Setup Checklist
The following checklist details the minimal setup items that you need to define during the initial setup of the HMA SRC application.
Step 1. Admin Hub: Company Tab
Admin Hub & Locations (Company Tab)
Define individual location information, including address, phone number, and a valid email address. Each location will need to be created and updated individually.
Step 2. Employee Roles & Permissions
Employee roles help control access to features using permissions. This provides security for options such as agreement editing, unit movements, and access to certain pages. If an employee doesn't have a role that has permission to a feature, they won't see it.
Step 3. Add Employees & Set Viewership
After you have defined roles and permissions, add all employees that will be authorized to use the system and select a role for each, as well as define location viewership. Each employee must have a valid email address. For a new employee, write down the User Name and TSD Number and provide to the employee to use as a reference when he or she logs in for the first time. When you save the new employee, an activation URL is sent to the employee's email address, allowing him or her to create a password and log in.
Step 4. Hours of Operation
What are your standard hours of operation? Use the Beginning of Day (Management setting)and End of Day management settings to define when your location begins and ends its day.
Step 5. Business Sources
Available Repair Business Sources (Management Hub setting)
In HMA SRC, a business source is a company or service that sends you business. A source can be a marketing campaign or it can describe how an appointment was booked.
Step 6. Add Units to your Fleet
Add a unit (manually):
The Allow Add Vehicle Manually setting must be turned on to manually add units to the fleet. If your location uses automated Fleet Import with unit information provided by your manufacturer , manually adding units may not be available. See "Automated Fleet Import" for more information.
- Click the plus icon (
) and select New Unit. - On the New Unit screen, enter a unique Unit Number, then type a VIN and press Tab. If applicable, the VIN is matched with a model in your system. At a minimum, HMA SRC fills in the unit’s Year, Make, Model, Trim and Fuel Capacity based on its VIN.
- (Optional.) If you have a Shuttle Service available1, select the Shuttle check box if this unit will be used as a shuttle.
- Enter any remaining required information (*). Click .
- Enter any required local information (*), such as License Plate, Country, State, Miles, and Fuel or Battery Level. Click .
- Enter any required location information (*), such as the unit's owner and current location, turnback dates, and license plate and inspection expiration dates. Click .
- Review the unit's information for accuracy and completeness.
- Click . The following occurs:
- The unit's status is set to Ready.
- For locations with rates set up, if a new unit's model is not yet associated with a Model Group, a brief message is displayed in the bottom-left corner of the screen: "You have X model(s) pending Model Group association." See "Model Groups (Rates setting)" for more information about associating models with Model Groups.
Events related to the new unit record are logged in the unit's history, accessible from the History button on the side panel of the unit record. See "Unit History (Event Logging)" for more information.
Import a unit (for those with automated fleet import):
Fleet import alerts can be found in your Fleet Operations. See "Fleet Operations & Performance Dashboards" for more information.
- View the list of units Pending Import Details, either from the Operations dashboard when you log on, or via the Fleet Hub.
- Click .
- On the Import From Feed dialog, enter any remaining required information, marked with red asterisks (*). Some information may be filled in and unavailable for editing.
- Click .
Step 7. Contact TSD to Turn on Other Appointment / Agreement Types (and Rates)
Agreement Types (Rates tab of Admin Setup)
Does your location use a Shuttle service? What about a Rental service for customers, or Test Drives?
TSD can turn on different types of appointments or agreements, in addition to loaners, along with rate charging capabilities. For example, if you make a rental service available, you can create rental agreements, create retail rates for rental agreements, and more.
Contact TSD Support at support@tsdweb.com for more information.
Step 8. Add Rates, Charges, and Additional Fees
If your location charges hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly rates for your rental or loaner service, do you plan to create different rates for a different models (e.g., Sedans vs SUVs)?
What about daily or one-time additional fees, such as a smoking or cleaning fee? Some one time fees are set up for you, already: Cleaning fee, Damage Fee, Late Fee, and Out of Area fee. All you have to do is edit the amounts and frequency of these fees, and set them to auto apply to new agreements.
This is a quick reference walkthrough. See "Rates, Charges, Fees & Taxes Setup" for full, detailed instructions.
- Rate charging for different Appointment / Agreement Types (e.g., Rental rates, Test Drive rates, etc.) must be turned on by TSD. Contact TSD Support at support@tsdweb.com for more information.
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Interested in exposing rates on a website or booking platform through an API? TSD can configure this feature using the Expose Externally setting. Contact your TSD Sales Representative at sales@tsdweb.com for more information.
- Create Model Groups. Edit the Model Groups setting to create Model Groups, if you want one rate for all models or different rates for different model groups (e.g., SUVs, Sedans, etc.).
- (Optional.) Set up a Mileage Charge if you plan to charge customers for miles driven on an agreement.
- Set up rates. Applicable for Rental, Loaner, and Test Drives. Edit the appropriate setting to set up rates for a type of agreement: Rental Rate Setup (for Rental agreements), Loaner Rate Setup (for Loaner agreements), and/or Test Drive Rate Setup (for Test Drive agreements). Add rates by doing the following:
- Create Rate Codes for different types of rates. You can make rates applicable for a certain date range. So, instead of setting up a rate that is valid for its entire existence (until it is either updated or removed), the amount of the rate can vary depending on the time of year.
- Choose whether a Mileage Charge will apply, or whether unlimited miles will be offered. On the Taxes Exempt tab, decide which taxes do not apply to the Rate Code.
- Add hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly rate amounts, as needed.
- For manufacturers that expose rental or loaner rates on a website, expose the Rate Codes to be made available via the online services. Note: This feature is a sold separately. Contact your TSD Sales Representative at sales@tsdweb.com for more information.
- Use the Rate Thresholds Configuration settings to define thresholds for daily, weekly, and monthly rates.
- (Optional.) Set up a Fuel Charge if you plan to charge a per-gallon rate for fuel.
- Set up taxes using the Taxes Setup setting. Apply taxes to rates, fuel, and mileage, as needed.
- Set up surcharges that apply to rate charges using the Surcharge setting, if needed. Apply taxes to the surcharge, as applicable.
- (Optional.) Review and add fees using the Fees Setup setting.
- Adjust the amount and frequency, if applicable.
- Review whether the fee should auto-apply to agreements.
- For manufacturers that expose rates on a website or booking platform, you can expose the fee externally. Note: This feature is a paid module. Contact your TSD Sales Representative at sales@tsdweb.com for more information.
- Select taxes that apply to the fee.
Step 9. Define Taxes & Surcharges
If you’ll be charging for incidentals such as damage, lost keys, or fuel, or if you’ll be charging a rate, consult with your accountant to find out if you’ll need to tax any of these items.
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