Automotive

AI that runs the business, not just the dashboard

Automotive organizations manage plants, dealer networks, supplier tiers, field teams, and millions of parts. The data is everywhere. Datafi connects it into a single operating system so every employee has superhuman ability to find answers, make decisions, and take action.

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Automotive companies don't lack data. AI stalls because dealer, supplier, manufacturing, and field data live in separate worlds, and the people who need answers can't reach them.

Disconnected Data Across the Value Chain

ERP, DMS, CRM, telematics, warranty systems, supplier portals, and spreadsheets each hold a piece of the truth. Dealer principals can't see inventory positions. Service managers can't see warranty trends. District managers can't see real performance without calling three people.

Every Decision Requires an Analyst

Field leaders, service managers, and operations teams wait days for reports that should take seconds. Central analytics teams become bottlenecks. By the time answers arrive, the decision window has closed.

AI Experiments That Don't Scale

Pilot projects produce interesting demos but never connect to the full business context. Internal builds require months of engineering. Service-heavy consulting engagements deliver static solutions that can't adapt. Meanwhile, competitors who deploy AI at scale pull ahead.

The Operating System

An operating system built for automotive complexity

A vertically integrated data and AI stack that connects dealers, plants, field teams, and suppliers — with governance, traceability, and an interface every role can use.

1 unified

Data Experience

Dealer, field, manufacturing, supply chain, and aftermarket connected in a single interface

100% governed

By Design

Role-based access, audit trails, and policy enforcement across every AI interaction

Every role

Enterprise Wide

Dealer principals, service managers, plant leads, district managers, and finance teams

Days → minutes

Time to Insight

From waiting on analyst queues to instant access grounded in live business data

Use Cases

AI agents for every role in automotive

From dealer floor to factory floor to field operations. AI that connects the full business context and produces tangible outcomes — not just answers.

Dealer & Field Self-Service Intelligence

Give every field leader superhuman access to business data

Dealer principals, service managers, district managers, and regional leaders make thousands of decisions daily. They need timely answers on sales performance, service throughput, incentive effectiveness, inventory position, technician productivity, and customer satisfaction. Datafi replaces the analyst bottleneck with instant, governed access to live business data through natural language, grounded in the same trusted context across the organization.

Natural language queries against live DMS, CRM, and sales data

Regional performance briefs generated on demand

Incentive effectiveness and campaign execution tracking

Technician productivity and service throughput analysis

DATA SOURCES AI AGENT DELIVERABLE DMS Dealer Mgmt System CRM Customer Records Sales Data Real-time pipeline Incentives Programs & rebates Service Throughput & CSI datafi AGENT Analyze & correlate across all dealer data Governed context PERFORMANCE BRIEF Southeast Region March 2026 — 42 dealers New Vehicle Sales +8.2% vs target Service Throughput -3.1% capacity Incentive ROI $2.4M / $1.8M Recommended Actions Reallocate incentive to underperforming dealers Add evening service shift at 6 locations Flag 3 dealers for District Manager asks: "How are my Southeast dealers performing this month? Which ones need attention and why?" → Brief in 12 seconds
Parts Network — Rebalancing Plan AI-generated transfer recommendations across 3 regions TRANSFER → REGION NORTH Plant Detroit Producing 64 JPH Warehouse N1 94% fill rate D1 OK D2 OK D3 LOW REGION CENTRAL Plant Chicago Producing 58 JPH Warehouse C1 71% fill rate D4 CRIT D5 LOW D6 OK REGION SOUTH Warehouse S1 98% fill rate Warehouse S2 Excess: $1.2M stock D7 OK D8 OK D9 OK datafi AGENT Rebalancing Plan Generated Transfer 340 brake assemblies + 180 filter kits from S2 → C1 (2-day transit) Replenish D4 from C1 emergency stock — restores fill rate to 89% Working capital freed: $420K from South excess · Service risk resolved: 4 dealers

Parts Availability & Working Capital Optimization

Balance fill rates and free capital at the same time

Too much inventory ties up capital and hides inefficiency. Too little delays repairs, disrupts production, and loses customers. Datafi connects demand signals across plants, warehouses, dealers, suppliers, service history, and logistics constraints so AI agents can identify imbalances early, recommend transfers, prioritize replenishment, and align inventory to real demand, producing actionable rebalancing plans rather than static reports.

Cross-network inventory visibility and demand alignment

Automated transfer and replenishment recommendations

Slow-moving stock identification and working capital release

Fill rate optimization with supplier constraint awareness

Predictive Maintenance & Uptime Assurance

Prevent failures before they stop the line or strand the fleet

Whether the challenge is production equipment on the factory floor or connected fleet assets in the field, reliability depends on combining signals that are rarely visible together. Datafi unifies sensor data, maintenance records, work orders, asset history, technician schedules, and parts availability so AI detects risk before failure occurs, then triggers the next best action, scheduling work, reserving parts, and routing the right technician.

Multi-signal pattern detection across equipment and fleet

Automated maintenance scheduling with parts reservation

Technician routing and capacity optimization

Coordinated execution that protects uptime across sites

Predictive Maintenance — Press Line #4 SIGNAL STREAMS Vibration Sensor ↑ Motor Temperature ↑ Work Order History Last PM: 47 days ago OVERDUE Parts Availability Bearing kit: 3 in stock Technician Schedule J. Martinez — Certified AVAIL datafi DETECT RISK: 87% MAINTENANCE ORDER PRIORITY: HIGH Press Line #4 — Servo Motor Bearing degradation pattern detected COORDINATED PLAN Parts Reserved Bearing kit #BK-4420 Technician Assigned J. Martinez — Fri 3/14 Window Scheduled Shift change: 14:00–16:30 Line Impact 0 units lost (scheduled gap) Without intervention: Unplanned stop in ~5 days Est. cost: $180K (downtime + parts rush)
Warranty Recovery Pipeline AI-driven claims analysis → root cause → recovery action CLAIMS INTAKE WC-24891 $2.4K WC-24892 $1.1K WC-24893 $3.8K +847 claims AI CLUSTERING HVAC 312 claims Trans 89 Elec 67 Brk 31 ROOT CAUSE HVAC Cluster Supplier: Vendor X Component: Blower Lot range: L22-L28 VIN pop: 18,400 Exposure: $4.7M RECOVER $3.1M recoverable Actions: Chargeback Containment Bulletin TARIFF & SOURCING EXPOSURE MONITOR Powertrain components +12% landed cost Electronics modules +2% (within tolerance) Body stampings +18% — alt source avail datafi AGENT Recovery & Risk Report — Q1 2026 $3.1M warranty recovery initiated (Vendor X chargeback + service bulletin for 18.4K VINs) Body stamping tariff exposure: $2.8M/yr — alternative supplier quoted at +4% (saves $1.9M) Total margin impact: +$5.0M annualized across warranty recovery and sourcing optimization

Warranty Recovery & Margin Protection

Turn cost leakage into recovered margin

Warranty issues sit at the intersection of quality, engineering, suppliers, service operations, and finance. Tariff and sourcing shifts compound the pressure. Datafi connects claims, root cause analysis, service bulletins, supplier responsibility, BOM costs, tariff exposure, and vehicle population data into one context layer. AI workflows identify anomalies, flag emerging failure patterns, prioritize recovery actions, and surface sourcing risks before margin loss becomes embedded.

Warranty claim clustering and emerging failure detection

Supplier chargeback acceleration with evidence assembly

Tariff and sourcing exposure monitoring across BOM

Margin impact simulation for alternative sourcing decisions

Enterprise Benefits

A unified data experience for every employee in automotive

When dealer teams, plant managers, field operations, and corporate functions operate from different data and different assumptions, decisions slow down and margin leaks go unnoticed.

Datafi gives every role, from the dealer floor to the executive suite, superhuman access to the full business context. Not another dashboard. Not another analyst request. A single operating system where AI reasons across the enterprise and acts inside real workflows.

Faster Field Decisions

Dealer principals and field leaders get instant answers grounded in live data, without waiting on central teams

Lower Working Capital

AI optimizes parts positioning across the network, freeing capital trapped in slow-moving inventory

Protected Uptime

Predictive maintenance coordinates across sensors, schedules, parts, and technicians before failures occur

Recovered Margin

Warranty recovery, supplier chargebacks, and tariff monitoring prevent silent profit erosion

The Platform

A complete stack purpose-built for automotive

Every layer of the Datafi platform serves a role in turning AI from isolated experiments into enterprise-wide operational capability across dealers, plants, and field teams.

Build

Studio

Govern

Control Tower

Run

Orchestrate

Cyber

Sentinel

Outcomes

Speed, margin, and uptime at enterprise scale

Transformative outcomes in automotive don't come from more dashboards or another consulting engagement. They come from an operating system that connects the entire business, from dealer to plant to field, and gives every employee superhuman ability to find answers, make decisions, and take action. Governed, traceable, and trusted.

Faster Than Internal Builds

A vertically integrated platform replaces months of custom engineering with days to first use case. New agents and workflows build on the same foundation, compounding value instead of starting over.

Stronger Than Point Solutions

Unlike service-heavy alternatives that deliver static solutions, Datafi is a living operating system. Every new data source, agent, and workflow makes the platform smarter and more valuable.

Broader Than Copilot-Style Tools

Personal productivity tools answer questions in isolation. Datafi connects the full business context and enables AI agents that reason, act, and learn across the enterprise, from dealer floor to boardroom.

Build AI into your automotive operating model

A practical, scalable path to faster field decisions, optimized parts, protected uptime, and recovered margin, powered by an operating system for business AI.

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