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Spiffy, Ford Partner on Connected Car Initiative<\/h2>\n

With the use of FordPass Connect TM and Lincoln Connect TM to lock and unlock their vehicle, customers who lease or own a 2017 model or newer can eliminate the need for handing off keys before a Spiffy appointment. Photo courtesy of Spiffy.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n

Get Spiffy (Spiffy), an on-demand car care, technology, and services company, is partnering\u00a0with Ford Motor Company\u00a0for their connected car initiative.<\/p>\n

As Ford\u2019s connected vehicle services evolve to include features aimed at convenience-minded consumers, more opportunities arise to easily serve the car care needs of the modern driver.<\/p>\n

With the use of FordPass Connect TM and Lincoln Connect TM to lock and unlock their vehicle, customers who lease or own a 2017 model or newer can eliminate the need for handing off keys before a Spiffy appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur customers are really busy,”\u00a0Spiffy CEO, Scot Wingo, said in a statement.\u00a0“They often choose Spiffy for the convenience factor and stay for the excellent service. The connected car initiative removes the \u2018key exchange\u2019 process, and that’s an important step towards our goal of zero-friction car care services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connectivity is one of the four primary pillars in Wingo\u2019s Vehicle 2.0 vision for the digital future of the automotive industry.<\/p>\n

FLEET MANAGEMENT AUDIT<\/h3>\n

Fleet management is the use of a set of vehicles in order to provide services to a third-party, or to perform a task for our organization, in the most efficient and productive manner with a determined level of service and cost.<\/p>\n

Fleet management activities are shown in the following graph 1:<\/p>\n

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Graph 1: fleet management activities<\/p>\n

The proposal audit analyses and assesses all fleet management activities shown in the graph 1, and its main goals are:<\/p>\n