Updation

FraudCast

Business EN ↓ 3 episodes

Every dealership has contracts. But not every dealership actually knows what’s in them. Welcome to FraudCast, the podcast that cuts through the fine print of automotive vendor and contract management — exposing what’s really driving (or draining) your bottom line. Brought to you by Updation — the automotive SaaS company forged from frustration, not fanfare. We weren’t built in a boardroom; we were born in the trenches of dealership accounting, where broken systems and cash flow chaos demanded better. Today, we’re redefining automation and financial intelligence so your contracts work for you,...

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Stop The Leak: AI In The Dealership Accounting Office 17.02.2026 48:04

AI is everywhere in automotive retail—but is it actually driving profit? In this episode of The FraudCast, Ralph Perkins, Co-Founder and COO of Updation, and Scott Bisbee, Owner of Bisbee Honda of Danville, cut through the hype and get real about how AI is performing inside the dealership. With nearly 60 years of combined hands-on retail experience, they explore where AI truly delivers value—and w...

From Chaos to Control: Platform Management in Dealerships 24.11.2025 54:21

This episode of The FraudCast , powered by Updation , reframes a long-standing belief in automotive retail: the idea that dealership problems arise because teams resist change. In reality, many of the most persistent issues inside accounting and operations stem from something far more fundamental—platform mismanagement. Updation co-founders Layton Judd (CEO) and Ralph Perkins (COO) share what they...

Built From Pain, Not Pitch: The Updation Origin Story 20.10.2025 1:19:25

Ready to hear how a dealership platform was born from real scars—not a glossy pitch deck? In FraudCast’s debut, Updation Co-Founders Layton Judd, CEO, and Ralph Perkins, COO, share Updation’s origin story and pull back the curtain on the costly blind spots hiding in back-office workflows: ghost vendors, invoice mismatches, vendor creep, margin erosion, and those marathon check-signing sessions tha...