Have you ever wondered whether a vendor actually fixed that dent you were billed for? Was that bumper even scratched to begin with? How does that sales manager know that tint guy anyways? Why is your lot damage account running so high?
Axiom VPO (Verified Purchase Order) is the FREE app that gives dealerships more control and confidence regarding their vendor relationships. The main goal of VPO is to streamline the process of working with “lot vendors” while enhancing the dealership’s fraud prevention and expense reduction controls surrounding vendor transactions.
With built in functions such as geo-tagging and time stamping pictures, and the inclusion of these pictures on a vendor’s invoice, there will be a new sense of accountability on your vendors. These and other security functions will help deter inappropriate billing schemes by vendors, inappropriate manager-vendor relationships, and help the dealership confirm that the work being paid for was performed. The end result will be reduced expenses, enhanced fraud detection capabilities, and all at no cost or incremental time to the dealership.
While adding no additional time to their normal routine, vendors using Axiom VPO will give dealers the comfort they are working with the right people. When a vendor agrees to use Axiom VPO they are essentially agreeing to provide their services transparently. Dealers will grow accustomed to using Axiom VPO and begin questioning why any manager or vendor wouldn’t want to join the program.
Dealers and vendors will also have the ability to view reports and have a real-time view of what vehicles are having work performed on them and how much they are expecting to be billed by a vendor. Some of the application’s features include the following:
•Geo-tagging pictures taken before and after work is completed on a vehicle
•Time-stamped transactions providing the dealer more transparency of vendor transactions
•Invoices containing vendor photos of work performed on vehicles
•Mobile invoicing offering the vendor a streamlined process
•Dashboard views with a snapshot of all work being performed on vehicles by lot vendors
•Search capabilities to narrow down work performed by certain vendors or on certain vehicles
•Report exporting function to analyze vendor activity