NADA Dealer Academy offers free analysis of profit opportunities
WANADA members can take advantage of a free service offered by the NADA Dealer Academy. The General Dealer Management candidates, who average more than 10 years of retail management experience, visit area dealerships and analyze their entire operation for profit opportunities.
Students take a day, usually Wednesday, to interview dealership personnel and gather information about the stores operating practices, policies and procedures. The results are developed into a PowerPoint presentation and presented to the dealer and managers the next Friday morning.
Several WANADA members have already used the service. The Dealer Academy is looking for more dealerships to visit, preferably within an hour and a half of NADA headquarters in Tysons Corner. Students do the consulting with help from the instructor, and there is no charge.
It gives the host dealer an opportunity to have experienced managers looking at things from different perspectives, which are sometimes overlooked when you are close to your business, says Academy instructor Bill Adkins.
Adkins is looking for three to four dealerships to visit on August 7, with presentations scheduled for August 9 at the Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Va.
For more information, please have dealerships contact Bill Adkins at (703) 760-7598 or by email at badkins@nada.org.
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