Tag: service department
Actions Service Advisors Take to Compound Customer Satisfaction and Profitability
Being a Service Advisor can be an overwhelming, stressful situation. The job may seem that you are constantly being bombarded with requests, tasks, and...
Five Improvements to Make your Parts Department Operate More Efficiently
Manage Your Inventory
Unfortunately, there is still a lot of guesswork that goes into inventory planning at many dealerships. This does not have to be...
8 Steps to a More Profitable Service Department in 2018
With 2017 coming to a close, the focus is on starting the new year with a bang. Overall, the service industry doesn’t worry about...
A Technician Shortage Affects You More than You Imagine
Now, more than ever, it’s challenging to recruit automotive technicians. The position isn’t sexy enough to draw attention from high school graduates, and technical...
Handling Service Dept. Phone Calls
Automotive service industry experts estimate that service departments lose 25-35% of their customers every day from unanswered or poorly handled phone calls. In this...
Selling more tires in the Service Department
On this week's episode of the Weekly Tune-Up, Becky goes over ways to implement tire sales in your process to maximize profits in your...
How to Promote Winter Preparation Sales in your Service Department
It’s that time of year again for most of the country. Leaves are falling from the trees, and snow will begin falling from the...
The Science & Mathematics of Reducing Service Department Complaints
Many problems that dealerships struggle with have already been solved by other types of businesses. Reducing defective products in manufacturing firms (and in service...
WardsAuto: Customer satisfaction for its own sake misses point | Ten...
On today's CBT Newscast for Wednesday, October 4th, 2017:
WardsAuto's Steve Finlay: Customer satisfaction for its own sake misses point
When it comes to customer satisfaction...
Cars.com’s Tony Zolla: How a face-to-face profile rating system improves sales...
On today's CBT Newscast for Tuesday, September 26th, 2017:
Tony Zolla: How a face-to-face profile rating system improves sales
Imagine if consumers could take the concept...