Dealer or Dinosaur - A Change In The Business As We Know It?

Did you see todays Automotive News? If not here is the Headline:
“Finance giant HSBC exits U.S. auto loan business
HSBC Finance Corp. will stop making new auto loans through U.S. dealerships and direct-to-consumer channels. The announcement came Monday, Aug. 4, in the bank’s report of second-quarter earnings.
HSBC had been shrinking its auto loan business since March. [...]

Measure Everything

Okay, so I can’t claim credit to this as an original concept; but I can put some “spin” on the idea to increase it’s relevancy to what we do every day.
We all know that tried and true adage “Don’t expect what you don’t inspect”. By and large, we (as industry professionals) view performance measurement (be [...]

A New Choice for Business Management in North America at Last!

ODS & ASE Launch Business Management Composite Services in North America.
Today Operational Development Specialists (ODS,LLC), announces their partnership with Automotive Services Europe (ASE), the UK’s largest supplier of Business Management Manufacturer Composite Services. ASE’s European customers include GM, BMW, Lexus, Honda, Mercedes, Porsche, Jaguar, Volvo, Chrysler, and many more.
ASE choose ODS, as their North American [...]

Determine your Months or Years Sales Forecast

To help prepare a Sales Forecast for the coming period, you should:

Examine last year’s sales numbers for the same periods
Look at the changes that have occurred within your business

your capacity to provide
new products or services that you offer
your existing customer base

Look at changes in the marketplace

more or less demand for what you are offering
number and [...]