A loaner log whose numbers hold up in the review.
Loaner programs live on paper logs that get read aloud in a sales managers' review. The count should be right before anyone reads it.
How it runs on a spreadsheet
The ready-to-sell count is wrong.
Cars that already sold or left the program are still on it, so the number read on Monday is off.
Days in program is arithmetic done by hand.
The keeper counts days on paper and works out the date the car went in.
A pulled car's clock keeps running.
A loaner taken out of the program at 90 days reads 200 six months later.
The wrap is a phone call.
Every loaner wears the rental logo, and sending it to the shop is a separate errand.
What it becomes
Type the days or the date
Whichever number the keeper knows, the other follows.
The clock stops when the car leaves
A pulled car stops counting, so the ready-to-sell numbers stay true.
Ready to sell counts what is here
Cars that have already sold are hidden and counted, so the list matches the lot.
Placing a loaner sends it to the wrap shop
Placing a car can raise the branding job at the shop in the same step, and the log shows where it stands.
Cost from inventory, or typed
Cost shows from inventory where a DMS is connected, and can be typed where it is not.
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Try it in the beta.
DealerCockpit is in beta and we are looking for dealerships to try it as new features arrive. Not everything works as well as we plan yet.