By David Rogers As published in Motor Age Magazine Despite unprecedented access to tools, training, systems, processes, and help, there’s no efficiency revolution taking place in the auto repair industry. Before making the investment, begin by refining processes. These are incredible times to be a shop owner. Techs have never
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Categories: Productivity
by David Rogers As published in AutoLink Magazine There is no more dire problem that we face in the automotive industry than the technician shortage. That’s a big way to open, especially given the current landscape. Inflation is eating profits, supply chain issues are slowing production, and municipal lock downs
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by David Rogers Let’s talk resolutions. We’re faced with the same choice each January: will this brand-new year be different – better even – than the one we just left? In some ways it’s inescapable. I saw the first “New Year’s Resolution” commercials for losing weight and quitting
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Categories: Customer Service, Leadership, Marketing, Productivity, Shop Management
by David Rogers For many shops, 2021 was like being strapped to a bull. This summer saw drivers cram 18 months of maintenance and repairs into a summer-sized window, and the most that many shop owners could do was hold on for dear life. In the best of times, owning a
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Categories: Leadership, Productivity, Shop Management, Uncategorized
Chris Myers, Myers Automotive, is on target to grow his business by $1 million in 2021, and he’s grateful to be in a position to grow his operation, reward his team, and have additional resources and freedom to support the community he has called home since 2005. With four locations
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Categories: Leadership, Marketing, Productivity, Shop Management, Uncategorized
Rolando’s Car Care’s is up $831 per day in sales since converting to Shop4D® RJ Gomez of Rolando’s Car Care in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, was looking for a new shop management software that did more than his existing one. He found it in Shop4D®. After seeing Shop4D’s ad in
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“When doors open and close surrounded by prayer – either in business or the nonprofit – I know why.” – Daris DeGroot Ask Daris DeGroot what his mission is, and most likely he won’t be talking about the mission statement for his business. Daris, who opened D’s Auto & Truck
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BY DAVID ROGERS The secret to success is to incentivize technician productivity, and then empower them to hit their goals. As originally published in Shop Owner Magazine There’s no denying it: we are in a full-blown technician crisis. With every passing year, the automotive industry falls further behind in adding
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Seamless integration of plate-to-VIN and vehicle history part of unparalleled focus on efficiency LITTLETON, COLO. – July 7, 2021 – Continuing the mission to make repair shops and shop employees as efficient and productive as possible, Auto Profit Masters’ Shop4D® has partnered with CARFAX to offer users free access to
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Part of the problem is our industry’s image and the way that technicians are represented in popular culture. By David Rogers Is the Tech Shortage The New Norm? In late 2020, the TechForce Foundation released their annual study of the technician shortage, and put a number to what every owner
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