NIADA 2026, taking place June 21–24, 2026, at Colorado, points to four major shifts in dealer audit trends. The event’s education agenda suggests that dealerships will increasingly treat compliance as a year-round activity, place greater emphasis on...
Every department in your dealership has its own manager, its own targets, and its own rhythm. Sales hits its monthly numbers. Service hits its labour hours target. Parts keeps its inventory moving. On paper, each function looks healthy. But when you look at the total...
An automotive dealership facility audit is a detailed inspection of the dealership’s building, grounds, and customer areas. It checks if they meet OEM brand standards, safety codes, and franchise rules. It differs from a financial audit or an operational review....
Running a single dealership facility audit is straightforward. Running 80 of them, across multiple markets, with different field representatives every quarter, is where dealer facility audit standardisation becomes not just useful, but operationally necessary....
Warranty compliance across a dealer network is not just an administrative concern. It directly affects claim recovery, audit outcomes, dealer profitability, and OEM reputation. Poor warranty controls often lead to rejected claims, recurring repairs, inflated warranty...
Automotive workshops rarely lose efficiency overnight. The decline usually happens gradually; tools left out after use, storage areas turning inconsistent, cleaning routines skipped, and visual controls ignored. Without a structured audit process, even a...
