Zetes Optimizes Transparency for Online Car Dealer Cazoo

Cazoo, Europe’s leading online car dealer that makes buying and selling cars as easy and seamless as ordering any other product online, has partnered with Zetes as a trusted advisor to optimize transparency, traceability, and inventory management for its rapidly growing business.

(Wien/London) Cazoo is one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe, pioneering online car trading and having sold over 45,000 vehicles online since its founding two years ago. Cazoo owns all vehicles, fully prepares them before offering them on the website for delivery or pickup within 72 hours, and has thousands of cars ready at all times.

As the used car market is currently experiencing exponential growth, Cazoo has seen a tremendous increase in demand from its customers: In the third quarter of 2021, revenue rose by 267 percent. For this reason, Cazoo is collaborating with supply chain expert Zetes to implement an agile and flexible traceability solution to monitor and track vehicles as they move through warehouses and preparation facilities.

Real-Time Inventory Transparency

By implementing advanced RFID technology, Cazoo benefits from real-time transparency of warehouse locations and goods movements, ensuring faster inventory localization and loss prevention. With quick deliveries and a straightforward, reliable service as the main promise to customers, the improved transparency along the supply chain will help the company locate and deliver vehicles in the most efficient and timely manner.

Accurate Inventory Counts in Minutes

The solution can be seamlessly integrated into existing systems, allowing staff to conduct precise inventory counts within minutes, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of operations. With Zetes’ robust solution, Cazoo can not only achieve immediate savings but also enhance agility and flexibility in the long term, thus maintaining and even expanding its promise to customers as the company continues to grow.

Thamid Alim, Procurement Manager at Cazoo, explains: “By collaborating with Zetes, we benefit from real-time transparency and traceability within our operations, ensuring that goods are in the right place at the right time, allowing us to uphold our strong customer promise. Partnering with a supply chain specialist that has a flexible and scalable solution enables us to maintain and even expand our service offering and customer promise as we continue to grow.”

Supporting Further Growth

Amir Harel, Managing Director, Zetes UK, adds: “We are excited to work with Cazoo to deliver a solution that helps improve the transparency of their operations and meet the demands of their expanding business. We look forward to supporting Cazoo in their continued growth and transforming the purchasing experience in this industry.”

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