Fixed Ops Magazine - 2022 Vol19 02 - 16

FEATURE BY PETE LIEBETREU
75 YEARS
OF EQUIPPING
DEALERS FOR
SUCCESS
How dealers can trade big inventories
for big opportunities.
" We need more room. " Few business owners haven't
said that at one time or another. But what happens
when you actually get it? That's the position automotive
dealerships find themselves in these days. With
increasingly fewer vehicles on the lot, there's no shortage
of space. Which is just fine. These wide-open lots
are an invitation to build a wide-open future.
HOW CAN DEALERS TAKE
FULL ADVANTAGE?
For your consideration, presented
here are six enhanced ways of doing
business. Not as a substitute for
" how things used to be, " but as a
sensible and profitable expansion of
your existing capabilities. And they
all center on service, service, service.
service lanes and devising a system for the quickest,
most automatic and most efficient service possible.
Consumers long ago resigned themselves to experiencing
inconvenience whenever they bring in a vehicle.
Show them that your business is the exception,
even at peak hours.
These wide-open
lots are an invitation
to build a wide-open
future.
1 - EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF SERVICE LANES
The first step toward setting up for future success
is mapping out a plan for expanding the number of
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Automation is key
Automation is key to capturing opportunities for
growth, and inspection is a good example of the
high-margin rewards automation
can deliver. With extra room, you
can ensure that every vehicle coming
on the lot passes through an
autonomous
inspection
work, many will also need tires.
Alignments
Alignments are always at or near the top of the highest-margin
services you can perform. The more insystem.
Approximately
40 to 50 percent of
these vehicles will need alignment

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