SPB saves over €20,000 a year by not having to rent 50 on-street parking spaces, thanks to the sharing of spaces via Sharvy.

Context of SPB

SPB is a French broker specialising in affinity insurance, founded in 1965 and employing almost 850 people. As the European leader in its market, the group provides insurance and assistance solutions for everyday products and services (banking, telecoms, distribution, mobility, energy, etc.).

In 2021, following the Covid-19 period, SPB’s head office in Le Havre has gone from 5,000m² premises with 120 parking spaces to offices halved in size and only 50 parking spaces. However, the number of employees had not reduced. It was therefore necessary to find a solution to optimise these parking spaces and accommodate the 120 motorists that were previously using the car park. All the more so as the company’s 3-day-a-week teleworking arrangement offered the possibility of sharing parking spaces between colleagues.

At the same time, for years the General Services department had been managing the distribution, recovery, forgetting and loss of barrier opening remote controls, which were distributed to all employees having access to the car park. Even if they only used the car park once or twice a year. A time-consuming task, considering the regular recruitments and staff departures that a company undergoes, which had to be optimised.

Setting up of Sharvy

The choice of Sharvy was made quickly and it didn’t take long for the General Services department to convince the group’s management to adopt the solution. Sharvy was set up and deployed in just a few days at SPB’s head office car park by the company’s General Services department and Sharvy customer support.

From the outset, the company decided not to allocate parking spaces by name, as was previously the case and switch to flex parking. In addition, to make the system as simple as possible for employees, the spaces were not numbered. So, with just a few clicks, users can indicate in the application the days of the week for which they need a space, and the algorithm will confirm whether or not they have obtained a free parking space. This system has made it possible to avoid a number of problems linked to parking at the wrong parking space number, generating a snowball effect on other users, who are forced to park in another space, potentially also allocated to a colleague.

To make it easier for users to adopt and log on, Single Sign On authentication has been set up. This means that SPB employees do not need to create an account on Sharvy. They simply use their company identifiers to connect to the application and make their bookings.

Finally, to optimise access control and put an end to remote controls, an IoT module has been installed on the car park barrier. This means that any user with a reservation can open the gate via a button in their application.

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Benefits noted

The Sharvy solution has led to considerable financial savings for SPB in Le Havre. Thanks to the application, SPB is able to offer car park access to the same number of motorists as before, despite halving its number of spaces. The company did not need to rent spaces on the public highway to make up for this reduction. And the savings are far from negligible: over €20,000 a year, far more than the cost of the solution!

In addition, connecting the application to the car park’s automatic barrier system has made it easier to control access to the car park. From now on, General Services no longer needs to manage opening remote controls, and above all no longer needs to distribute them to all employees. Sharvy manages everything within its application, which represents a major time-saver for General Services!

Sharvy’s algorithm also makes it possible to intelligently distribute parking spaces at SPB. It gives priority to allocating spaces in the indoor car park, before moving on to outdoor spaces if necessary. All this to improve the comfort, well-being and parking experience of employees.

Satisfied with the results obtained at Le Havre and keen to improve the daily lives and QLWC of all its employees, the Group is now considering extending the application to other premises in France, and even using it to reserve self-service bicycles to avoid having to use multiple tools! To be continued…

Do you need to optimise your company car park? Do you want to modernise access and management?

Follow the lead of SPB and opt for Sharvy!