Data Flow

Car Rental Data Flow: Booking to Reconciliation

Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) · made in Skemio

DFD showing Customer and Fleet Agent entities exchanging booking, return check-in, and reconciliation data through rental stores and payment processors.
DFD showing Customer and Fleet Agent entities exchanging booking, return check-in, and reconciliation data through rental stores and payment processors.

What it shows

  • Pre-auth deposits decouple booking locks from final settlement costs.
  • Odometer and fuel differentials must update fleet status immediately.
  • Damage audits require an idempotent pipeline to prevent duplicate fees.

The takeaway

Split reservation holds from post-inspection reconciliation to avoid invoice mismatches.

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