What is Winboats ?

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• Winboats was designed from the ground up specifically for Marine Dealerships
• Winboats is the only boat sales program that connects to your website, keeping your used and new boat inventory on your website in real time!! 
• Updating your website is now built into Winboats making it easier than ever to manage your dealerships website!
• Winboats is a standalone native Microsoft WIN32 C++ application, written by professional software developers with years of experience in critical software applications. As a result Winboats runs flawlessly on any Microsoft Windows WIN32 based operating system (Win95, Win98, Win2000ME, Win2000 Professional, Win XP (all versions), and Vista (all versions). 
• Winboats does not require dedicated database software or Server based computer systems for its networked environment. 
• Winboats integrates directly with MAPI mail programs (Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and many other email clients) for individual emails and has a full SMTP/IMAP support built in for bulk emailing. 
•  Winboats designers are all boaters and spend large amounts of time with Marine Dealers and at Boat Shows to gain knowledge and experience in the day to day operations of dealerships.
• Winboats saves sales personnel time because of its powerful quotation and customer contact features. This allows sales personnel to spend more time with customers and following new leads, which of course results in increased sales! 
• Winboats is so easy to setup that most dealers setup small networks at the Boat Shows, allowing instant access to quotations and customer information. No more business cards and crumpled post it notes during and after a Boat Show. 
• Winboats "Lead Scanner" reads all email sent to the dealership, scans it for new lead information from the manufacturer and automatically enters this information directly into the Winboats database. Additionally it then notifies any users of Winboats in the dealership about the new leads. 
• Winboats uses the advanced "right Click" context menus throughout the program. This greatly simplifies the user interface, and only presents the user with the options within the view.  

• Fully networked system, with no seat charges, means that every computer in the dealership can access and use Winboats.

• Automatic updates of the Winboats program and boat lines through the internet with no user actions required.
• Maintains customer list with all customer information (customer and spouse name,  company name, telephone numbers and email addresses, home address, lake address, current activity, and mail list associations)
• Graphical quotation system which allows simple point and click quotation of any boat line. Quotation includes all standard features, options, color selections, trade information, F & I calculations, sales tax, freight and prep charges, and pictures of the boat.
• Cost basis views can be called up on any boat immediately to know the overall margin of the entire deal or each option.
• Inventory system that maintains a complete list of stock, ordered and used boats.
• The "Lead Scanner" reads all email sent to the dealership, scans it for new lead information from the manufacturer and automatically enters this information directly into the Winboats database. Additionally it then notifies any users of Winboats in the dealership about the new leads. 
• Template letters that allow easy personalization of letters and emails.
• Automatic letters and emails sent to mailing lists or individuals based on new lead, customer contact, boat purchase, birthdays, etc.
• Simple address label creation based on mailing lists or other customer information.
• Bulk email that personalizes every email and sends them individually to any mailing list or customer group.
• Fully password protected with individual users and rights.
• Supports exchange rate computation for quotations and entire boat lines, along with full Canadian tax structure support.
• Any number of boat lines can be supported.

• Supports individual dealership addresses, with separate graphics, backgrounds, etc.
• Adds location information to the inventory system so that boats can have a location assigned to them. Individual dealerships can then view their inventory or the entire inventory depending on the user’s privileges.
• Users can easily change between dealerships if allowed.
• Customer base is fully accessible to all dealerships.
• Enterprise Edition does require a Server to support the terminal services and remote logins.

• Complete parts inventory system.
• Supports importation of Engine, Stern Drive and Boat Manufacturer’s parts information directly into Winboats.
• Supports importation of aftermarket parts suppliers and distributors information directly into Winboats.
• Supports importation of the Spader flat rate tables for direct usage in flat rate quoting and job pricing.
• Generates graphical invoices and work orders.
• Bar coded documents to allow quick and easy recall, of any invoice, work order or job.
• Bar code scanning of parts directly into jobs or invoices.
• Generates bar coded price labels for all parts.
• Supports an unlimited number of canned jobs. These jobs can be fixed price, set by contents or based on unit of measure.
• High speed parts search can find any portion of part description or part number as the search criteria are typed.
• Supports an unlimited number of price levels that can be assigned overall or to a single job or part.
• Parts can be assigned to different departments for accounting purposes so Winboats can be used to run a Point of Sales terminal for Pro Shops or Ships Store.