Auto-Interleasing began using Miles 10 years ago as it needed one common fleet management platform to be able to run its three branches more efficiently and effectively, rather than rely on several legacy systems it was using.

As well as offering multi-language capability, the Miles system is easy to use and is highly configurable. And the system also interfaces with other automotive suppliers.

But the system is also helping Sofico answer customers’ green fleet needs. An increasingly important trend amongst Swiss fleet operators is the requirement to have detailed CO2 reports to meet statuary and internal reporting requirements. This means having the ability to identify the total carbon output of the fleet and the average CO2 emissions of all the vehicles on the fleet at several levels.

Thanks to Miles’ reporting suite, Auto-Interleasing is able to produce this level of customised reporting and management information to exactly meet the needs of each individual customer and to fulfill the specific requirement of each level of the business.

Beat Imwinkelried, CEO of Auto-Interleasing, who has overall responsibility for a managed fleet of between 12,000 and 13,000 cars, said: ‘Without Miles, we probably wouldn’t exist today. Its flexibility, great reporting depth and the accessibility of the data it holds has given us a USP in our market.

‘This allows us to tailor-make our solutions to exactly meet the needs of our fleet customers, while our competitors have to rely on a less-specific, standardized approach.

‘Green reporting has assumed increased importance in Switzerland in recent years, and we now see companies incentivizing their drivers to select greener cars, while penalizing those that select more polluting models. So, it is important to identify the individual CO2 outputs of all models on the fleet.’

And Miles was recently instrumental in helping the company win its largest ever client, a company which operates around 2,000 vehicles.

The company wanted a mileage management system that would allow it to record the exact monthly costs for each car on the fleet, based on a pre-agreed matrix of prices linked to the actual kilometers driven during the month.

Business mileages were captured directly from the driver or fleet manager based on odometer readings, or downloaded from an in-vehicle telematics “black box” straight into Miles.

This then created a total monthly cost per vehicle that could be allocated to a specific internal project to provide a complete cost picture.

A pilot was set up with 160 of the company’s vehicles, and at the end of it, the company was so pleased with the outcome and the service provided by Auto-Interleasing, that it agreed to become its largest-ever fleet customer.

‘Without Miles, we most definitely would not have won that client,’ said Beat Imwinkelried.

Gemar Hompes, managing director at Sofico, added: ‘Auto-Interleasing was one of the early adopters of Miles, and we are delighted at the business benefits it has been able to derive from our system as a result of its confidence in Miles.

‘Auto-Interleasing, as an innovative leasing company, has partnered with Sofico to manage their business through Miles and we have had a very successful working relationship for the last 10 years, to our mutual benefit. Long may it continue.’