Maximum efficiency in car detailing workshops

Many professional car care appearance specialists and auto detailing contractors weigh the benefits of a detailing shop and the costs compared to the inexpensive option of mobile detailing. One of the best things about setting up a fixed store instead of a mobile one is that we can have more types of products available for special uses to ensure the best possible results in our work.

Fixed detail stores also allow us to set up a store where we can move towards a more efficient platform and workspace. Much has been written on this subject. However, the industry leaders have stood the test of time and are continually updating and innovating, and of course we are the main beneficiaries of their quest to build the best and most efficient assembly style techniques possible. Bud Abrams invented an ingenious all-in-one unit that dispenses all the products he uses most, like tire bandages, cleaners, wax, etc. You can check this on his website: http://www.detailplus.com.

This is just an innovation from the business-minded professional retailer. Bud has been the leader in Auto Detailing for over 30 years. We know that when we have a question, Bud has an answer. As he may have guessed, at our company we look at workflow and make it efficient. A perfect example of this is our most recent innovation in our Auto Detailing Shop Detail Center, where we have things under control. Bud, owner of Detail Plus, has spent years perfecting the industry’s greatest efficiencies and achievements in workflow models and shop layouts, and he sells the industry, the products, and the knowledge of it. Bud is the Henry Ford of the auto detailing industry. On his website at DetailPlus.com he can see the world’s most efficient design for car detailing. Detailed store layouts are important, it would be wise to study all aspects for maximum efficiency.

Also important is the increased chance of perfection, after minimizing variables created by an outside environment, such as dust particles from the wind, inconsistent wax drying rates, and rain problems. By using checklists and creating a Six Sigma quality assurance program and focusing on TQM along with principles like ISO 9001 type standards in procedures, you can literally claim to do a perfect job. Our goal is not to eliminate the artist who is a “retailer”, but to add an element of perfection not easily seen in our industry.

Professional car care specialists should not only be limited to wholesale detail work for car rental companies, car auctions, bank repo work, new and used car dealerships, but also things like additional aftermarket accessories , chip repair, stripped pin, windshield repair, gold plating, and maybe even spray bed liners.

By understanding flow processes in a systematic and quality controlled environment, we can ensure that we maximize our resources to effectively increase profits and productivity. Once this is done, add-on services can be added that will not impede your core business. For insight into what it means to work in such an environment, we suggest books; “Finite Capacity Scheduling”

http://www.carwashguys.com/finite.pdf

Many people don’t understand how some car care specialists and auto detailing professionals can have all the best equipment, image, pay the best wages, and still charge less. If they had really looked at our operation, they would say, why are they charging so much? Being efficient is the smartest thing you can do in business. We believe that with the economies of scale that franchises can typically offer and the right selection in our arsenal of competitive techniques, the game is truly won before it begins. When we enter or many times start a price war, we know that we can beat the competition simply because of efficiency. I’m not suggesting you go and start a price war; that ultimately serves no one. But if another carrier in your market starts a price war and you’re forced to compete due to your competitor’s massive coupon mailing, it’s good to know you can survive and even thrive in the process.

In the Business of Detailing, which is indeed a business, the trophy goes not only to the best artist in the field but also to the most efficient company that can take that level of artistry and refine it into a system for maximum productivity. Without sounding too much like the late Henry Ford, we’d like to make a comment. Regardless of what you thought of his views on other issues, his methodology, later honed in many different industries, is the reason we won World War II. It is also the reason that Ford Motor Company is one of the oldest companies in the world today. And thank goodness it is, without all those cars there would be fewer cars to detail. Please think about what I have said here today. Study your options and improve your workflows, you’ll be glad you did.

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