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Service Intervals Are Changing: What ASTs Must Understand About OEM Flex Schedules

Automotive Training Centre

OEM flex schedules, also known as variable or adaptive maintenance schedules, rely on sensors and software to monitor engine loads, oil quality, driving style, and climate. Instead of telling drivers to return every 5,000 km for an oil change, the vehicle calculates when maintenance is genuinely needed.

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BMW Keys and CBS Maintenance

Brake & Front End

If the service advisor has a KeyReader pad on their desk, initial vitals can be obtained from the key. If the vehicle has a Display Key, the owner can view the recommended services and vehicle status on the key’s LCD display. KeyReaders can purchased, but the software required to retrieve the information can be problematic.

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Auto Shop Finances in 2025: Smart Ways to Thrive as Repair Costs Rise

AutoFix

Labor shortages have driven up wages for technicians and service advisors. Smart shops now: Use dynamic pricing tools Base pricing on acquisition cost Build in flexibility for supplier changes Adjusting auto repair pricing doesnt mean gouging customers, it means pricing for sustainability.

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How To Market Around The Slow Times In Auto Repair

Shop Marketing Pros

Are you using your CRM and shop management software to its fullest? You have more techs, more service advisors, and more bills to pay. Are you involved in your local chamber of commerce and BNI group? The key word in that question is “involved.” Do you do things that benefit your community? Do you give back?

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How to Optimize Your Auto Repair Shop Layout for Efficiency with Autoflow

Autoflow

If you market for dozens of small oil changes a year, you’ll need more bays for quick turnaround. Optimize Workflow Regardless of size, the sooner a service advisor can prepare an estimate, get parts and hand the job to a technician, the better. Is your service advisor walking back and forth to the bays for updates?

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Labor Day 2022

Wrench

Zach is a service advisor for Wrench. He is always willing to go above and beyond to get actual mechanic work secured for fleet jobs instead of just oil changes and diagnostics. Sam is a Service Advisor with Wrench. Alex is a service advisor on the Wrench team. Thank you for all that you do!"