Shop Design & Efficiency
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Rent or Buy? Considerations for Your Automotive Repair Shop
Rent or Buy? Considerations for Your Automotive Repair Shop One size does not fit all when it comes to renting or owning the building for your shop, but there are quite a few considerations to keep in mind before you make a decision. Just like homeownership, timing, condition, and location are everything for choosing to…
Five Challenges of Choosing a Service Shop Floor
Five Challenges of Choosing a Service Shop Floor Shop owners and service managers have enough to do; the shop floor should be the last of their worries. The right floor covering can make a big impact on safety, efficiency and the bottom line. Slip Resistance An auto shop floor can be a slip-and-fall accident waiting…
Eliminating Waste in Auto Repair Operations
Eliminating Waste in Auto Repair Operations Eliminating waste in automotive repair operations will reduce cycle time, increase vehicle throughput, achieve greater sales volume and increase profits. Waste in the repair cycle can be found in redundancy, unneeded actions and information lag time. Waste can be costly and focusing on eliminating it will make a business…
How to Set Up Your Shop to Have Good Lighting
Opening an automotive repair shop is not small task to undertake and while you may have a great deal of space to work, you’re going to need to make sure you not only have the tools for your trade, but that you also have enough good lighting throughout to see what you’re doing. Have you…
Complimentary / Oil Service Vehicle Inspection Sample
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Customer Waiting Area Tips
Customer Waiting Area Tips 1. When first-time customers approach your facility they’ll typically be anxious, so anything you can do to reduce their anxiety will help them be more receptive to your recommendations. On your entry doors, or in a prominent location they’ll easily see, you should have clear indications of your professional affiliations, and…
Growing Auto Repair Profits By Improving In Key Performance Areas
Profit increases can be recognized in 3 different ways. Profit can grow through price increases, more sales and lower costs. Selling prices are largely dictated by market conditions and price increases can have the effect of lowering sales volume. Thus increasing sales volume and lowering costs will have a more positive impact on profit growth.…
Auto Repair Shop Vehicle Movement vs Computer Performance
The movement of vehicles in an auto repair shop is very similar to the way information is processed by a computer. Inside the auto repair shop are bays and outside there is a parking area. Employees move vehicles from the parking area into the shop where they are worked on. When the work is done…