Ebbon-Dacs’ moDel delivery solution has delivered record results over the last year, despite the current semiconductor shortage impacting the fleet market.

Michael Terry, Ebbon-Dacs’ head of commercial – moDel and Stockviewer, said the business will continue to invest heavily in new functionality for moDel over the next year

So far in 2021, more than 675,000 vehicle movements have been made through moDel, up 75% year-on-year – both new records for the firm.

The record deliveries have been achieved through a combination of the original moDel solution, which integrates with Ebbon-Dacs’ Leaselink e-procurement platform, and the moDel portal.

Originally designed to allow companies, such as brokers, dealers and logistics providers, which are not users of Leaselink to benefit from its use, the portal is now the most popular form of the solution. It accounted for more than 580,000 vehicle movements to the start of November – a new record and an increase of 80% on the previous year.

The Leaselink-integrated version of moDel accounted for the remaining 95,000 vehicle movements.

The increases are the result of strong organic growth, with more than 20 new customers having signed up, primarily logistics suppliers, vehicle manufacturers and leasing companies.

Take-up has also been driven by continued major investment in moDel, with many new releases launched over the last 22 months and several new initiatives planned for the coming weeks and months.

These include a new sub-contractor module. Due for release this month, it’s been developed in conjunction with input from end-user workshops and will allow logistics companies to sub-contract vehicle deliveries to other logistics suppliers through the moDel portal.

Dealers that are currently users of the Leaselink platform have also been set up with their own moDel portal accounts. This allows them to arrange vehicle deliveries to new vehicle suppliers who are currently operating outside the Leaselink platform, such as leasing brokers.

And a new multi-load transport module arrives early in the new year. Based again on operator feedback, this will allow users to create multi-vehicle loads for large vehicle transporters, cutting time and admin.

Michael Terry, Ebbon-Dacs’ head of commercial – moDel and Stockviewer, commented: “At a time when vehicle supply has been severely constrained by the global semi-conductor shortage, both versions of moDel have delivered outstanding results.

“It remains to be seen whether we will see an easing of the supply situation in 2022. But we are confident that, whatever the market conditions, moDel will continue to provide end-users with the systems they require to effectively manage their vehicle movements.

“We will continue to invest heavily in new functionality with new releases planned on a regular basis throughout the year to ensure moDel continues as the market’s leading vehicle delivery platform.”