Reconditioning Vehicles for Dealership Profitability

Inevitably new vehicle sales and profits will slump sometime this year!  Every dealership knows it, and no matter how much we prepare for it; we aren’t too happy when the downturn comes.  Franchised dealerships are placing greater emphasis on selling used cars and trucks.  This also means a renewed focus among service departments on cutting the time and cost of reconditioning used vehicles for sale, from cosmetic detailing to major repairs.

Reconditioning is absolutely essential process in helping a dealership remain profitable.  Also, reconditioning cars properly adds to retention, and to people coming back to us and buying the next car.  The best-performing dealers these days consistently get the job done in 24 hours or less. Meanwhile, other dealers report their reconditioning turnaround times run seven days or more.  The disparity  between high performing dealers and underperforming dealers owes to two chief factors; one, the degree to which the dealer recognizes that time spent in reconditioning translates to lost frontend profit potential, and the extent to which a dealer implements and monitors processes that reflect the “time is money” reality of retailing used vehicles.

Dixon Technologies, the leader in helping dealers grow and retain their customer base through an advance suite of services has introduced the most innovative product on the market called Recon Plus helping dealerships decrease your time to market, and point out any bottlenecks by measuring your process every step of the way!

No more spreadsheets or manual repair orders.  Utilizing Dixon Technologies most advance product on the market for dealerships, Recon Plus, dealerships will be able to calculate in real time what they spend in reconditioning.

Recon Plus provides full transparency by allowing you to sort by vehicle year, make, and/or model. Dealerships are now in the driver’s seat being able to calculate hypothetical holding costs, giving them a full scope on where money is falling through the cracks.

The program will send a text alert informing the next associates turn in the process to act. The platform even gives management the ability to approve a work order right from your mobile device. With complete transparency, dealerships are able to accelerate the reconditioning process for a quicker turnaround thus increasing more profit with one solution.

Dixon Technologies is able to integrate with the dealership’s DMS or inventory management system so that there is no manual input-tation or duplication. This completely streamlines and consolidates inventory management, and gives management more time in the day to redirect energy to other important tasks on the to-do list.

Dixon Technologies, with offices in Dallas and Houston, Texas, is “Making Life Better” for dealerships by helping them grow and retain their customer base utilizing the most advance suite of services on the market.  Products such as Status Plus, Recon Plus and Acquisition Plus allow dealerships to complete the cycle to profitability in both service and sales.  For more information or to request a demo visit https://dixontech.net or call 469.904.0107.