100% Absorption
Posted: February 24, 2010 Filed under: Fixed-Ops | Tags: absorption, achieve, sales Leave a commentWhat is 100% absorption? I looked up in Wikipedia and found that it has more to do with atoms than dealerships. To a dealer owner, absorption is something quite different. Dealers call it a percentage of total running costs by fixed operation income. That means, the higher the better. Parts and service should be able to support the entire dealership.
Sales income becomes gravy. So why when sales are down, dealers panic? It’s because dealers do not have a good absorption rate. Too much overhead can kill your absorption rate.
When a dealership achieves a 100% absorption rate, they are essentially bullet proof from car sales dips.
How do you achieve your 100%?
DealerNERD to open 2/20/2010
Posted: February 19, 2010 Filed under: Miscelaneous | Tags: dealer, IT, janitor, nerd, open, vendors Leave a commentI think I understand the basics of setting this WordPress up. I don’t have a following yet so we will see what happens Saturday.
Registration is open, if you are an IT janitor at a dealership, let me know. You will be given elevated rights, since this is our page.
Vendors, I will honor a log in but any advertisements will be removed. If you are looking to place an ad, please contact me.