Driving Automotive Operations with Dash Enterprise

Customer Spotlight on Cox Automotive

November 19, 2024

Manheim, a Cox Automotive brand, is the world’s largest wholesale marketplace for used automobiles, operating over 70 auction sites across the U.S. With a vast network of physical locations and digital platforms, the company faced challenges in efficiently managing its operations, from forecasting staffing and equipment needs to optimizing repair capacity at auction sites.

Relying on large, unwieldy spreadsheets and costly data platforms made it difficult to translate data into real-time insights. As a result, turning that data into actionable decisions became a significant challenge. Manheim also needed to accelerate development to create fully-featured, user-friendly data applications for their teams. In this webinar, John Kang, Director of Planning and Analytics for Cox, has a one-on-one conversation with Domenic Ravita from Plotly sharing how his team addressed these challenges by partnering with Plotly’s Professional Services and leveraging Dash Enterprise to build custom data apps.

Learn how Dash Enterprise improved decision-making and empowered leaders across the organization with real-time data insights by:

  • Delivering a faster, more functional solution for labor and equipment forecasting across auction sites
  • Enabling non-technical users to explore data at all levels through an interactive, self-service web interface
  • Transforming Python-based models into scalable, interactive web apps without front-end developers
  • Creating branded, secure applications that meet security standards and impress leadership
  • Streamlining workflows with real-time data integration, improving operational efficiency

Meet the Speakers

Domenic Ravita

Domenic is VP of Marketing at Plotly with 20+ years in B2B data infrastructure. An engineer-turned-marketer, he excels in product marketing and demand generation, bridging technical products and market needs for developers, architects, and business leaders.

John Kang

John Kang is the Director of Planning and Analytics at Cox Automotive, where he leads the data-driven transformation of operations for Manheim. With a background in industrial engineering, John has been pivotal in developing capacity planning models that optimize labor and equipment needs across Manheim’s network.