2015

For the second year in a row, The Children’s Wish Foundation, Manitoba & Nunavut Chapter met with the staff of DMT Development Systems Group Inc. (DMT), a global IT solutions provider for the automotive industry headquartered on the University of Manitoba campus, where they presented the Foundation with a cheque for $102,225, once again marking the largest corporate donation in the Chapter’s history. “Last year DMT went from an unknown to our largest corporate donor overnight. To have beaten their…...

TORONTO (November 10, 2015) - DMT Executive Vice President, Corporate Sales Dale Lacombe addressed the audience at J.D. Power’s annual TalkAUTO Canada event this week. Following the event’s theme of “The Future of Automotive Retail in Canada”, Lacombe focused on the virtues of engaging consumers in quality digital conversations. The talk was followed by a lively discussion among Canadian industry leaders, including OEMs, dealers, and vendors. DMT president Glen Demetrioff explains that Lacombe is an industry veteran in enterprise solutions…...

ROME (November 10, 2015) - DMT Development Systems Inc. President Glen Demetrioff took to the stage in Rome, Italy to address the crowd at the European Networking Group’s 15th annual Automotive CRM & Marketing Excellence conference. Speaking to a crowd of automotive industry professionals from throughout Europe, Demetrioff spoke to the importance of influencing consumers to engage with a brand prior to visiting the dealership. In the networking hall, DMT’s presence was bolstered by a showcase of RAPID! Response, the…...

Hyundai Motor America and DMT Development Systems Group Inc. have once again added to their growing collection of industry accolades. Hyundai Motor America’s on-line media resource, HyundaiNews.com, placed Gold in the Public Relations category of this year’s W³ Awards. Launched earlier this year, the site was created by DMT Development Systems Group Inc. This is the third award for the site, having won a Gold Stevie Award from the American Business Awards program in the Best On-line Press Room category…...

One of the most sophisticated and innovative news media resource sites in the auto industry has won another prestigious award. Hyundai Motor America’s on-line media resource, HyundaiNews.com, has won a Web Marketing Association’s Public Relations Standards of Excellence award. The site, launched earlier this year, was created by DMT Development Systems Group Inc. The site boasts a long list of innovative features to help business and automotive media cover Hyundai’s vast range of activities in the fast-paced auto industry. The…...

DMT Development Systems Group Inc. has added to its trove of international awards with the receipt in August of a ‘Silver Stevie’ International Business Award by Honda Motor Europe Ltd. The recognition was awarded to Honda Europe for a sophisticated, multi-language on-line newsroom created by DMT. It is the second time a DMT-designed system has won a prestigious International Business Award. The portal, hondanews.eu, provides the latest news with images, video, and press ‘kits’ of information to keep the media…...

As published on AutoSphere.ca:  DIGITAL! Interview facilitates real-time online conversations with customers. When DMT Development Systems Group rolls out its DIGITAL! Interview lead management system this month, auto dealers will be able to have real on-line conversations with their customers. The new technology promises to take online ‘chat’ to new levels. DIGITAL! Interview uses an on-line concierge team, hosted by DMT in Winnipeg, to connect digital shoppers seeking instant answers with a salesperson who can respond immediately with replies to…...

As published on CanadianAutoDealer.ca:  When Glen Demetrioff mystery shopped U.S dealers through their chat functions, he wasn’t too impressed with the online customer experience. “We found the majority of the time the people behind the keyboard of those [chat] providers didn’t really pick up on some of the keywords that a real salesperson would,” said Demetrioff, President and CEO of DMT Development Systems Group Inc., in an interview withCanadian auto dealer at its Markham offices. Demetrioff vowed to find a better…...

As published on CanadianAutoWorld.ca:  Ask Glen Demetrioff about current online chat programs on dealership websites and the DMT president and CEO gets straight to the point. “For most cases, and I would say 90 per cent of the time, it is a pseudo-answering service that would allow the customer to provide information but never get any in return,” he says. “They are glorified answering machines.” It was in that vein that the Winnipeg-based software company started its two-year journey that…...

WINNIPEG (July 6, 2015) – Progressive auto dealers will be able to have real on-line conversations with their customers, supplying them with rich information, powerful images and sophisticated videos – all in real time – when DMT Development Systems Group Inc. rolls out its revolutionary DIGITAL! Interview lead management system this month. DIGITAL! Interview has been more than two years in development and builds on DMT’s nearly two decades of experience keeping auto manufacturers and their dealers on the leading edge…...