The day of the yard, kept in one place.
Meludu runs the gate, the bays, the parts store and the cashier for Ghana’s dealerships. One record from roller door to roller door, under your own name.
Collected, and on its way home.Photograph: Josh Berquist
Every car that comes through the gate leaves a record behind it. Meludu keeps that record whole.
Arrival, custody, estimate, approval, parts, payment and release: each is written once and seen by the people who need it. Nothing is re-keyed or lost between the desk and the bay.Gate
Every vehicle in and out, with the reason and who allowed it. An unknown plate stays open until someone resolves it.
GR 8812-19
Bay
Bay, plate and the age of the hold, readable from across the floor. The display shows the job and never the customer.
Release
A single-use token. Security sees whether the car may leave, not what was on the invoice.
Money
Paid means verified. A screenshot of a transfer is evidence, not money.
The second tenant
Another branch, another brand, an electric line. Settings and data, not a new build.
One Hilux, one Thursday.
07:30Gate opens. Four bookings expected before nine.
08:14Checked in at the desk. Six photographs, a quarter tank, the spare key.
11:02Discs approved by phone. Efua records it as witnessed.
16:40Paid, checked and released. The token is spent at the gate.
A good yard is quiet. Everyone knows where the car is, who has the key, and what happens next.The principle Meludu is built on
Photographs: Virgyl Sowah (Accra), Nina Mercado · Unsplash