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* A trade sits for three days waiting to be properly
stocked in.
* The used car manager takes days to decide if a
vehicle should be sold retail or wholesale.
* Technicians can't get to the inspection for a day
because customers' vehicles are considered a higher
priority.
* The approval for requested repairs is delayed for a
few days.
* Holdups in performing the repairs themselves add
several days to the process.
* Techs have to wait for back-ordered parts.
* The outside vendor takes the vehicle over the
weekend and doesn't return it for several days.
All of these issues can add up to substantial delays in
the process. But, this is not even an all-encompassing
list. It is just a sample of some of the issues that could
be happening in your reconditioning process right now.
Oftentimes, these problems are exacerbated by the
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fact that reconditioning is a manual, disjointed, paper-and-pencil
process. There's back and forth between
departments and finger pointing due to a lack
of transparency. There are no metrics for tracking how
effective or how much time is required for each step.
And let us not forget a vendor's role in this process.
They typically do not provide services on-site and, too
often, your priority is not their priority.
WHAT IS THE TRUE COST?
In a normal market, the true cost of an inefficient reconditioning
process is depreciation of the vehicle.
It is estimated that every day added to the reconditioning
process is another $50 lost per vehicle. If your
dealership is an average performer, running a 12.2 day
recon cycle time equates to $610 total lost per vehicle.
However, the current automotive market is not normal
and can shift on a dime. Used vehicle demand is at an
all-time high and, subsequently, so are prices. The true
cost today is simply how many used vehicles can you
get through the process and out on the lot for sale.

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