Suggested Daily Tasks of Fixed Ops Managers
A lot of dealers and managers are asking, “What’s new in fixed operations?” When it comes to technology, the answer is “a lot.”
Podcast: Improving Your F&I Processes
Jason Barrie joins us to discuss how dealerships can improve their F&I processes.
F&I Solutions Section: 3 Ways to Modernize Your F&I Process in the Age of the Customer
Instead of leaving customers waiting with a cup of coffee and a magazine, empower them to educate themselves on your F&I offerings.
If It Ain’t Broke, Break It
Don’t let the good news happening in your sales department become bad news for your fixed operations by neglecting the back half of your store.
Drowning in Paper? Start Taking Charge of Your Processes
The day-to-day business of running a successful dealership is complicated enough without an ever-increasing mountain of filing boxes encroaching on your space and eating into your employees’ time.
Best Practices — Accessory Sales
Could creating a highly profitable accessory program in your store be as simple as following best practice tips?
F&I Solutions Section: Drowning in Paper? Start Taking Charge of Your Processes
An F&I manager once shared with me a work-stress nightmare he’d had. Trapped in his office in a steadily rising sea of paper, he was unable to call out or make a sound as the paper rose higher and higher, until he was ultimately swallowed up.
Drowning in Paper? Start Taking Charge of Your Processes
The day-to-day business of running a successful dealership is complicated enough without an ever-increasing mountain of filing boxes encroaching on your space and eating into your employees’ time.
How Faster Recon Optimizes “Velocity” Inventory Management
Dale Pollak created the game-changing Velocity model, which advises dealers to manage vehicle inventories as asset investments by studying the market and reading the data to know whether those assets are the right ones for their dealership and their market.
Are Your Fixed Ops Goals High Enough?
If you do not have a BHAG, you are not earning the net profit you deserve from your investment in fixed ops.
Podcast: Revisiting Your CRM Processes
Mark Vickery of VinSolutions on revisiting your CRM process to increase your dealership’s profitability.
Technology is Just Part of the Package
Phillip Battista is happy to see other companies start to take his position on one of his core tenants: The PPT Approach. No, not PowerPoint, but People, Processes, and Technology. He believes this is a basic rule for success in the automotive business.
