What is STAR?
Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) is a nonprofit, dues-paying organization whose members include dealers, manufacturers, retail system providers, and automotive-related industry organizations.
The goal of STAR is to use non-proprietary technology (IT)standards as a catalyst in fulfilling the business information needs of dealers and manufacturers while reducing the time and effort required to support related activities.
Collectively, STAR develops voluntary industry standards and researches emerging technologies for the benefit of dealers. STAR is considered the IT standards organization for the retail automotive industry.
STAR Objectives
- To define the open, standard XML message formats for dealer-to-OEM communications (e.g, Parts Orders, Sales Leads, and Credit Applications).
- To define an open, standard architecture to support the delivery of messages between dealers and OEMs.
- To standardize the dealership IT infrastructure.
STAR Stats
- Incorporated in 2001
- 145 standard messages (and growing)
- Membership totaling over 30
- 40 business areas covered (and growing)
- 2 standard transport specifications (Web Services and ebXML)
- 1 complete set of guidelines for a standard dealership IT infrastructure
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New and Noteworthy
- May 16, 2012 - STAR publishes the latest XML and DTS repositories. Also releases updated STAR Transport specification.
- April 3, 2012 - ACSDMS, LLC Joins STAR as a New DMS Vendor
- March 29, 2012 - STAR publishes the Dealership Infrastructure Guidelines (DIG) document 2012v1
- January 2012 - Motive Retail joins STAR as a new IT Vendor
- October 2011 - Woods & Seaton Briefing / Two current developments are particularly important. One of them - STAR - is making progress....
- July 18, 2011 - DealerBuilt joins STAR
- June 16, 2011- STAR Releases its 2011 XML and DTS Repository, and Transport Guidelines
- May 23, 2011 - Auto/Mate Achieves Full Integration with Toyota's Dealer Daily
- April 1, 2011 - STAR publishes its 1Q 2011 STAR eXchange Newsletter!
- February 4, 2011 - Auto/Mate Completes All System Integrations with Toyota Motor Sales, USA
- February 4, 2011 - Toyota Announces New Dealer Management System Integration.
- February 4, 2011 - DealerTrack Completes All System Integrations with Toyota Motor Sales, USA
- January 25, 2011 - Advent Resources, Inc. Announces Development Support for the New Hertz Dealer Direct® Remarketing Program
- January 19, 2011: STAR publishes the Dealership Infrastructure Guidelines (DIG) document 2011v1
- January 1, 2011 STAR publishes its 4Q 2010 STAR eXchange Newsletter!
- July 1, 2010: STAR publishes its 3Q Dealer Tech Sheet Topic: Software Piracy!
- June 30, 2010: STAR publishes its 2Q 2010 STAR eXchange Newsletter!
- May 10, 2010: STAR Publishes the latest XML, DTS, and STAR Transports.
- January 15, 2010: STAR publishes the Dealership Infrastructure Guidelines (DIG) document 2010v1
STAR is a member of the following organizations:
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