Reliable Vehicle Logistics has reported a massive increase in new vehicle delivery efficiency thanks to using the MoDel solution from Ebbon-Dacs.
The Sheffield-based firm, which delivers new vehicles to both corporate and retail customers on behalf of prestige vehicle manufacturers, says it’s seen efficiency improve by around 70% since switching to the electronic vehicle delivery and collection solution.
Louis Reed, operations manager at Reliable VL, explained: “MoDel has made our life so much easier from an admin point of view. To start with it removes all the paper from the process as it is completely electronic. It gives us greater transparency and a clear audit trail, as well as providing instant confirmation to ourselves and our clients that a new vehicle has been safely delivered.
“It also allows us to accurately record the condition of any new vehicle to avoid any disputes over damage to the vehicle, and it is very easy for the drivers to use with only a single set of electronic delivery forms to complete which feed back to us electronically in the office.
“Another major benefit is that it is very easy to switch drivers – we have 16 – to other vehicles if required, with immediate notification to the driver to avoid time wastage. It has certainly improved our delivery efficiency and we estimate by as much as 70%,” he outlined.
Reed added: “We are enjoying a record year because, although new vehicle supply is down due to the semiconductor shortage around the world, we have been able to increase the size of our client base and thus grow our business that way.”
Reliable VL employs MoDel-VM, which allows companies to create their own vehicle movements but is also integrated with Ebbon-Dacs’ e-procurement platform, Leaselink, which is used by most of the top 20 leasing companies in the UK.
MoDel itself is seeing a record-breaking year. For the eight months to the end of August, the platform accounted for more than 553,000 vehicle movements between OEMs, leasing companies, brokers, motor retailers and end-users, both corporate and retail. That’s a new record and up 2.5% on the same period last year which was itself a record.
Michael Terry, head of commercial – MoDel and Stockviewer, said: “The ongoing supply issues have made this a very tough period for everyone in the new car industry. But we have been continually enhancing the functionality of MoDel with new features and benefits which have helped our customers to deliver and collect more vehicles more effectively and efficiently than ever before and in record numbers.
“As a result, we have been able to continue to attract a regular stream of new customers onto the platform and are delighted to bring on board Reliable VL who are amongst the latest logistics companies to enjoy its benefits,” he said.
