Manheim Auctions on March 9 unveiled its newly restructured Remarketing Solutions, a “one-stop shopping service” for national consignors to outsource their remarketing needs.

Encompassing services such as comprehensive vehicle resale management, professional title transfers and conversions, recovery and transportation of vehicles and lease termination services, Remarketing Solutions handles the entire spectrum of automobile remarketing services, according to Nick Peluso, president.

“With the structural and management changes made within Remarketing Solutions, we feel we have taken an already beneficial service to the next level,” said Nick Peluso, president of Remarketing Solutions.

Chief operating officer for Remarketing Solutions will be 25-year industry veteran Dave DeWolf, who will report directly to Peluso. Prior to overseeing the operations for Remarketing Solutions, DeWolf was general manager for ADT Automotive’s Service Solutions. In that position, he was responsible for the implementation of Service Solutions in major markets across the country.

Under the Remarketing Solutions umbrella, clients can take advantage of a variety of services, available individually or as a package, according to Peluso. These services include:

Recovery Solution: (Formerly ADT Repossession Solutions, ADT Skip Trace Solutions & TVS) With a history of serving client repossession needs since 1991, Recovery Solution has become the No. 1 repossession service in the U.S., and has a network of more than 500 repossession agents nationwide.

Kem Morris, an 11-year veteran in the automotive remarketing industry, heads the Recovery Solution unit, overseeing all aspects of repossession for Remarketing Solutions. Prior to this position, Morris was vehicle remarketing manager at ADT Automotive.

Inspection Solution: This service was formed by combining Lemon Busters and Service Solutions. Inspection Solution offers a variety of inspections, such as end-of-lease, retail pre-purchase inspections, dealer inspections, and warranty claims inspections.

Inspection Solution offers mobile and fixed-site services nationwide for a more cost-effective and efficient vehicle inspection system for retail and wholesale customers alike. It offers lessors the ability to have end-of-term vehicles inspected and fees collected at either fixed or mobile sites, allowing them to be more efficient in their remarketing efforts.

Inspection Solution guarantees accurate inspections, lessee satisfaction, and 24-hour turnaround in delivery of vehicles to auction from lease turn-in, compared to the industry average of 28 days.

Leading this team as executive director is Fred Beyer. With 15 years’ experience in the auction industry, Beyer began his career with GE Auctions, which was purchased by Manheim Auctions in 1991. Beyer continued to work with Manheim and held several positions within the company, such as assistant manager for its Kansas City Auction facility and regional sales and operations manager for Manheim Automotive Financial Services (MAFS). Prior to his position with Remarketing Solutions, Beyer was executive director of reconditioning for Manheim Auctions.

Auction Solution: (Formerly ADT Remarketing Solutions, TVS & CAM) Using information and process tracking systems, Auction Solution offers national, regional, and local consignors the ability to monitor online the status of every vehicle in their remarketing portfolio in real time.

With a network of more than 150 Manheim/allied auctions, Auction Solution offers its clients competitive transportation rates and standardized auction fees. For convenience, clients can access Auction Solution via an Internet-based operating system.

As manager of Auction Solution, Debbie Fossett comes to Remarketing Solutions with 19 years of experience in the automotive industry. Fossett held numerous positions within ADT Automotive, including controller for Remarketing Solutions and business manager for ADT’s truck and equipment auctions.

Transport Solution: Transport Solution, formerly ATI (Auction Transport, Inc.), is one of the largest and most complete managed vehicle transportation companies in the U.S. With a fleet of more than 200 company owned/owner operated vehicles and a coast-to-coast network of terminals, Transport Solution can coordinate services such as the transfer of vehicles from dealerships to auctions and off-lease returns to any location in the country.

In addition to its company owned/owner operated vehicles, Transport Solution has arrangements with brokers that allow access to another 400 transport vehicles. Transport Solution utilizes a global positioning satellite (GPS) system for all company owned/owner operated vehicles to be monitored and assisted nationwide. In 2000, Transport Solution moved more than 335,000 vehicles.

Responsible for this unit is 35-year automotive auction industry veteran Dick Miller. Prior to his position as director of Transport Solution, Miller was a regional manager for ADT Automotive, Inc.

Title Solution: (Formerly ADT Title Solutions, TVS, CAM) Title Solution has the ability to obtain duplicate or lost titles, repossession titles, and address title problems in all 50 states, as well as arrange for new fleet vehicle registration. Title Solution can also obtain branded titles including customer buyback and salvage as well as title corrections.

Clients have access to Title Solution’s “Title Depository Services,” that includes files for all titles both in-process and completed, a “Management Inquiry” that sorts and reports for auditing purposes and the “Document System” that contains on-screen templates of more than 400 forms required by different states. Serving as manager of Title Solution is Kim Cook, who is also overseeing the operations of the Louisville, Ky., Remarketing Solutions branch office. Cook is an 11-year auction industry veteran.

Assisting DeWolf will be Director of Client Services Brett Franklin. In this post, Franklin will be responsible for building Remarketing Solutions’ client base and expanding existing client activity.

Franklin has 11 years of experience in the automotive remarketing industry. Immediately prior to his position with Remarketing Solutions, Franklin worked under DeWolf as operations manager for ADT Automotive’s Service Solutions. Franklin also served as national sales director for ADT and prior to that was a fleet/lease manager at what is now Manheim Auction’s Skyline Auto Auction.

Steve Balco holds the position of manager of Remarketing Solutions’ field operations. In this position, Balco oversees a team of field representatives who travel to auctions across the country on behalf of their clients to provide on-site representation of vehicles. Balco has 12 years of experience with auto auctions serving as fleet/lease manager for several locations.

Also part of the Remarketing Solutions corporate team is Cynthia Meyer, who will act as director of sales and marketing for Remarketing Solutions’ consumer division. Meyer has seven years’ automotive auction experience, holding positions in government sales and the truck and equipment division of ADT Automotive, among others. Most recently she was manager of ADT’s remarketing division Web site.

In addition to its base in Nashville, Tenn., Remarketing Solutions also operates field offices in Louisville, Ky., and Austin, Texas.

About Remarketing Solutions

Acquired by Manheim Auctions after its purchase of ADT Automotive in 2000, Remarketing Solutions provides vehicle remarketing resources for national auction consignors such as banks, lending institutions, manufacturers, leasing companies and company-owned fleets, as well as other high-volume users of vehicles.

Remarketing Solutions is based in Nashville, Tenn., and operates offices in Louisville, Ky., and Austin, Texas, with more than 500 employees, most of whom have held positions with the former ADT Automotive companies since their inception.

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