Goals are the primary ways we manage success in all things, and we typically set them ourselves.
But goals are lofty, major things that require many complex steps to get to, especially if your goal is managing a successful collision repair shop. To ensure your goals and own personal style of success is clear, realistic, and on track, using various forms of data visualization tools designed for body shops is critical.
Whether it’s serving a million customers, employing a hundred people in your community, or making a million dollars a year,
tracking the right types of data about your shop, the right way, is critical to seeing your goals through.
However, data tracking and data visualization are two different things, you can record how much money your shop made each month on paper, but a trend may not become apparent till you track how much you made each month on a physical graph. Therefore using different types of visualization for different types of data about your shop is the best way to fully understand the situation and ensure you are on track for your goals.
When it comes to the right tools for data tracking and visualization, the more modern the better. It is better to have too much data and have to learn how to process it, than too little and be left in the dark for all time. For these reasons upgrading the tools your bodyshop uses for payment collection, task management, inventory, and CRM to the newest era can offer massive advantages not just in efficiency, but in reaching your direct goals by visualizing exactly how to get there.
What tools and techniques does your bodyshop use to view and reach its goals? Please share your experience with the rest of us in the comments below.
