Say hello to Dave Odie and Marco Laine – both join the web development team.
David is originally from Shetland and came to Edinburgh to study at Heriot-Watt University where he gained a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science.
Marco is originally from Finland and has been in the UK for seven years, studied at Northumbria University and previously worked at IBM.
New Burnside Motors and Fife Motor Spares website now live
DH Systems has completed the updates to Burnside Motors and have recently made live a new site for Fife Motor Spares.
Both new sites make use of the registration lookup feature that allows users to enter their vehicle registration number and find matching breakers and parts.
Customers can take advantage of several other features, including listings of Salvage Vehicles for sale and an ebay wall which shows the latest items for sale on the ebay store.
SCB – Edinburgh – New website now live
SCB in Newbridge near Edinburgh revealed the new website today. Designed and powered by DH Systems.
The latest update provides a much simpler and intuitive interface to find vehicles a customer is looking for. Customers are now able to enter their vehicle registration number and the website will find matching vehicles and parts.
Salvage and repairable vehicles can be viewed with prices, detailed damage descriptions and now with an extra section where the website will find all relevant breaking vehicles so the customer can find the spare parts they need directly from the detail page.
There are three levels of matching, the first is a hand selected vehicle that will provide a majority of parts to repair the salvage vehicle. SCB’s assessors have chosen this vehicle as they believe the parts will fit and are suitable for the salvage vehicle.
The second level of matching uses unique data available from DVLA which matches vehicles based on many parameters such as make, model, mark, year, engine type, gearbox type and trim level. This level of match usually chooses vehicles that are all but identical. The third level of matching selects vehicles that are as close to the year and match the make and model.
With all three sets of vehicles, SCB try to give you the best information to find the spare parts you need to repair the salvage vehicle.
On the breaking vehicle page, you are now able to filter vehicles in the traditional manor by selecting the make and model, and you are now able to type in the registration number of the vehicle you require parts for, and the system will take to DVLA in the background and retrieve the vehicle details and then find as many suitable vehicles as possible. There are up to nine levels of matching, first with exact matches down to matching make and model.
SCB have updated the ebay page to present a ‘wall’ of ebay items available and provide an easy way to get straight into the relevant ebay store.
The contact page has been updated to provide better maps to find the locations of the vehicles and present more useful information such as opening times and directions.
MotorHog – Now with added Registration Number lookup
DH Systems has recently updated motorhog.co.uk with the new feature – vehicle registration number lookup to breaker vehicles.
The simple lookup allows customers to enter their vehicle registration number and find parts that match. This saves having to look through the lists to find a part that may be similar enough to fit.
Once the registration number is entered, the vehicle lists are filtered to show exact matches, similar matches and similar makes and models. Each vehicle in the list is marked as to how close the match will be to the registration number entered.
DH Systems will be rolling this feature out to our customers over the next few weeks and months.
DH Systems – the power behind The SalvageMarket and many leading vehicle websites announces the latest features coming to our customers websites.
Matching breakers on SalvageMarket
DH Systems has added a new feature to The SalvageMarket website. When a customer views a salvage vehicle, the web page makes a call to DH Systems PartShark server which searches for, and matches breaking vehicles that match exactly or are similar to the vehicle being viewed. This enables the customer to easily find parts that will fit on the salvage vehicle – so repairs and servicing can easily take place. The end result? Sell more parts, get more bids, generate higher income.
Customer websites
Entering your registration number on the website will allow you to find exact matching parts and breaking vehicles that will fit your vehicles. This takes away all the problems of finding the nearest vehicle or parts, and will allow you to find parts much more quickly than before.
With our shared database of customer data, we can match far more vehicles than anyone else, and return many more results – allowing you to find the part you need.
The next stage of the development will allow customers to sell their scrap or end of life vehicles easily, by entering the registration number and the details automatically being filled in.
Frontier desktop will be updated to allow customers to call up with only a registration number and the operator to find exact matching parts and vehicles.
PartShark – is the new website from DH Systems that allows you to search and list matching vehicles among all our customers who participate.
Silverlake Autoparts based in Southampton have joined the growing ranks of website powered by DH Systems.
The new website contains many vehicle pages – Salvage, Breakers, Parts, Auctions; with the data coming straight from their Frontier desktop system via our latest upload services.
DH Systems has developed the technology to allow the exporting of vehicles for sale, salvage vehicles, breaking vehicles, vehicle parts and auctioned vehicles to show directly on your website without any additional work by the users. The process is completely automated and integrates into your existing workflow.
Silverlake are the latest company to take advantage of this technology and present the information to their target audience via their new website.
The Silverlake website takes advantage of all the latest features, including interactive AJAX based salvage, breaking and parts pages – along with the latest in parts not available lists and matching parts and breaking vehicles.
DH Systems developed the vehicle parts shopping cart, so customers are able to buy parts directly on the website from Silverlake Autos. The front-end to back-end system, allows sales on the website to be directly imported into Frontier and remove the parts from stock, and pass on the messages to our other technology such as the Touch Screen Dismantling, which informs the dismantlers to remove the part from the vehicle (if required). The message is then passed onto the Touch Screen Packaging, so the part can be packed and dispatched in a timely manner.
Visit www.silverlake.co.uk to see our latest innovations in action.
DH Systems continues growing to meet the needs of our expanding customer base. With more and more salvage operators choosing Frontier, and more and more customers wanting high quality websites, DH Systems needs more manpower.
Kieran Aitken
Kieran joins the website development team, and was previously a research assistant at the University of Abertay. Kieran has a BSC in Web Design and Development and was a member of the UK team at WorldSkills. Kieran has a three year old boy and designs t-shirts in his spare time.
Haja Mohideen
Haja joins the Frontier desktop software development team, and was originally from India. He came to the UK to study IT and Mechatronics at Napier University. Haja previously worked in the Oil and Gas industries in Aberdeen before coming down to Edinburgh. Haja is a keen cricket player.
Huanhe Liu
Huanhe joins the Frontier desktop development team, and is originally from China. Huanhe has a degree and masters in computing from the University of Dundee. Huanhe has previously worked in telecommunications and the financial sector. Huanhe favourite colour is green.
Keep up to date with the latest progress on the DH Systems Twitter feed, and take a look at the expanding customer list at the Powered by DH Systems page.
One of the benefits of having a meeting at a car factory is the chance to have a look around the factory. Please visit www.dhsystems.co.uk/photo-gallery/morgan-factory-tour/ to see our photos.
Photos by Steve Robbins.
The annual award was presented to Dave Harcourt at the BVSF AGM by Alan Greenouf last year’s winner and Chairman of the BVSF.
This year the award was given for the outstanding contribution Dave has personally made to the British Salvage Industry and the on-going contribution that DH Systems has made to the member companies.
The BVSF was established at the instigation of motor insurers who required an industry representative body with which it could communicate on all matters affecting vehicle salvage. Set up on 1st July 1998 and launched by the then Minister for Roads its members represent approx. 85% of the vehicle salvage business in the UK.
This week we are hosting our annual forum for our clients, down in sunny Great Malvern. This annual event allows us direct contact with our customers, where we can share new ideas and get valuable feedback for our products.
The theme this year is ‘Powered by DH Systems’
New in-house web hosting
- Full web design services available
- Quicker, easier and fresher look
- Improved Google ranking and search engine optimisation
- “Super” sites
Common master list of makes, models and parts
- Via Glass’s data
- Registration number lookups via CarWeb
- No loss of local data, you now link to DH Systems
Touch Screen Packaging
- Keeps track of your order processing
- New dashboard for managers
- Updated Touch Screen Dismantling
- Part picking (coming soon)
Frontier Recovery
- More devices supported
- More data points collected (latest NSG check sheet specification)
- GPS tracking
DH Systems
- New website
- Support ticketing system
- Software release notes online
- Powered by section
All new Frontier Vehicle Salvage
- Coming soon
Hardware support and installations
- Dedicated hardware and tech support staff
- Hardware, software, network, server support available
Forum location
- The Abbey Hotel, Abbey Road, Great Malvern, WR14 3ET
- Wednesday 13th April 2011, starting at 10 am
- Drinks and snacks will be available
- We will be available throughout the BVSF conference to answer questions and demonstrate our products
0131 334 7515