Blogs

Strategies for Success in a Changing Fixed Ops Landscape
Fixed operations is the steady workhorse that creates customers for life.

Supply and Demand of Automotive Technicians
With part shortages, a high demand for labor, and an increase in electric vehicles, the world of automotive technicians is getting smaller.

Automotive Year in Review
As Fixed Ops 5 celebrates its first anniversary, we lookback on the last year in the automotive industry.
The State of Service Technicians
The last two years have been challenging for dealership service departments, and the next decade will present a whole new set of them. Learn tips on how to adapt to the future of service.
The Parts Shortage in 2022
2021 was a challenging year for industries across the country. It hit the parts and service industries especially hard. What's to come in 2022?
Training Tips for Service Drive
With so much riding on customer interactions with service advisors, training should be used as a tool to continuously improve your team's knowledge.

Tuning Up Your Parts Department
The parts department carries an average of $1.2 million worth of inventory. Are you managing that value to the best of your ability?

Recall Obstacles
Knowing how to navigate challenging obstacles associated with recalls will ensure that your customers are happier, their vehicles safer, and your store more profitable.
Capitalizing on Recall Repairs
Learn the things dealerships may not know about recalls and how to take advantage of a huge opportunity to bring revenue into your service department while making the roads safer for everyone.
Taking Service Advisors From Good to Great
If you could help your advisors go from good to great, why wouldn’t you? It will pay dividends for your team and your store.
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Maximizing Service Profitability
Your dealership’s sales department gets a lot of oxygen, but don’t neglect your parts and service departments: now is the time to set them up for long-term profits and stability!
How to Present the Multi-Point Inspection - A Fixed Ops 5 Blog
By presenting the fact-based results of their multi-point inspection, you can build trust by showing customers that you respect their time.

Now More Than Ever, Is Your Car Clean?
People’s cars may be largely sitting idle for now, but once daily life returns to something resembling normality, it will be important to bring a heightened awareness of germs to your vehicle to...