How a Recon Management Program Can Benefit Your Dealership
A recon management program is designed to help control the reconditioning process at a dealership. While all dealerships have a process for handling how they get cars frontline ready, not all do this efficiently. The recon management program is an opportunity for the dealership to take back control of the reconditioning process by controlling speed, cost, time and morale.
Focus on How Your Customer Can Get More, Not How They Can Pay Less
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Accountability is Personal When Days in Recon is the Subject
Accountability in recon is personal. It is personal to everyone who touches vehicles through the process, from staff onboarding vehicles into recon to the person who moves cars from the photo booth to the sales line.
Why Keeping Task Management Simple Isn’t Stupid
Whatever your system or process, you need simple, powerful tools to help fill in the blanks and capture those great ideas that may never come again. We have all fallen susceptible to forgetting, and that’s not an option in this fast-moving world we live in.
Team, Meet Technology. Technology, Meet Team
When you think of the word “team,” you probably think of people. In a business, your team includes your employees and possibly your customers and vendors. You might not think of technology as a team member but, in a way, the tools your team uses to achieve goals become an extension and a part of your team.
Why Workflow Accountability Drives Lower Days in Recon
The term “workflow,” as used in the headline of this article, describes a continuum of processes from start to finish. The more organized, assignable and trackable these processes are, the smoother and faster workflow gets done. Regarding workflow in vehicle reconditioning, the faster the recon team can move vehicles to the sales line, the more
Who Sold the Car? Attribution Needs Organized Data
“Marketing analytics and attribution are hot topics of discussion at larger dealer groups seeking to intelligently reduce budgets in a slowing sales climate.”
Why You Should Care About Your HR Stack
Creating a unified system of HR software can help you improve your hiring practices, build stronger teams and make your dealership more productive.
Podcast: Evolving Digital Advertising
Jason Girdner of TECOBI speaks with us on the evolution of social media advertising for dealerships. https://tecobi.com/
Average Days in Recon: ADR Spells Higher Gross
Last month I discussed Average Days in Recon (ADR), which laser focuses how reconditioning efficiency and accountability are measured when using reconditioning Time-to-Market workflow software. ADR holds the recon department responsible for only what it can physically touch. It does not include In-transit times or title-release delays. The clock on ADR starts when the used
