Deploy a Deal Jacket Assembly Agent and Catch Missing Signatures First
The AgentWorks Deal Jacket Assembly Agent takes the checking, chasing, and funding follow-up out of your F&I office. It builds the deal jacket checklist for each deal by type and state, checks every document as it is completed, flags a missing signature before the customer leaves, and follows the deal until the lender funds it. The Deal Jacket Assembly Agent does the checking and the chasing; your F&I manager and office staff make the calls.
What it takes off your plate
Ask any F&I manager or office manager about deal jackets and you will hear it is the most error-prone job in the store. A cash deal, a retail finance deal, and a lease each need different forms, and the state adds its own. Someone uses last month's form, or the wrong one for the deal type. A co-buyer signature gets missed on one page. Nobody catches it until the lender kicks the contract back.
Then the chase starts. The office calls the customer to come back in, the deal sits unfunded, and the salesperson's commission waits with it. Funding delays from incomplete jackets cost the store real money, and every hour the office spends chasing paperwork is an hour not spent with the next customer.
What the Deal Jacket Assembly Agent does, step by step
The work starts with the people in the deal and ends in the funded file.
- Builds the checklist. When a deal is desked, the agent builds the jacket checklist from your dealership's approved list for that deal type, cash, finance, or lease, and the customer's state.
- Checks documents as they are signed. As the F&I manager completes the paperwork, the agent checks each document against the checklist: present, correct form, every signature and initial in place, buyer and co-buyer.
- Flags what is missing before the customer leaves. A missing signature, a blank field, or the wrong form version goes to the F&I manager on the spot, while the customer is still at the desk. The agent flags; whether a document meets the lender's and the state's requirements is the F&I manager's and your compliance lead's call under the store's procedures.
- Chases the outside pieces. For items that arrive later, such as a payoff letter, proof of insurance, or a stip the lender asked for, the agent texts or emails the customer through Twilio or Gmail and follows up until it comes in.
- Tracks funding. Once the contract goes to the lender, the agent watches its status, records any stip or kickback, and alerts the office the same day so it gets cleared.
- Closes the jacket. When the deal funds, the agent marks the jacket complete in CDK Global and files the final checklist with it.
Where the work is recorded
An agent that cannot write down what it did is a chatbot. The Deal Jacket Assembly Agent records its work where your store already looks.
In the CRM, such as DealerSocket, each customer's record shows every request for a missing document, every reminder, and every reply, in order. When the customer calls asking why they got a text about insurance, whoever answers sees the whole thread.
In the DMS, each deal carries its jacket checklist with every item marked complete or open, the funding status, and any lender stip with its notes. The next morning the office manager opens one list and sees which deals are funded, which are waiting on the lender, which have a stip open, and which jackets still have a missing piece and who was asked for it.
What your people do instead
Your F&I manager stays with the customer at hand: explaining the contract clearly, answering questions about coverage, and making sure the buyer leaves confident about what they signed. Your office staff help the next customer at the window instead of redialing a buyer about a missed initial. That time with the customer is where satisfaction in a dealership is earned, and it belongs to people.
The AgentWorks Deal Jacket Assembly Agent keeps the checklist, the follow-ups, and the funding moving around them. For other parts of the store, read how to deploy the Service Drive Intake Agent and free your advisors and how to deploy the Parts Inventory Agent and free your counter staff.
One next step
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