CDK Unify
CDK Unify brings together the collective power of CDK into one intuitive, secure-by-design, cloud-native interface that's personalized for you.
CDK Unify Is Designed With Your Entire Dealership in Mind
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A secure, cloud-based single sign-on gives dealers a fast, intuitive way to access CDK. Multifactor authentication adds an extra layer of protection to help keep your systems and data safe.
Seamless Support and Learning
Unify delivers instant, single-click access to best-in-class learning, Customer Care and self-service tools — empowering your employees 24/7 through a contemporary, centralized experience.
Fast Connection to Critical Tools
Bring all your applications, workflows, information and resources together into one streamlined experience so your team has instant access to the tools they rely on every day. Everything is right at your fingertips to keep your dealership running smoothly.
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Built to evolve with your business, this scalable, adaptable solution ensures you're equipped with the platform you need to attain your business growth objectives.
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Recent Insights
How Preventative Maintenance Programs Benefit Truck Dealers and Customers
Maintenance contracts can give your customers peace of mind and boost your Service department’s revenue. No matter how well-made a truck...
3 Min Read•Sep 18•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Flat Rate Versus Hourly: Which Is Right for Your Truck Dealership?
Every heavy truck dealership must determine how it wants to approach labor costs in its Service Department. Flat rate and...
3 Min Read•Sep 5•CDK Global Heavy Truck
4 Strategies for Improving Truck Dealership Profitability
Staying profitable is essential for your heavy truck dealership's survival. However, maintaining that profitability can be elusive, since new truck sales depend...
4 Min Read•Aug 28•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Beyond the Truck Sale: Selling Other Dealership Services
Franchised truck dealers sold 482,274 medium- and heavy-duty trucks in 2024, with sales totaling more than $130 billion, according to...
3 Min Read•Aug 15•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How Truck Dealers Can Meet Rising Customer Expectations
Today’s customers expect a wealth of data-backed insights, including vehicle history, performance metrics and maintenance records. This presents both a...
3 Min Read•Aug 8•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Setting Sales KPIs for Your Truck Dealership
There's an old adage: If you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it. It’s a long-held belief in business that...
4 Min Read•Jul 25•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Why Truck Dealers Need Cloud-Based Phone Systems
The commercial truck market is already showing signs of pressure with total sales dropping 6.5% year over year through the...
4 Min Read•Jul 17•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Fleet Leasing vs. Buying vs. Renting: A Quick Comparison
Every time a fleet needs to replace an asset or expand due to demand, it faces a key decision on...
4 Min Read•Jul 11•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Meeting the Needs of the "New" Truck Buyer
A dealership’s customer base likely spans several generations. While "traditional" baby boomer customers still represent nearly 20% of commercial truck...
3 Min Read•Jul 2•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How Dealers Can Survive Trucking Industry Tariffs
In today's global economy, even trucks assembled in American plants often rely on parts sourced from outside the country, and...
3 Min Read•Jun 24•CDK Global Heavy Truck
6 Service Department KPIs To Track for Heavy Truck Dealers
The saying goes: You can’t improve something if you don’t measure it. Service Managers can use key performance indicators as...
3 Min Read•Jun 9•CDK Global Heavy Truck
The Role of Remanufactured Parts in a Dealership’s Inventory
Today’s truck dealers have many options when it comes to offering maintenance and repair parts to their fleet customers. The decision...
4 Min Read•May 29•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How To Help Reduce Heavy Truck Fleet Operating Costs
Dealers should approach interactions with commercial customers as a partnership that could last years rather than a one-and-done kind of...
3 Min Read•May 16•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Best Practices for Truck Parts Inventory Management
Effective parts inventory management is crucial for business profitability, and it’s often a balancing act. If you have too little...
4 Min Read•May 9•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Deciding When To Replace Fleet Vehicles
It’s critical for a fleet operator to determine the right time to replace a vehicle. If they replace it too...
3 Min Read•May 2•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How AI-Driven Predictive Maintenance Helps Fleet Customers
According to the American Transportation Research Institute's most recent data, maintenance and repair accounted for the third-largest cost for operating a...
4 Min Read•Apr 25•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How To Solve the Heavy Truck Technician Dilemma
The shortage of qualified truck Technicians is dire and it’s not a surprise as to why. The retirement of baby...
3 Min Read•Apr 16•CDK Global Heavy Truck
2025 State of the Industry
CDK Global Heavy Truck once again surveyed truck dealership management and staff to better understand the challenges they face and...
1 Min Read•Apr 8•CDK Global Heavy Truck
9 Benefits of Remote Diagnostics
Owners of today’s trucks and the dealers who service them no longer have to wait for a vehicle to fail...
3 Min Read•Apr 4•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Convert Phone Ups Into More Truck Sales, Service and Loyalty
In the day-to-day operations of truck sales and service, each interaction with a potential customer is a chance to build...
4 Min Read•Mar 25•CDK Global Heavy Truck
9 Ways To Improve Service Center Efficiency
Dealership Service departments are a massive profit center, but inefficiencies can lead to costs in terms of time, money and...
4 Min Read•Feb 26•CDK Global Heavy Truck
What’s Connected Truck Technology?
Today’s heavy-duty trucks can have more than 100 sensors, not to mention radar, lidar and camera systems. These heavy-commercial vehicles...
4 Min Read•Jan 31•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How To Improve Fleet Fuel Efficiency by Making the Right Spec Choices
Diesel fuel prices may be down today, they may tick up tomorrow, but no matter the cost historically, fuel costs...
4 Min Read•Jan 17•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How Truck Dealers Can Prepare for Right To Repair
The road to wider data access for vehicle owners started almost a decade ago. Back in 2015, a Memorandum of...
4 Min Read•Jan 10•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Pick the Right Systems for Fleet Safety
Any fleet manager will tell you that safety is a top priority. Though there’s been an overall decline in large...
4 Min Read•Jan 3•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Dealers Should Get Ready for Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks Now
Trucking is currently in the “messy middle,” according to the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE). The NACFE uses...
4 Min Read•Nov 8•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in Heavy Trucks
In 2022, nearly 6,000 large trucks were involved in fatal crashes, according to the National Safety Council. In addition to...
4 Min Read•Oct 28•CDK Global Heavy Truck
3 Keys To Help Reduce Truck Dealership Floor Plan Costs
Floor plan financing is necessary for running a truck dealership. It allows dealers to stock a selection of new and...
4 Min Read•Oct 2•CDK Global Heavy Truck
6 Ways To Find New Diesel Service Technician Talent
The need for diesel Technicians at truck dealerships continues unabated. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects approximately 24,300 openings for...
4 Min Read•Sep 25•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Why Your Entire Dealership Staff Needs To Know Trucks
The most successful companies are those in which every employee realizes they’re part of the Sales team even if their...
4 Min Read•Jun 3•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How To Use Video in Your Service Department
Video has been used by truck dealerships as a marketing tool for many years, but there’s so much more that...
4 Min Read•Jun 3•CDK Global Heavy Truck
CPO: What Dealers Need To Know About Certified Pre-Owned Trucks
Not every truck buyer wants or needs to purchase a new truck. Many smaller fleets and owner-operators rely on pre-owned...
4 Min Read•May 29•CDK Global Heavy Truck
You've Heard About Electric Trucks? Well, Electric Trailers May Come First
Developments in electric heavy-duty trucks have occurred at a fast pace, to say the least. Improvements in battery weight and...
4 Min Read•May 14•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Read the 2024 State of the Industry White Paper
The heavy truck industry, like most industries today, is adapting to changing economic conditions and uncertainty. Following a pandemic where...
1 Min Read•May 7•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Class 8 Truck Production Predicted To Slow: What’s Going on in Heavy Trucking?
While the World Health Organization officially declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2023, the trucking industry is...
4 Min Read•Apr 23•CDK Global Heavy Truck
Truck Dealer Staffing Shortages: Can You Use AI to Do More With Less?
The trucking industry has a long history of personnel shortages. While a dearth of drivers and technicians may get the...
4 Min Read•Apr 10•CDK Global Heavy Truck
What’s Causing Heavy Truck Dealerships’ Accounting Hardships and How You Can Fix Them
By now, you’ve probably heard that heavy truck dealerships have an accounting problem. The truth, however, is that they actually...
4 Min Read•Mar 26•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How to Explain the EPA’s 2027 Emissions Regulation to Your Customers
Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards, more commonly known as EPA 2027, is the most recent ruling on vehicle emissions from...
5 Min Read•Mar 19•CDK Global Heavy Truck
How to Protect Truck Fleets From a "Nuclear Verdict"
So-called nuclear verdicts — those that award a plaintiff over $10 million — seem to have become commonplace in the...
4 Min Read•Mar 5•CDK Global Heavy Truck