Barretts of Canterbury has reduced the time and cost spent moving vehicles across its business in Q1 using Jigcar’s AI-powered Transport Management System, a centralised automated vehicle movement service.
The platform achieved the savings by optimising internal trade plate drivers, resulting in average vehicle movements per shift improving from 5.5 to 7.7, achieving a 21% cost reduction for each movement.
Barry O’Donoghue, franchise director at Barretts of Canterbury, said: “The Jigcar platform has enabled us to drive down costs per movement across the group and achieve further savings by using internal trade plate drivers for all our vehicle movements.
“By adopting a centralised management model, we can now see exactly what every movement costs, where inefficiencies are and how to plan better. This data enables us to make informed decisions about team structure, driver numbers and when cars should move.
“With the March plate-change driving a spike in vehicle movements, the platform delivered improved efficiencies and significant bottom line savings.”
The dealer group achieved average movement times of 0.6 days per vehicle, outperforming the industry norm of three days.
Jigcar’s system digitised the planning, optimisation and management of the group’s retail, fleet and recovery operations as well as its bespoke JLR collection and delivery services.
Elliott Perks, CEO & Co-Founder, Jigcar, said: “Barretts of Canterbury is a great example of what happens when a dealer group takes control of its transport needs and has full centralised cost visibility.
“By utilising internal drivers the business is now achieving same-day movement times and has a foundation to use the platform to further optimise its transportation needs.”
