Online vehicle orders set to beat 50 per cent by end of year

iQuote and iOrder, part of GE Fleet Services’ Online Key product range, are now used by more than 1,500 customers across Europe to access quotes and order vehicles online.

Research by the company indicates that the products allow the typical fleet manager to cut the time needed to complete a vehicle quote and order by around 20 per cent.

One of the most enthusiastic adopters of iQuote in the UK has been construction products and materials distributor Wolseley UK Limited, which operates a fleet of more than 2,000 cars across more than 1,400 locations under well-known brands including Plumb Center, Build Center, Parts Center and Pipe Center.

Ian Wighton, Fleet Manager, says "iQuote is good for us from a managerial point of view because it reduces the amount of work undertaken by our fleet administrators, while our drivers like it because they can choose a new company car anytime at home or work.

"Also, tracking the progress of a large amount of orders through the system is a useful feature, as well as knowing that our company car policy rules on car choice are set within the levels which the drivers can access."

Rich Green, Managing Director at GE Fleet Services in the UK, said: "The continuing investment we have made in our online technology is paying dividends for fleet managers across Europe but especially in the UK, where we have a very advanced fleet market.

"Customers favour these online products because they are fast, flexible, and massively reduce the amount of administration needed to complete a vehicle order. We expect the growth in their use to continue strongly throughout 2006."

After its initial launch in the Netherlands in 2003, iQuote and iOrder has been gradually rolled out across the rest of Europe. It is now available in Netherlands, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy, with Sweden soon to follow.

GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services, with more than 1.2 million vehicles worldwide is a leading global car leasing and fleet management company, with operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. GE Fleet Services' European businesses with 250.000 cars are located in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

With over US$220 billion in assets, GE Commercial Finance, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, offers businesses around the globe an array of financial services and products.

GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial services company dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming, and plastics, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide.

In the UK, GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services has a fleet of 54,000 vehicles and is based at head offices in Sale, near Manchester, where 250 people are employed.

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