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Operations / Q1

THROUGHPUT · JOB MIX · CAPACITY
JAN 1, 2026 → MAR 31, 2026 · 90 DAYS
Total ROs
198
avg $945
ROs per day
3.1
64 working days
Avg cycle time
2.6 days
open → completed
Bay utilization
68%
3 bays · 8hr days
Day × hour heatmap
RO check-in intensity by weekday and hour. Spot the slow times and the bottlenecks.
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
MON
7
14
11
8
2
4
7
5
5
2
0
TUE
5
12
15
10
3
5
8
7
4
2
0
WED
5
11
12
9
2
4
8
7
5
2
0
THU
7
13
11
8
3
4
7
6
4
2
0
FRI
10
16
14
10
2
4
8
7
4
0
0
SAT
4
7
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
fewer
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Job categories
Revenue and gross profit by service category.
Category ROs Revenue % of total GP% Avg RO
Top services in this category
  • Oil & filter service 52 ROs · $14,820
  • Tire rotation & balance 38 ROs · $7,420
  • Brake fluid flush 14 ROs · $4,180
  • Coolant service 11 ROs · $5,940
  • Transmission service 8 ROs · $6,420
  • Cabin / air filter 19 ROs · $2,450
Top customers (this category)
  • Patricia Williams 7 visits · $1,840
  • Sarah Mitchell 5 visits · $1,420
  • David Thompson 4 visits · $1,280
  • Robert Chen 3 visits · $1,180
Maintenance is your highest-volume category (82 ROs) and your fourth-highest GP%. Most reliable revenue stream — recurring, predictable, and the lowest customer-acquisition cost since these are mostly returning customers.
Service breakdown
  • Front brake pads + rotors 18 ROs · $14,420
  • Rear brake pads + rotors 12 ROs · $9,840
  • Full brake job (all 4 corners) 5 ROs · $6,840
  • Caliper rebuild / replacement 3 ROs · $2,640
Top makes in this category
  • Honda 9 ROs · $7,420
  • Subaru 8 ROs · $7,180
  • Toyota 7 ROs · $5,860
  • BMW 5 ROs · $6,840
Brake jobs are your highest avg-RO category at $888. Watch the 58% GP — slightly below ideal for brake work. Likely opportunity in vendor pricing on rotors (NAPA vs WorldPac comparison would help).
Diagnostics 42$26,24014.0% 68% $625
Service breakdown
  • Tire replacement (4 tires) 14 ROs · $14,840
  • Alignment 11 ROs · $4,180
  • Tire rotation only 3 ROs · $420
  • TPMS reset / sensor 1 RO · $3,050
Why the 42% GP is below avg
Tire cost markup1.24× (industry: 1.50×)
VendorDiscount Tire direct
Alignment GP78% (healthy)
Tires are dragging the category down. If you bumped tire markup to industry-standard 1.40× you'd add ~$2,300 in margin on the same 14 ROs without changing volume. Alignment service is fine.
Engine 14$20,61011.0% 55% $1,472
Drivetrain 11$16,8709.0% 53% $1,534
Electrical 12$13,1207.0% 62% $1,093
Other 20$13,1007.0% 50% $655
Total 198$187,400100% 56.8% $945
Service mix shift
How your category mix is changing across the quarter.
January
$58,400
February
$61,500
March
$67,500
Maintenance
Brakes
Diagnostics
Tires
Engine
Drivetrain
Electrical & Other
Discounts audit
Who's giving discounts, to whom, how often, for how much.
Coming this month
Find your discount leakage

Every dollar discounted is a dollar of straight margin. Most shops have $10K–$30K/yr disappearing into comps and good-customer pricing without anyone tracking the pattern. This report shows you who's giving them, who's getting them, and the monthly trend.

RO cycle time
How long ROs sit. Where the bottlenecks are.
Coming this month
Throughput, in days

Days from RO open to completed. Completed to paid. Bay utilization patterns. Which categories of work take longest. Where your throughput is bleeding — and which fix would unlock the most capacity.