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CDK Unify Enhancements Improve Experience, Personalization and Productivity

October 22, 2026

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This update delivers a series of usability and productivity improvements designed to help users work more efficiently within a unified dealership experience.

What's New

  • Added persistent left navigation for quicker access to workflows, applications, and resources across CDK Unify
  • Introduced role-based dashboards for accounting and administrative users, providing relevant insights and direct access to key workflows
  • Enhanced the notification panel with AI-generated summaries, notification grouping and search capabilities to help users find and prioritize important updates more efficiently

How This Helps Car Dealers

  • Access key workflows, applications and resources more quickly
  • Surface important updates faster with AI-powered notification summaries and improved organization tools
  • Gain role-specific insights through dashboards tailored to accounting and administrative users
  • Spend less time navigating and managing information, allowing more focus on dealership operations and decision-making

Key Takeaways

The latest CDK Unify enhancements make it easier to access workflows, stay on top of important updates, and gain role-specific insights, helping dealership teams work more efficiently throughout the day.

Learn More About CDK Solutions

This enhancement is one of many capabilities available within CDK Unify.


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