operations. No fictional case studies, no exaggerated numbers. Just honest stories from operators like you.
Mr. Smith
Multi-store automotive service franchise
8 → 25+
Stores
The Challenge
Mr. Smith owned 8 automotive service stores and was already using DataLynx to manage his multi-store group. An opportunity to more than triple his locations was presented to him with a short expiration date, but he was concerned if his team could handle the significant growth without incurring extensive costs.
The Solution
With DataLynx, he was able to easily onboard the new stores with different point-of-sale systems, take advantage of economies-of-scale, and implement his business culture across all stores.
The Result
In less than a week, his organization size increased significantly with almost no growth pains and a larger-than-expected increase in profitability.
Implementation Timeline
< 7 days
Implementation time to triple store count
0
Additional back-office headcount needed
Multiple
Different POS systems integrated seamlessly
312%
Growth rate (8 to 25+ stores)
JC
Multi-store automotive service group
500%
Growth
The Challenge
JC's multi-store automotive service group grew 500% in a short period of time. The back-office staff became quickly overwhelmed with centrally managing the significant increase in parts purchases. They reached out to their DataLynx partner for a solution.
The Solution
Leveraging our expert experience and relationships in the automotive industry, as well as our team's expertise in AI and Machine Learning technologies we've been implementing in other industries for over a decade, the DataLynx Parts Reconciliation system was created to automate AP management and identify anomalies to further recoup illegitimate costs.
The Result
Back-office team went from overwhelmed to in control. Parts reconciliation automated, costs recovered, team can now handle 5x the volume.
Growth & Automation Impact
500%
Growth rate in short period of time
60-85%
Parts reconciliation now automated
5x
Volume now manageable by same team
$$$
Illegitimate costs identified and recovered
Steve
Multi-brand franchise group operator
10 → 40+
Stores
The Challenge
Steve had 10 stores and a big vision. He had a solid back-office system, compliments of his POS vendor, but he needed to do more with less to build one of the most profitable franchise group across 2 brands. He decided to digitally transform his company from the start.
The Solution
DataLynx Cloud streamlined his organization 250% with auto-delivered intelligence across his management team, automating his payroll function, and leveraging this foundation to seamlessly grow his organization more than 400%.
The Result
Built one of the most profitable multi-brand franchise groups by running lean and scaling smart from the beginning.
Digital Transformation Journey
250%
Operational streamlining achieved
400%
Growth in store count (10 to 40+)
2 brands
Multi-brand operations unified
#1
Most profitable group in their market
Tanya
Payroll administrator
50+
Stores
The Challenge
Tanya is a payroll administrator for an automotive service franchisee. She was already using DataLynx Employee Compensation to handle weekly payroll by herself for hundreds of employees across 50+ stores. She suspected that some stores were reconfiguring invoice data at week's end to scam the system to allow the most payroll dollars to be paid out across store employees. She reached out to us for help.
The Solution
We quickly implemented a new feature that detects tech-swapping whereby previously closed ROs are reopened, and technicians are swapped around across invoices to produce higher compensation.
The Result
These illegitimate payroll costs were eliminated. One administrator now confidently manages payroll for 50+ stores, knowing the system catches fraud attempts automatically.
Fraud Detection Impact
50+
Stores managed by 1 administrator
100%
Tech-swapping fraud detection rate
Hundreds
Employees processed weekly
$0
Illegitimate payroll costs after detection
Tyler
Automotive franchise group operator
2x
In 10 Months
The Challenge
Tyler's automotive franchise group doubled in locations in just 10 months. There was significant duplication of business systems as well as manual reporting and analysis being performed via Excel. The cost of people and business systems was affecting target profitability and timeliness of sharing intelligence.
The Solution
He reached out to us to not only streamline all these tasks and processes in one cost-effective solution but also to leverage our AI Automation features to automate and simplify other back-office tasks such as parts reconciliation.
The Result
Eliminated duplicated systems, automated manual Excel work, and brought back-office costs in line with profitability targets while continuing rapid expansion.
Rapid Growth Timeline
10 months
Time to double location count
100%
Eliminated duplicated business systems
0 Excel
Manual reporting fully automated
On target
Profitability goals achieved during growth
Everything your operation needs in one platform
Connect your POS, accounting, payroll, and reporting into one system that runs your back-office automatically.
Daily Payroll Automation
Every tech's pay calculated daily: flat rate, hourly, commission, or any mix. Store managers and service advisors included. Catches payroll fraud attempts automatically.
Automated Parts Reconciliation
AI matches vendor invoices to your POS while you sleep. Catches errors worth $4,048 per store monthly, flags missing parts for credits, spots theft patterns.
Intelligence & Reporting
Managers get their numbers delivered by email every morning. Sales, profit margins, tech productivity, car counts, customer trends. Works on mobile when you're checking stores.
Online Reputation & Customer Analytics
Google Reviews and SureCritic scores appear next to your sales data in one dashboard. Automated daily requests to customers for satisfaction ratings and feedback. Identify loyal customers versus potential defectors. Customer acquisition tools help increase car count.
Goal Tracking & Performance Management
Set and track performance goals across stores, regions, employees, products, services, and customer satisfaction scores. Automated alerts notify managers when metrics fall below targets or exceed expectations. Templates allow you to replicate your business culture across new locations instantly.
Enterprise Integration & Fraud Detection
Connects to any POS system, QuickBooks, timeclock systems, marketing platforms, and vendor feeds. AI-powered anomaly detection catches data quality issues, gross profit inflation, potential parts theft, unusual transaction patterns, tech-swapping, and deceptive practices before they cost you thousands.
Caught in errors the first 5 months of use
Reports auto-delivered to decision-makers annually
Average productivity increase across operations
Proven results you can measure
These aren’t projections or estimates. This is what happens when automotive franchises replace manual back-office work with DataLynx automation. Real numbers from real operators over 20+ years.
Trusted by franchise owners like you
Steven Towers
(18 stores)
Jude Crane
James Leggett
(8 stores)
Kent Smith
(14 stores)
Common questions about DataLynx
1. How long does implementation actually take?
2. Will this work with my current POS system?
Yes. DataLynx integrates with 10+ automotive POS systems including RO.Writer, AutoLeap, VAST/MAM, Navex and others. We also connect to QuickBooks, your timeclock system, and parts vendor feeds. You keep using what works, we just make it all talk to each other automatically.
3. What happens to my data? Is it secure?
4. Do I need IT staff or technical knowledge to use DataLynx?
5. How much does DataLynx actually cost?
6. Can I start with just a few stores and add more later?
7. What if my payroll is complicated with flat rate, commission, and hourly techs?
Pricing is based on number of stores and which modules you need. Most clients see ROI within the first few months because the system catches errors worth thousands monthly and eliminates back-office labor costs. We can calculate specific savings for your operation on a quick call.
8. How does parts reconciliation actually work if vendors use different formats?
9. What kind of support do you provide after we go live?
10. How is DataLynx different from generic franchise software?
The DataLynx Ecosystem
A unified intelligence platform that connects every aspect of your automotive enterprise.
