Use the calendar to follow the timeline of two dealerships working to get inventory front-line ready.
Click each day to view the progress made as one dealer leverages iRecon to streamline the reconditioning process while the other dealer does not.
1
You get the car
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With 
- Vehicle comes onto the lot from trade-in / wholesale. For Provision® customers, the vehicle’s appraisal information is pulled into the manager’s iRecon Dashboard.
- Manager clicks “Create Recon Plan” via desktop or mobile for either a pre-set or custom recon plan outlining the order of the tasks to be performed.
- When Detail is first, Detail is immediately notified and timelines are set for pickup.
Without
Vehicle comes onto the lot from trade-in / wholesale.
A couple notes are made on a whiteboard, or some Post-its are put on the wall, probably later in the day.
2
Inspection
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With 
- Detail goes to dealership knowing which vehicles need detailing and in what order.
- Detailing is completed. The Service Department gets a push notification assigning a task with pertinent info.
Without
Vehicle is re-inspected by a manager who decides what steps need to be done while looking at the Post-its again, wondering if one is missing.
3
Service
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With 
- Opted-in managers receive request and approve or decline the work with time and date stamp for later review.
- Service orders parts and completes work; task is completed at pre-set staging. Photo task is executed.
- Touch-up receives a push notification and expected timelines are set in the touch-up task.
Without
A showroom customer distracts the manager from looking at the whiteboard.
The manager leaves a “note to self” to get the Service team to pick up the vehicle.
4
Touch-up
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With 
- Touch-up company touches up the vehicle and completes the task.
- Interior Repair team is tasked by push notification and email with pertinent information and timelines for interior repair.
Without
Vehicle dropped off at Service, finally.
Manager takes a felt marker to the whiteboard and puts a question mark after “service TBD.”
5
Front-line Ready
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With 
- Interior Repair finalizes vehicle repairs and completes the task in iRecon, completing the reconditioning plan for this vehicle.
- The car moves to the Sales team.
Without
Manager wonders what’s going on and calls Service.
Later that afternoon, Service orders parts.
6
Here they Come
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With 
- Vehicles kept on track with iRecon are ready to show and ready to be sold.
- Weekend shoppers have more chances to drive home a newly reconditioned car and more chances to drive profits for your bottom line.
Without
Cars languish in service bays.
Service has shortened weekend schedules and won’t get back up to full operations till Monday.
Cars wait. Customers aren’t buying what they aren’t seeing.
7
They’re Back
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With 
- Shoppers become buyers.
- Customers who are able to see fully reconditioned vehicles early have the time they need to think it over, come back and sign a contract.
Without
Cars that are not on the front line Saturday will not be available Sunday either.
Two days of selling opportunities are lost thanks to poor reconditioning schedule management.
8
Two Different Clocks
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With 
- The car is listed online and shoppers are scheduling test drives.
- The cycle begins again with another vehicle arriving from trade-in / wholesale, and the manager creates a custom plan using Provision.
- The process is streamlined and more money is being saved with iRecon.
Without
Service is almost finished.
A little later, the manager is notified that in three hours the car will be ready, and the manager adds a “call Sales” Post-it to the wall.
9
The Better Way
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With 
- The team with iRecon is well on its way to closing a sale and putting another vehicle in front of customers.
Without
Glancing at the clock, and then the calendar, the manager tries to help coordinate for car to be photographed and stickered for website.
10
Lesson Learned?
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With 
- The iRecon dealership is keeping its lot stocked with in-demand vehicles, creating more sales and adding more days of profit to the dealership’s monthly numbers.
Without
The dealership managing on its own begins the final interior repairs necessary to get the car ready for sale, with the manager wondering if they should be asking for an iRecon demo.