Karmak Updates Dealer Management System

Carlinville, Illinois, March 27, 2008 — Heavy-duty technology provider Karmak, Inc., announced today that it has released a major update of its INFO 5 dealer management system. The new software release includes enterprise-wide enhancements for more efficient management of a heavy-duty truck or trailer dealership or rental and leasing company. INFO 5 Version 7.3 also adds new features to Karmak's ProfitMaster line, including modules for creating mobile truck repair orders and viewing essential data in real-time dashboards. In addition, it provides automated customer notification when parts and repair orders are fulfilled, improved credit-checking functionality, and enhanced communications with major manufacturers' systems.

The Karmak INFO 5 system provides heavy-duty dealers with a complete management system for single or multiple locations through close integration of unit sales, service, parts inventory, accounting, and rental and leasing modules. INFO 5 helps meet the unique demands of heavy-duty dealerships by combining best industry practices with technology such as mobile capabilities, bar coding, e-commerce, electronic data archiving, and in-depth data analysis.

Since acquiring Rinfo, Inc. and the INFO 5 system in 1997, Karmak has been continually updating INFO 5 to address changing customer needs and market trends, and to incorporate the latest technological advancements.

About Karmak (www.karmak.com)
Karmak, Inc., a leading provider of computer systems and business management systems in the heavy-duty truck industry, supplies software applications to retailers that sell and service trucks, tractors and trailers, as well as retail and wholesale businesses that distribute parts. In addition, Karmak provides continuing innovation and support to companies through software specialists working closely with customers in areas such as inventory control, service department management, accounting, and new and used truck sales. Serving the heavy-duty industry for more than 25 years, Karmak is headquartered in Carlinville, Illinois. Karmak currently serves more than 1,800 locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

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