Fixed Ops Journal - October 2020 - F3
FIXED OPS JOURNAL
inside
October 2020
15
features
10 Speed ills: Express service
boosts customer scores, but dealers
have difficult time sustaining it
15 Hand-holding: Arizona Subaru
dealership uses tablets to train,
keep express advisers on task
18
24
18 Here to stay: Service
departments ponder whether to
charge for concierge services
started during pandemic
22 Virtual learning: 3rd annual
FOJ Forum kicks off remotely,
focuses on mitigating coronavirus
disruptions
24 On target: Dealerships
redirected more marketing money
for fixed ops to combat COVID
slowdown
departments
26
4 Editor's Letter
6 Feedback
6 Service Counter
16 Legal Lane
26 Fixed In Time
ON THE COVER: Express service tech Daniel
Andrade works on a vehicle at the newly opened
Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center, part of Mullinax
Ford in Lake Park, Fla. Story on PAGE 10.
PHOTO: MARK ELIAS
Fixed Ops Journal Staff
EDITOR: Dan Shine l CHIEF OF EDITORIAL OPERATIONS: Dave Versical
DESIGNER: Steve Massie l REPORTER: Richard Truett
COPY EDITORS: Amy Butters, Tim Good, Elizabeth Hardy, Cynthia Orosco-Wright
CORRESPONDENTS: Eric Freedman, Alex Kwanten, Rick Popely
ADVERTISING: Karen Rentschler, Associate Publisher, krentschler@crain.com
OCTOBER 2020
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Contents
Fixed Ops Journal - October 2020 - Intro
Fixed Ops Journal - October 2020 - F1
Fixed Ops Journal - October 2020 - F2
Fixed Ops Journal - October 2020 - Contents
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