What Procedures do you have for running the office side of the business?

sg0126 · 04-08-2014, 06:04 AM

I just started at a trailer and used car dealership and was hired to setup a new system for the office. How do you run your office? What procedures do you have in place? Any kind of insight would be very helpful! thank you

XDCX · 04-09-2014, 03:02 PM

sg0126 - First post - Welcome to DealershipForum.

Concerning your question, I think we need to know about how large the used car/trailer dealership is (inventory and sales), how long they've been in business and what type of budget you have to work with.

For very small dealerships I know that some dealers have successfully used QuickBooks to handle most of their needs.

For dealers that are slightly larger, investing into a DMS (Dealership Management System) can be an excellent solution since the same software that's used to manage inventory and sell vehicles can be used to run the office as well.

04-08-2014, 06:04 AM	#1
sg0126 New Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1	What Procedures do you have for running the office side of the business? I just started at a trailer and used car dealership and was hired to setup a new system for the office. How do you run your office? What procedures do you have in place? Any kind of insight would be very helpful! thank you

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04-09-2014, 03:02 PM	#2
XDCX Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 14,869	sg0126 - First post - Welcome to DealershipForum. Concerning your question, I think we need to know about how large the used car/trailer dealership is (inventory and sales), how long they've been in business and what type of budget you have to work with. For very small dealerships I know that some dealers have successfully used QuickBooks to handle most of their needs. For dealers that are slightly larger, investing into a DMS (Dealership Management System) can be an excellent solution since the same software that's used to manage inventory and sell vehicles can be used to run the office as well.