What is STAR? |
Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) is a nonprofit, dues-paying organization whose members include dealers, manufacturers, business system providers, and automotive related industry organizations. More.... |
How We Work |
STAR releases a new version of the STAR Standards on a yearly basis. New content and changes are decided on by representatives of STAR's current member organizations. More... |
Why Join STAR? |
As a member of STAR, you will have the opportunity to help develop voluntary industry information technology (IT) standards, which can improve the operational performance, effectiveness, timeliness and competitiveness of your company and it’s business partners...More... |
SIGDTS/DTS
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The following are the most current approved STAR DTS Specifications effective July 4, 2011.
Reference Documents |
Data Compliance Guidelines |
DTS General File Format Document |
2011 DTS Change Document |
Data Transfer Specifications Effective July 4, 2011
Document | Version | Effective Date |
Delivery Reporting | 1.8.3 | |
Financial Statement | 2.4.1 | |
General Acknowledgement | 1.6.1 | |
Labor Operations | 1.4.1 | |
Parts Activity | 1.3.2 | |
Parts Dispo | 1.0.2 | |
Parts Inventory | 1.9.2 | |
Parts Invoice/Shipment | 1.8.1 | |
Parts Master | 1.5.1 | |
Parts Order | 1.9.1 | |
Parts Pick List | 1.8.1 | |
Parts Return - Obsolescence | 1.7.1 | |
Repair Order | 5.0.1 | |
Repair Order Appendix | ||
Service Appointment | 1.2.2 | |
Standard Codes | 1.4.1 | |
Vehicle Invoice/Inventory | 1.10.1 | |
Vehicle Payments | 1.1.1 | |
Warranty Payment | 1.6.1 | |
Wholesale Parts Compensation | 1.4.2 |
The existence of an international standard for automotive credit data that supports web services allowed Ford Motor Credit's GDI to provide a single, consistent inter- face across multiple markets. As GDI expands to additional dealer systems and markets, we have a proven, widely accepted message structure to offer our partners.
We have enjoyed having to develop once, and to customize as other members need enhancements. This has provided a good ROI on our Development team, and provides a much shorter timeline to complete applications!
Inefficiencies of the past become problems and roadblocks in this new agile technology world. Cloud systems, autonomous distributed platforms powered by AI require efficient interoperability standards. STAR provides the platform where automotive retail can establish common interfaces and standards. The STAR standards are flexible enough to allow innovation, while adhering to important integration contracts.