For Ford and Lincoln dealers that don’t already capture enough off-lease turn-ins to meet their inventory requirements, Ford Credit’s dealer-direct purchasing site, Accelerate, is now integrated with vAuto’s Stockwave used vehicle platform.

In an effort to save time and energy, vAuto explained in Thursday’s announcement that the new integration can help eliminate the guesswork of what will sell and for how much for Ford and Lincoln dealerships through real-time local market data and pricing insights.

That intelligence is designed to match upstream off-lease inventory to the right market faster, according to vAuto.

“As new-vehicle inventory remains tight in today’s environment, a strong and efficient used-car operation grounded in data has become a key pillar of success for OEMs and their dealer bases,” said Patrick Janes, business development director for vAuto’s Stockwave.

“By integrating Ford Accelerate and Stockwave, dealerships can let the local market data drive their purchase decisions to help ensure that when they bring an off-lease vehicle to the lot, it will always make a profit,” Janes continued in a news release.

In addition to automatically factoring in aspects of vAuto’s Live Market View for more informed, investment-minded decisions, the company highlighted the integration can provide Ford and Lincoln dealerships with personalized buying and stocking level recommendations based on their sales velocity and target days’ supply.

According to vAuto, this functionality can allow store managers to communicate more seamlessly with their OEM to analyze and buy inventory more effectively and efficiently.

Mark Rodgers, general sales manager for Koons Ford in Baltimore, offered his assessment about what the integration could do in that vAuto news release.

“Today’s car shoppers are very clear about their vehicle preferences so we can’t afford to fly blind when it comes to stocking decisions,” Rodgers said. “Having vAuto Stockwave’s insights and recommendations directly inside Ford Accelerate puts our finger right on the pulse of local market demand as we manage inventory.”

For more information on Stockwave, visit www.vauto.com/products/stockwave/.