By limiting access to demo plates only to persons authorized and approved by management to use them, the Securitag system controls and manages the your demo plates for you. The system is comprised of a series of specially designed plate containment units which house the dealer plates and which are installed at a location convenient to all intended users. Since all dealer plates are available to all users all the time, the number of plates required to operate may be reduced, possibly by as much as 66%, depending on existing operational policy.
The Securitag system is designed to allow dealer plates to be used only by persons holding an access key. The dealer plates are fastened to specially constructed, co-polymer, magnet-bars that are supplied with the system.
Securitag is all you need to successfully manage your demo plates by keeping them readily available in a controlled access, secure environment. Securitag is a patented, proven dealer plate control system.
The Securitag system provides a secure, convenient location for your demo plates. Each plate is locked behind a clear polycarbonate door, making the plate visible. The high security, American made, tubular key locks which are assembled to our strict specifications can be keyed alike or individually as required by our customers' needs. Each person requiring access to dealer demo plates is provided with a numbered key. These numbered keys are assigned to each person requiring access to the Securitag unit. We recommend that you take a security deposit from them or actually sell the keys to them. In either case, keep a record of the user's name and their key number. Demo plates are accessed by using the numbered keys. Once the demo plate is accessed and removed from the unit, the users' key is trapped by the Securitag unit and cannot be removed until the plate is replaced and the door closed. This makes each user accountable at all times as management can immediately identify the user who has the demo plate.
Many dealers furnish their sales staff with a never ending supply of demo plates in an attempt to ensure that the unavailability of a dealer demo plate does not compromise the continuity of the relationship established between a salesperson and their customer. This misguided attempt to solve a problem results in the dealership owning more dealer demo plates than necessary. The dealer incurs higher acquisition and insurance costs, greater management requirements and added liability exposure. These are issues that managers as well as financial and insurance consultants find troublesome. Securitag eliminates all these problems.
Requiring salespeople to sign dealer plates out and in, which, while reducing the overall number of tags required (a plus for managers, financial and insurance people) interferes with the flow of the sale and requires the time and attention of an employee. Signing tags out and in takes time that should and could be used more productively. Further, this method, as many dealers are finding out when doing dealer plate inventory checks, is not a foolproof system for controlling use and access to dealer plates. Securitag eliminates all these problems.
Charging a large deposit virtually insures that a prompt lost or theft report, which limits the dealer's liability, is less likely to be made. Until a report is made, the liability associated with that dealer plate remains with the dealer and not the person using or possessing the tag. Prompt reporting of lost or stolen tags is a very big issue with insurance providers. Securitag eliminates all these problems.
The Securitag System has been solving dealer plate access control problems for over twenty years. 2,500 North American dealers agree – Securitag is the only way to control dealer plates.