Industry: Auto Sales, Loan Approval, and Insurance

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Company Profile

• The client consists of:

  (1) "Member Lending Financial Services" that approves auto loans for credit union members,

  (2) "Automotive Avenues, Inc." (AAI) that buys and sells new and used autos, and affiliations with

  (3) "Affinity Insurance" that sells auto insurance, and

  (4) General Life that sells life insurance.

Business Problem

• The client would like to take advantage of Internet Technologies to provide features and choices to their credit union members which in turn improves their business and revenue.

Business Solution

• This project provided an e-Commerce solution by integrating the automobile data, insurance data, leasing data, credit union member data. This solution enabled a credit union member to search for the automobiles of their interest, add the necessary auto options and equipment, compare upto four automobiles side by side, view the monthly payments for all the four autos in a single view, immediately view the auto insurance prices and compare them, apply for auto loans, and apply for auto insurance. Also, this project integrated the daily inventory of automobiles from AAI for the member to search and compare with the standard new and used automobiles..

Benefits

• More Credit Unions are willing to sign-up with the client as their auto loan approving organization: Increase in the number of revenue sources.

  Exposure of the client services to the credit union members instead of just credit unions: Taking business directly to the customer.

  Chance to understand the interests and concerns of the credit union members: Opportunity for further business improvement.

Technology

• Microsoft Solutions Development Discipline
• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0M
• icrosoft Site Server 3.0
• Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0
• Active Server Pages