Many professional auto care appearance specialists and auto detailing entrepreneurs ponder the benefits of a detail shop and costs rather than the inexpensive option of moving details. One of the best things about establishing 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, industry leaders have proven the test of time and continually update and innovate and of course we are the biggest recipients of their conquest to build the best and most efficient assembly style techniques. Bud Abrams invented an ingenious all-in-one unit that dispenses all of the products you use the most, such as tire dressings, cleaners, wax, etc. You may want to check this on their 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, he has an answer. As you may have guessed, in our company we observe the flow of work and make it efficient. A perfect example of this is our latest innovation in our Auto Detailing Workshop Detail Center, where we have things under control. Bud, owner of Detail Plus, has spent years perfecting the industry’s highest efficiencies and greatest achievements in workflow models and store layouts, and sells his products and expertise to the industry. Bud is the Henry Ford of the auto detailing industry. On their website at DetailPlus.com you can see the world’s most efficient design for car detailing. Detailed shop designs are important indeed, it would be wise to study all aspects to achieve maximum efficiency.
The highest chance of perfection is also important, after decreasing variables created by an outside environment, such as wind dust particles, inconsistent wax drying speeds, and rain problems. By using checklists and creating a Six Sigma quality assurance program and concentrating on TQM along with principles such as ISO 9001-type standards in procedures, you can literally claim that you do a perfect job. Our goal is not to eliminate the artist who is a “retailer”, but to add to this an element of perfection, which is not easily seen in our industry.
Professional car care specialists should not only limit themselves to wholesale detail work for car rental companies, car auctions, bank repositories work, new and used car dealerships, but also things like ancillary accessories from the market. of accessories, chip repair, pins. stripping, 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 increase productivity. Once this is done, ancillary services can be added that will not hamper your core business. For information on what it means to work in such an environment, we suggest books; “Finite capacity programming”
http://www.carwashguys.com/finite.pdf
Many people don’t understand how some auto care specialists and auto detailing professionals can have the best equipment, look, pay the best salaries, 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 smart thing to do in business. We believe that with the economies of scale that franchises often offer and the right selection from our arsenal of competitive techniques, the game is truly won before it begins. When we get into a price war or even start it many times, we know that we can survive the competition simply by efficiency. I am not suggesting that you start a price war; It serves no one in the end But if another operator in your market starts a price war and you are forced to compete due to a competitor’s mass mailing of coupons, it will be good to know that you can survive and even prosper in the process.
In the Detailing Business, which is indeed a business, the trophy goes to not only the best artist in the field, but also the most efficient company that can take that level of art and refine it in a system of maximum productivity. Without looking too much like the late Henry Ford, we would like to make a comment. No matter what you may have thought about his views on other issues, his methodology, which was later refined in many different industries, is the reason we won WWII. 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. Think about what I said here today. Study your options and improve your workflows, you’ll be glad you did.
