METRIC Group

METRIC Group, the UK parking terminal manufacturer, has designed a terminal to suit the needs of supermarket giantTesco. The first of Tesco's new METRIC terminals has been installed at their Truro store. A total of10 touch screen terminalshave gone live to validatefree parkingfor customers. Tesco opted for METRIC'sVivoParksystem following an extensive evaluation and trial period. The cutting edgeAutomatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)solution provides the retailer with a customer journey designed with minimal impact on customers of the store. Metric has led the way in the supply of ANPR terminals for more than a decade and the latest evolution of this system, VivoPark, takes all the knowledge and experience gained from previous projects into a leading edge solution for today. Said Richard Boultbee, METRIC Group's Sales and Marketing Director: "We are delighted to be working in partnership with Tesco. We have worked closely together to provide a system to prevent the abuse of free parking whilst maintaining an easy to use and stable interface for the end user". "What this means for the customer is they freely park, there are literally no barriers to using the store and on completion of their visit they collect a concession voucher.