Commercial Consignors Self-Inspection Solution Launched

Next Inspect, a new mobile application from Manheim, enables anyone—from dealers to fleet drivers and even consumers—to capture a vehicle's condition.

The resulting report, complete with Fyusion’s artificial intelligence-powered imaging, can help commercial consignors drive confident business decisions and guide the next steps in the vehicle’s life cycle. Designed to solve numerous client pain points in today’s automotive landscape, Next Inspect eases the inherent friction in today’s off-lease processes and gives fleet owners needed visibility into the condition of their inventories.

“The beauty of Next Inspect is in its simplicity and ease of use—which we achieved while still giving clients everything they need to make informed vehicle decisions,” said Zach Hallowell, senior vice president of Manheim Digital at Cox Automotive. “Next Inspect can truly be used across the spectrum of the automotive industry, and we look forward to putting this powerful tool into our clients’ hands.”

Already used by two major commercial clients for their off-lease programs, Next Inspect has proven to be useful in helping dealers, as well as consumers, conduct accurate inspections and generate detailed reporting.

How Next Inspect Works:

Users are taken through the inspection via a simple questionnaire and guided image capture. The process then instantly generates an excess wear-and-use estimate, eliminating the mystery on excess guidelines and preventing surprise bills long after vehicle turn-in. Not only can it help improve lessee relationships, but it may also result in greater brand loyalty.­­­

The app will also automatically create a wholesale-ready condition report, complete with condition grade (certification required), that consignors can use to immediately remarket the vehicle in the Manheim Marketplace. By not having to account for a separate inspection process before wholesale, users gain major efficiencies—selling the vehicle faster and accruing fewer holding costs.

Next Inspect can be used “out of the box” to help clients immediately start bettermanaging their vehicles, but it can also be customized to meet their unique needs. Clients can customize the question set to get critical details important to their businesses, adjust the Excess Wear & Use tables to comply with specific guidelines, and tailor the look of the app to reflect their brands.

Whether customized or out of the box, the core of the self-inspection solution is fueled by the industry’s leading AI imaging technology by Fyusion, which sees the vehicle in three dimensions, much like the human eye. 360-degree vehicle captures produce merchandising-ready imagery, along with the ability to zoom into specific areas of a vehicle for the most detailed analysis. With billions of vehicle images produced thus far, Fyusion’s AI-powered vehicle capture technology is already one of the most mature and trusted solutions in the automotive industry.

The Fyusion technology also includes proprietary machine-learning algorithms that will ultimately deliver what aims to be the industry’s most trusted automated damage detection. Images captured by Next Inspect are continuing to train the AI damage-detection model, just like all the Fyusion-powered hand-held and fixed imaging across the Manheim Marketplace, which will make it even easier for anyone to quickly and consistently capture vehicles’ conditions.

Clients interested in learning more about Next Inspect can visit this web page or reach out to their Manheim representative.