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Austin Conroy: What Can Social Media Do for Recruiting and Engagement in Fixed Ops?
What Can Social Media Do?
Sarah Ciociola: How Is Digital Search Changing for Parts and Service Departments?
What Digital Marketing Strategies Work Best for Fixed Ops?
Chuck Hartle: Why Do Parts Departments Lose Gross on Pricing and Sources?
What Are the Most Common Pricing Mistakes in Parts Inventory Management?
Turning Parts Chaos into Clarity: How One Manager Reclaimed Time, Space, and Control
At Titus-Will Toyota, Parts Manager Steve Fishel wasn’t new to the dealership or the industry. After decades with the organization, he had seen firsthand how much Toyota’s product line—and the complexity of parts management—had grown. What once felt...
Felicia Barr: How Do Fixed Ops Leaders Grow Without Automotive Experience
How can you build a dealership career without automotive background?
Influence Isn’t a Follower Count: Gretchen Seidel on Networking, Fixed Ops Momentum, and Why Women Work Really Hard
If you’ve ever felt like you’re “shouting into a void” on LinkedIn… or networking feels weird… or Fixed Ops is suddenly everyone’s favorite topic (even though it’s been the profit engine the whole time)… This episode is for you. In our latest PartsEdge...
Fine-Tuning a High-Performing Inventory: How One Parts Manager Found Hidden Gains
At Ressler Toyota in Bozeman, Montana, Parts Manager Mitch Brady wasn’t fighting fires or rescuing an inventory in distress. In fact, his operation was already performing well. But Mitch wanted more than “good enough”—he wanted precision, creativity, and a...
The Parts Availability Gap That’s Breaking Fixed Ops
Why do parts managers lack visibility between service scheduling and parts inventory? Kyle Morisette shared that even after 20+ years in the business, many dealerships face the same pain points. Scheduling and parts systems often operate separately, which...
From Fire Drills to Structure: Brian Fox on SOP's, AI, and Stronger Teams
How Do Parts Managers Use AI to Fix Process Gaps? In this PartsEdge Podcast episode, Kaylee Felio talks with Brian Fox, Parts Director at Barnes Crossing Auto Group, about how parts managers use AI tools like ChatGPT to cut mistakes, document better systems,...
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