Log+Key Insights for car dealerships Pilot
See where vehicles wait – and cut dwell times
The dwell-time analysis in Log+Key Insights shows how long vehicles stand at each station and where they get stuck. It is based on the key movements in Log+Key.
30 minutes with Philip Westphal, on Google Meet or by phone.
The situation
Every day a vehicle stands costs money
Before a vehicle is sold, it passes through many stations: intake, workshop, reconditioning, photos, the forecourt. Which stations these are, and in which order, differs from one dealership to the next.
What is missing almost everywhere is an overview of where vehicles get stuck. Whether the workshop or reconditioning is the bottleneck often only shows once a vehicle has already been standing too long. And every day it cannot be sold costs money.
How Log+Key manages the keys at a dealership is shown on the page Car dealerships & fleet management.
What the analysis shows
Six ways to look at your dwell times
The images come from our prototype – with sample data of a fictional dealership with three locations. The prototype’s interface is in German.
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Sample data of a fictional dealershipDwell time per station
How long do vehicles typically stand at each station? The analysis shows the median per station, longest first, and how many vehicles are there right now.
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Sample data of a fictional dealershipFlow as a process map
The process map shows how vehicles move from station to station and how often. The station with the longest dwell time and the one with the largest stock are highlighted.
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Sample data of a fictional dealershipTimeline per vehicle
Every vehicle on its own, found by its VIN: all stations on one time axis, with start, end and duration. Stays that are still open are marked.
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Sample data of a fictional dealershipLocation comparison
With several locations, the same station appears side by side. You see where a process runs faster and where a closer look is worthwhile.
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Sample data of a fictional dealershipTrend over time
How does the dwell time at a station develop from month to month? This shows whether a change to the process is working.
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Sample data of a fictional dealershipAlerts
Rules report when a vehicle stands at a station for longer than the chosen number of days, or when too many vehicles pile up at one station. The bell on every page shows open alerts, alongside a log of the last eight weeks.
How it works
Four steps to the analysis
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Register the keys
Every vehicle key gets an NFC tag and is added to Log+Key as an object.
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Define the stations
You create your own field for the station, for example status or parking location. You decide which stations there are.
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Scan at every change
When a vehicle moves to another station, your team scans the key and sets the new station in Log+Key.
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Look at the analysis
From these changes the analysis works out how long each vehicle stood at each station and shows it in the views above.
Already using Log+Key? Whether your existing history can be analysed is something we clarify in the call.
The pilot programme
Developed together with dealerships
The dwell-time analysis is being developed in the pilot – on the stations and processes of real dealerships.
You get
- Set-up of the analysis for your stations
- Process consulting: where and when to scan
- Access to the analysis during the pilot phase
- A direct line to the development team
- Terms for founding customers
What we ask
Your feedback and your day-to-day experience – so the analysis answers the questions you actually have.
The number of pilot places is limited.
Data protection
Vehicles in view, not people
The analysis evaluates vehicles and stations. It does not take over the names of employees.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about the dwell-time analysis
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Is the analysis already finished?
No. The dwell-time analysis is in the pilot stage: a prototype with sample data shows what it evaluates. It is being developed further together with the dealerships in the pilot programme, on their stations and processes.
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Do I need Log+Key for it?
Yes. The analysis evaluates the station changes your team records in Log+Key when scanning the keys. If you don’t use Log+Key yet, we set it up with you as part of the pilot.
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What does the analysis cost?
The pilot programme comes with terms for founding customers, which we discuss in the pilot call. What Log+Key itself costs is on the pricing page.
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How much effort does it mean day to day?
When a vehicle moves to another station, your team scans the key and sets the new station. That is all the analysis needs – it is built from these entries. How this fits your processes is part of the process consulting.
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We have several locations. Can they be compared?
Yes. The location comparison shows the same station at all locations side by side, for example reconditioning at each site.
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Which stations can I analyse?
The ones you define yourself. Because every dealership has different stations, you choose the field that describes them, for example status or parking location. Several fields are analysed separately.
Pilot call
Pilot call with Philip Westphal
Business processes & change management
Philip Westphal
Co-Founder & CEO
In 30 minutes we look at how vehicles move through your stations, where you suspect bottlenecks and whether the pilot programme suits your dealership.