Author: Wolfgang Koehler

Are you in the tire business?

August 20, 2025

Based on our observations most dealerships are missing out on opportunities for tire and alignment sales When we ask general managers or dealer principals: “Are you in the tire business?”  99 per cent of the time the answer is yes.   Once …

Women techs face real hurdles: Part 2 of 2

June 15, 2025

Canadian auto dealer columnist Wolfgang Koehler shares what female techs told him about what it’s like being a woman in our industry. We can do better.  In the previous issue, I wrote about a personal account of a female service technician …

Planning to fail

April 9, 2025

Planning is considered the single most important element of the administrative process.  The higher up the ladder you are the more the involvement and time devoted to planning.   If it is so important why are so few service managers …