Monday, July 2, 2018 0:17
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 … Continue reading
Monday, July 2, 2018 0:04
Whenever there is a period of time between when an event occurs and that activity is recorded in the shop management system information lag occurs. This means that there is a delay in when the completion of part of … Continue reading
Sunday, July 1, 2018 23:55
Achieving maximum efficiency in automotive repair operations involves identifying and eliminating unnecessary and wasteful steps in business processes. This type of analysis requires looking at and identifying unnecessary activities and process flow disconnects. Anytime efficiencies can be improved the … Continue reading
Sunday, July 1, 2018 23:47
Redundancy exists in auto repair operations when the same work is performed more than once. The most common occurrence of this is when information is written on paper then entered into the shop management system as opposed to entering it … Continue reading
Friday, September 29, 2017 16:48
Today’s shop management systems are able to support many of the business processes performed by the automotive repair shop. Even with the capabilities of these software systems many shops still handle some or all of these functions outside of their … Continue reading
Thursday, September 28, 2017 22:53
The interaction between the service advisor and the technician is still handled outside the software system by some shops. Managing these activities through the software system can have a major impact on productivity, sales and profits. The more these activities … Continue reading
Thursday, September 28, 2017 22:47
An area of activity that is sometimes handled outside the software system is parts sourcing and procurement. The reasons for handling things this way vary but if parts processing can be performed through the shop management system the benefits are … Continue reading
Thursday, September 28, 2017 0:11
The points in the repair cycle at which customer interactions occur are often handled outside the shop management software system. These activities are often based on processes that were formulated years ago and are still handled that way. As software … Continue reading
Thursday, September 28, 2017 0:06
Auto repair shop owners are usually very cognizant of the level of resource utilization in their business. They want to see all bays in their shop being utilized to their fullest. And they want to see all technicians spending all … Continue reading
Monday, May 15, 2017 17:43
Risoria Limited is proud to announce that FastTrak Auto Shop Manager Release 7.0 is available for general release. Many enhancements and new features have been added to FastTrak increasing the wide array of support capabilities. Some of the new … Continue reading
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