CLIFTON PARK, N.J. — Auto/Mate Dealership Systems has introduced a new F&I solution for dealers that it contends allows sales managers to easily compare multiple retail, lease and balloon payment options, as well as multiple vehicle choices for the customer, displayed side-by-side.

The new program — Desk/Mate, an F&I desking system — is available to dealers as a part of the company’s dealership management system software.

The company explained that Desk/Mate works within Auto/Mate’s Automotive Management Productivity Suite, automatically populating other modules within the dealer management system with updated deal information.

Commenting on the new program, Auto/Mate president and chief executive officer Mike Esposito explained, “Flexibility is key; customers are very pressed for time and want to check out a lot of options in a hurry.

“Desk/Mate allows sales managers to exceed customer expectations by offering an array of purchase and lease options virtually instantly,” he added.

The company also pointed out the following highlights of the new system:

—Multiple quotes on one screen: “Sales managers no longer have to scroll through multiple screens to display multiple options. On one screen, they can enter the basic deal information and quickly see multiple quotes based on variables such as loan/lease/balloon, APR, term, etc.” officials noted.

—Additional inventory options: “Desk/Mate can instantly scan through a dealership’s entire inventory and display all the vehicles that match a given payment criteria,” the company noted.

“This gives the sales managers more options and a fast, efficient way to find a vehicle that suits the customers’ needs,” officials stressed.

—Integration with credit bureaus: “Desk/Mate is seamlessly integrated with major industry credit bureaus, allowing sales managers to instantly obtain customer credit scores in order to pre-qualify them.”

—Easy to understand: “Our customers told us to keep it simple,” said Praveen Tamvada, director of marketing at Auto/Mate. “The problem with many of the existing desking solutions is that they are just too complicated.”

And Auto/Mate contends that some of the ideas for the new offering came directly from its dealer customers.

“Desk/Mate was developed by Auto/Mate based on specific requests and feedback from Auto/Mate’s customers,” officials explained.

To learn more or to see a demonstration of Desk/Mate, visit booth #320 at the NADA Convention in Las Vegas or schedule an appointment at http://www.automate.com/nada.html.