FORT WORTH, Texas -

Since the company believes its vehicle location data has “transformed” the recovery industry, Digital Recognition Network is integrating the company’s historical hit data through Clearplan in an effort to generate even higher recovery rates.

Through a program that started July 1, DRN affiliates can access historical hit data in Clearplan’s Business Plan for free during a 30-day trial period.

“DRN affiliates see 15 to 20 percent better recovery rates using historical hit data," DRN chief executive officer Chris Metaxas said in a blog post on the company’s website.

“At the same time, they have also seen tremendous gains in recovery efficiency via Clearplan. Adding DRN’s historical hit data to Clearplan takes the manual guesswork out of plotting historical hits, giving these affiliates even more actionable vehicle locations to improve their recovery rates,” Metaxas continued.

DRN’s historical hits will now be available as a Historical Hit Integration to Clearplan users on the Business Plan. After the trial, affiliates can continue receiving historical hits in Clearplan by paying a monthly integration fee.

To qualify to receive the historical hit data, DRN — lead sponsor of the SubPrime Forum at this year’s Used Car Week — indicated that its affiliates must have active cameras. The DRN historical hit integration can provide affiliates with mapped locations for historical sightings that can be integrated with live vehicle sightings for more efficient recoveries.

“Before the Historical Hit Integration was available, affiliates that wanted to take advantage of historical hits had to manually manage the hits and load them into Clearplan. This integration feature was driven by affiliate demand. Affliates testing the Clearplan Historical Hit Integration not only saved time, but they also saw improved recovery rates,” said Justin Zane at Clearplan.

For more details, go to DRNdata.com.