{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Law on Digital Dealer, Burnett on Sales, Ebin on Ads, Pister on Fixed | Daily Dealer Live","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/law-on-digital-dealer-burnett-on-sales-ebin-on-ads-pister-on-fixed-daily-dealer-live","audioUrl":"https://chrt.fm/track/C6AG88/traffic.megaphone.fm/CREUR3698748013.mp3","description":"Today's show features:\n\n\n\n- Jay Law, Head of Partnerships at Car Dealership Guy\n\n\n\n- JB Burnett, Executive General Manager at Preston Automotive Group\n\n\n\n- Robert Ebin, Director of Legal Affairs at KPA\n\n\n\n- Jeff Pister, Executive Manager at Honda Marysville\n\n\n\nThis episode is brought to you by:\n\n\n\nPresidio – Today’s episode is brought to you by The Presidio Group, one of the automotive industry’s leading buy-sell advisors. 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In this segment, it’s described as the backbone that integrates with other tools for service and video-based appraisals.","simplifiedExplanation":"DMS means “dealer management system.” It’s the computer system a dealership uses to keep track of customers, service appointments, and repair work.","sourceStartTime":3662.5,"sourceEndTime":3668.0}},{"id":492718,"startTime":3662.5,"endTime":3668.0,"type":"brand","title":"iService","url":"/glossary/iservice","quote":"Our DMS is dealer build and dealer build partnered with iService a while back. So we use iService in every targets and video.","canonicalId":"brand:iservice","priority":0.35,"confidence":0.78,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"iService is mentioned as the software integrated with the dealership’s DMS to support video-based service/inspection workflows. 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In this setup, it connects with other tools to handle video inspections and customer appraisals.","sourceStartTime":3662.5,"sourceEndTime":3668.0}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Yossi Levi","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/law-on-digital-dealer-burnett-on-sales-ebin-on-ads-pister-on-fixed-daily-dealer-live/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}],"alignmentMode":"scalar","fallbackOffset":0.0}