Auto repair shop software should support general accounting. Accounts receivable and accounts payable should be supported as well. Accounting functions are a critical part of managing a business. Following are areas that auto repair shop management software should support:
Auto Repair Shop Software can employ different architectures and a business owner must determine the best alternative. The major factors to consider are functionality, cost and ease of use. The primary consideration should be functionality meaning that what the system does should take precedence over how it does it. Between systems with similar capabilities different …
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 more competitive. Following are areas in …
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 the repair process is known by others who depend on it. Information lag time is generated …
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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 cost of operations will be reduced and profit margins will increase. Following are points to consider …
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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 directly at the point it’s formulated. Examples of this are vehicle check in – some …
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Operational planning can have a major impact on business capacity, sales and profits in automotive repair. Different measurements on the effect of planning on business execution have shown that efficiencies can be increased by 20 percent on more. Efficiency increases result in greater capacity which leads to greater sales and profits. Of course planning takes …
The focus of process planning is the elimination of waste and lag time between steps. When focusing on the operational processes that support a vehicle maintenance and repair operation the objective is to achieve maximum efficiency in both value add and non-value add activities. The result will be improved efficiency and increased throughput. Following are …
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Scheduling work in advance through appointments can have a significant impact on auto repair shop operations leading to greater efficiency, higher sales and more profits. A shop that operates primarily through walk in business will not be able to achieve the same efficiencies as one that works through advance scheduling. A shop that works without …
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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 systems. There are a number of reasons that these situations exist however the impact on …
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