A recon board that matches the lot.
Most recon boards drift: cars listed that are not here, parts waits held in someone's head, and a group chat running the handoff to detail. This one is built so the count means something.
How it runs on a spreadsheet
The list is longer than the shop.
Cars sit on it that have no repair order or have not arrived, so the number reads far higher than the work.
Parts status is said out loud.
What is on order and when it arrives lives in a text or a memory, and the one person who knows is off on Friday.
Keys go missing between departments.
A salesperson takes a key while a tech has the car, and nobody is sure who is supposed to bring it back.
Detail is run from a chat.
Everyone asks whether the car has made it down yet, and someone walks over to check.
What it becomes
Only cars the shop should work
A trade stays off the board until it is really the store's car and someone decides where it goes. Cars that are not here yet are hidden and counted, one click to show them.
Parts and outside work in view
What is waiting on parts, and what is at an outside vendor, shows on the card with notes and dates, written by the people who know.
A handoff to detail with times
The trip from the shop to detail is recorded step by step, so the group chat has an answer to point at.
A cycle time that means something
A monthly tile shows how long cars take to get ready, counted from finished cars only.
Keys and lot sections
Who has a key is recorded in a click, and each store names its own lot sections.
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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.