VWFS cuts vehicle audit times by 90%

Coeus Software has launched CheckPlate, a new mobile Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) vehicle stock audit solution for vehicle leasing and remarketing companies, auction houses, fleet managers and dealerships.

CheckPlate combines an Android mobile app with a cloud-based service to create a vehicle stock audit solution which, it says, can reduce auditing and reporting time by up to 90%.

To audit, the user uploads a stock list and scans vehicle plates with the smartphone’s camera to check them off against stock.

CheckPlate supports multiple Android devices under one account.

Its first customer, Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS), says it has reduced audit times by 90% when compared to its previous digital solution.

Neil Weddell, head of remarketing and supplier management services at VWFS, said: “With upwards of 25,000 vehicles to process at any given time, we needed a stock auditing solution that could complete audits as quickly as possible.

“While our previous digital solution had served us well and was a significant improvement over pen-and-paper, we had exceeded its capacity.

“CheckPlate improved our audit process by every metric possible; from the ease-of-use for our agents, to the speed of set up, capture, and reconciliation.

“What used to take a team of over 18 people nearly two days to complete can now be accomplished with just six people in a quarter of the time. CheckPlate has exceeded our expectations beyond everything we thought it could be.”