In today’s competitive job market, employers are seeking to hire graduates that are highly specialized and well trained.  You can’t afford to waste your time with an education that won’t help you get the job you want.  At Centennial College, all our programs are geared for success.

As part of your automotive service technician apprenticeship program, you will not only learn how to use the latest cutting edge tools, but you will also learn how to apply the latest principles from business professionals. To compliment your classroom learning, you will also get hands-on experience in the labs.

Centennial’s staff not only believes in providing students with the best teaching experience possible, but also to offer the best guidance and career advice.

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C.R.M is the short for Customer Relationship Management it is a software that posses the quintessential capabilities for an automotive dealership to maintain a good relationship with their existing or new customers. In a nut shell the CRM is designed to sort, filter, and management customer’s information in an effective way. It has some eerie resemblance to a well known software everyone uses on a daily basis called “Microsoft Outlook”.

There are some key differences between a CRM and a DMS, don’t get caught up in the big words. A DMS system or Dealer Management Software should have a build in CRM capabilities, and in addition some functionalities a CRM can not offer. But today we are going to focus solely on the CRM aspect of the technology.

When choosing a CRM service provider, the customer should be aware of few key issues. Such as the creation date of the software, database scheme of the CRM used, and of course the cost of the software. There are few big name providers in the automotive industry each with their own version of a CRM program. It is surprising with the amount of subscription fee dealers pay to them, the software is still stuck in the 80s, using “flat file” system for their database, and poorly designed interfaces for the users. The cost of a CRM software can range from 2000-3000 per month, with setup installation fees up towards 10,000, all the way to 0 installation fee, and monthly cost of 0. One tell tale sign of an aged software is its “interactivity”, on mouse over a button, or on click event, and easily tell you if the software is more than 10 years old in age.

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Vista Auto Parts was started with one clear intention; to make available the world over, automotive parts which have attained international quality standards at prices which are affordable enough for the developing world’s economies. What makes Vista Auto Parts successful is our business model. It involves streamlining First-World quality and standards with Third-World’s cost and price in relation to automotive parts. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that we have been successful since our inception as this business model was sure to work out well even in difficult economic times such as the recent global recession.

Vista Auto Parts is a supplier of high quality car air filter parts. We have an extensive line that covers nearly all car models together with their respective years of make. At vistaautoparts.com, we know that not everyone is an automotive parts expert and that is why we occasionally put up articles to help drivers better understand their vehicles.

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