Digital Deal Jacket: True Digitization for Dealers

A fully digital workflow — from sales to F&I — without paper, scanning, and multiple copies.

Customers using TDC digital deal jacket on the kiosk at the showroom
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Most Dealerships Are Still Printing First

Even if your store e-signs contracts in the F&I office, that's only a fraction of the full deal jacket. Most forms, copies, disclosures, and compliance documents still start as paper before being scanned into the DMS.

The typical workflow:

Print Multiple Copies → Write → Scan → Upload → File → Reprint

TDC is the only platform that gives dealers and customers a true end-to-end digital experience, generating documents in a clean digital deal jacket from the start.

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Digitized vs Digital

Most dealers think they are “digital.”
They are actually digitizing paper, not running a digital workflow.

"Digitized" = Uploaded Paper (Not a Digital Workflow)
Digital = Documents Never Become Paper
Paper is still printed first
Data flows directly into digital documents
Multiple paper copies circulate across departments
Forms and disclosures are generated automatically in digital deal jacket
Forms are scanned into the DMS
All departments work from one shared digital jacket
Desks are full of docs containing NPI ($10,000 fine per incident)
Clean, structured digital files available instantly
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The Liability Sitting on Your Desks

Every printed document containing NPI = up to $10,000 fine per incident.

Common high-risk behaviors:

  • Paper deal jackets left on desks
  • Driver’s license photos texted between staff
  • Documents circulating untracked
  • Sensitive data stored on personal phones

TDC’s digital deal jacket eliminates the source of exposure:

Documents never leave the secure platform. Paper is never generated.

The Paper Cost Reality

Dealers underestimate printing costs — until you do the math.

  • 50 sheets per deal
  • 150 deals per month
  • $0.15 per page

= $750/month → $9,000/year → $13,500/year including dead deals

Dead deals alone add roughly 20% more paper waste. TDC significantly reduces this waste.

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How the Digital Deal Jacket Works

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Digital deal jacket

One Jacket Per Transaction

Why it matters: Your team stops hunting for documents across desks and departments.

The moment a customer enters the TDC flow, a dedicated digital deal jacket is created for that transaction.

This jacket becomes the single document depository for:

  • Forms
  • Document scans
  • Compliance disclosures & consents
  • Stips
  • Uploaded documents
  • Forms & signatures

No printers. No scanners. No duplicate copies.

Digital PDF file

Clean Digital Documents (Auto-Generated)


Why it matters: No more handwriting, scanning, or retyping information that already exists.

As the customer provides information, TDC automatically generates clean digital documents inside the jacket:

  • Structured
  • Consistent
  • Machine-readable
  • Instantly available to Sales, F&I, and Management

Everything is digital from the start — not printed first and scanned later.



 

Digital sharing of PDF files

Shared Across All Departments


Why it matters: F&I stops waiting for Sales to finish. Management sees deal status in real-time. No more missing documents.

Every department works out of the same digital deal jacket:

  • Sales
  • F&I
  • Management
  • Admin
  • DMV Clerk
Digital forms Catalog

Digital Forms Library 

Why it matters: opportunity to digitize additional forms that fall outside the pre-set flow of forms in TDC.

Your team can:

  • Select dealer-specific forms that fall outside TDC pre-programmed flow.
  • Pre-fill them digitally
  • Send to customers for e-signature
  • Store them automatically in the digital deal jacket
Customer digital glove box

Customer "Glove Box" (Buyer Portal)


Why it matters: Guarantee regulatory disclosure delivery and eliminate "I never received that" disputes.

Everything the customer signs or must receive is automatically delivered into their secure digital glove box.

Capabilities:

  • Accessed via email + OTP (no passwords)
  • Contains all regulatory disclosures
  • Stores every signed document
  • Always available for customer review
Security of information

Secure Document Exchange

Why it matters: Stop NPI from being texted, emailed, or saved on personal phones.

  • Customers can upload and scan documents from their Buyer Portal.
  • These files appear instantly inside the dealer's digital deal jacket.
  • Dealership staff can also securely send documents from the jacket to the glove box — keeping all sensitive information inside a secure platform.
Ai Powered auto titling of the documents

Auto-Titling & Auto-Labeling

Why it matters: No more “scan_042.pdf.”**

TDC automatically:

  • Detects document type
  • Titles it
  • Categorizes it
  • Organizes it inside the jacket

Your folders stay clean without manual effort.

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You're One Step Away From Eliminating Paper and Liability

TDC converts your deal process into a real digital workflow — not scanned paper.

You gain:

  • Speed
  • Consistency
  • Transparency
  • Airtight NPI protection
  • Audit-ready documentation
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Mini FAQ: Digital Deal Jacket

What is a digital deal jacket?
A fully digital collection of all forms, disclosures, stips, documents, and signatures generated during a transaction — without printing or scanning.
How is this different from scanned documents?
Scanned documents begin as paper.
 A digital deal jacket means the documents never become paper at any point.
Does this replace my DMS?
No. TDC replaces the paper workflow, not your accounting/DMS system.
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Do all departments use the same digital deal jacket?
Yes. Sales, F&I, Management, Admin, and the DMV clerk all work out of a single shared digital jacket.
How does this reduce liability?
With traditional workflows, sensitive information often ends up:
  • on desks in paper deal jackets
  • in untracked email threads
  • in photos stored on salespeople’s personal phones
  • texted between staff
  • uploaded through unsecured channels

TDC eliminates these risks entirely.  Documents never become paper, and all NPI stays inside a secured, permission-controlled platform, where every upload, view, and exchange is logged and contained.

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