Why InstiPark was developed
Council’s perspective
- Councils were unable to generate revenue through levying parking bays
- There are expensive solutions in the market => deployment and maintenance fees; most of which are imported solutions
- Existing solutions come with unfriendly business propositions whereby councils get prejudiced significant revenue due high percentages in commission
- Most solutions heavily rely on internet to work effectively => Zimbabwean networks are still unreliable
Functions & Capabilities
On field Mobile APP
- Bill and raise invoices to motorist parking within the CBD or anywhere the council deems billable,
- Capture payment made by the motorist towards the raised bill,
- Fine parking offenders,
- Track offenders and blacklist
Back-office: Web Based Portal
- Configurations such as bay creation, user set up, package set up etc
- Management reports and business analytics
- Cash-up reports e.g. revenue by marshall, revenue by street, revenue by time period and by date
Benefits
Usability
- The solutions is affordable, portable and usable solution in our Zimbabwean circumstances.
- Uses all in-one devices that are easy to carry; there are not too many moving parts.
- It is a versatile solution that works in the absence of electricity and internet connection. It automatically synchronizes once it detects network,
- User-friendly solution that does not require detailed trainings,
- Data is stored on the cloud hence management can carry out analysis from anywhere in the world through a mobile phone or computer,
- The system was designed locally hence it can be tailor-made to suit council’s specific needs.
- The system comes with a self-service App & WhatsApp chatbot for increased convenience.
Sustainability
- No heavy investment in unnecessary hardware that does not determine returns. Councils do not need to buy a server or computers to run the system, they only need to buy the mobile gadgets.
- The system is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. This means it is fully an online system like your Gmail hence can easily scale and adapt to changing environment.
- Flexible and friendly service level agreements. We allow the council to collect 100% of its revenue and do not demand any commission from them. We only charge an annual license fees that depends on the size of the council (with flexible payment terms).
- Guaranteed after sales support, institutional memory and vendor availability since the solution is offered by a local university
- The system can be scaled up to include IoT sensors and integrated with other existing systems.