The shop's packed every day, and there's still nothing left at the end of the month. Here's how it played out at our sample shop, the way a mechanic works a car: concern, cause, correction, verification.
Nate's shop ran 104 cars a week, but the owner's pay was the first thing to go every month.
Nolavi looked across everything at once. Labor was priced below his cost on 3 common jobs, parts profit was down to 38% from unbilled parts, and $1,250 a month went to ads that brought nothing.
He raised the price on the 3 jobs to match his labor cost, started billing every part, and cut the ads that didn't work, each one approved from the What needs you list.
Same 104 cars a week, and monthly profit went up by about $9,400.
Example shop. Nate's Auto Repair is Nolavi's sample shop with made up numbers. The steps are exactly how Nolavi works on a real shop's data.
Common causes are underpriced labor, unbilled parts, high payroll for billed hours and wasted marketing.
Check your effective labor rate and your cost per hour first. Many shops find a few jobs priced below cost.
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