Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is an automotive software platform built to help car dealerships acquire high-quality used vehicles directly from private sellers—without relying on auctions. As wholesale prices rise and vehicle availability tightens, VAN empowers dealers with tools to source inventory faster, more profitably, and with greater control.
VAN aggregates local FSBO (for-sale-by-owner) listings, applies real-time market data to assess profitability, and automates communication with sellers at scale. Buyers can manage leads, track seller conversations, and streamline acquisition workflows through an intuitive CRM-style dashboard designed specifically for dealership teams.
For dealers who don’t have dedicated acquisition staff, VAN offers a Managed Buyer program, pairing stores with expert buyers who actively source, engage, and negotiate with private sellers on their behalf—saving time and boosting acquisition volume without internal hiring.
VAN is trusted by hundreds of dealerships across North America—from independent rooftops to franchise groups—looking to beat Carvana and CarMax at their own game. It's the smarter way to buy cars.
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Admiral is the top adblock recovery platform for publishers, helping recover millions of dollars in advertising revenue lost to adblockers, privacy tools, DNS filtering, VPNs, network-level blocking, and other forms of monetization disruption. Trusted by thousands of publishers and backed by more than a decade of expertise, Admiral pioneered Full Spectrum Adblock Recovery—combining multiple recovery approaches to maximize total adblock revenue.
As the creator of Visitor Relationship Management (VRM), Admiral extends beyond ad recovery to help publishers recover and grow revenue through subscriptions, registrations, consent management, first-party data, email acquisition, social audience growth, donations, and other visitor monetization strategies. By combining recovery and revenue-growth approaches in one platform, Admiral helps publishers reduce revenue leakage, increase visitor lifetime value, and maximize monetization across the audience lifecycle.
Admiral VRM delivers:
* Industry-leading Full Spectrum Adblock Recovery
* Paid subscriptions, paywalls, and donation campaigns
* Visitor Copilot conversational AI for engagement and revenue growth
* Registration walls, user accounts, and first-party data
* Email, social audience, and app growth
* GDPR and CCPA consent management
Admiral also provides analytics, journey shaping, visitor segmentation, targeting, testing, and optimization. Publishers can add Admiral's free tag in minutes for immediate visibility into adblock rates and revenue recovery potential.
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QI Macros
QI Macros for Excel is a comprehensive Lean Six Sigma and SPC software add-in that transforms Microsoft Excel into a powerful quality improvement platform. It automates the creation of control charts, Pareto charts, histograms, fishbone diagrams, and dozens of other statistical tools used in process improvement. Intelligent wizards analyze your data and recommend the appropriate chart or statistical method, eliminating uncertainty. The software supports advanced analyses such as ANOVA, t-tests, regression, Gage R&R, DOE, and process capability calculations. Because it integrates directly into Excel, users can leverage familiar spreadsheets without learning complex standalone statistical software. Prebuilt templates for SIPOC diagrams, DMAIC projects, and validation activities streamline improvement initiatives. The Improvement Project Wizard converts raw data into structured projects that identify hidden opportunities. QI Macros is widely used by Green Belts, Black Belts, healthcare administrators, engineers, and quality professionals. Its affordability makes it a practical alternative to high-cost statistical software packages. With free Yellow Belt training and a 30-day trial, QI Macros helps organizations achieve faster results while reducing analysis time and costs.
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SPC XL
XbarR, XbarS, Individuals, n, p, u, and np charts should be regularly updated after their initial creation, while also ensuring that any outliers are identified and displayed independently, so they do not interfere with the established control limits. Additional tools include histograms, capability analysis (Cpk), scatter plots with regression fitting, Pareto charts, dot plots, box plots, multiple regression analysis, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and calculations for sample sizes. Furthermore, it is essential to conduct measurement system analysis (Gage R&R) applicable to both quantitative and binomial data, along with creating cause and effect diagrams, main effects plots, cusum charts, product capability assessments, FMEA, and distribution calculators to enhance data-driven decision-making processes. Each of these analytical methods contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the data and its implications for quality control and improvement initiatives.
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