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Lightspeed announced our Marine Dealership RECT (Repair Event Cycle Time) Excellence Award winners during MRAA’s 2022 Dealer Week Conference. The RECT Marine Excellence awards underscore the RECT accomplishments and extraordinary efforts of our award-winning Marine dealerships.  We had the opportunity recently to sit down with Woodard Marine, one of our Marine RECT award winners, and […]

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My firm, The Accounting Guys, went from serving 15 dealerships to serving over 200 power sport, marine, and RV dealerships in just five years. While there isn’t one silver bullet that allows for that level of expansion, a key factor to our growth is adherence to one of our core values; “We automate processes so […]

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Due to staff shortages, and inventories that bloated as dealers attempted to counter supplier backorders and shipping delays, many locations didn’t have a chance to complete their annual parts inventory. Now that business is starting to normalize; it’s time to get that dreaded count back on your calendar. There are multiple ways to conduct an […]

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It’s the weekend and time to start your honey-do list. But to complete the work, you must go to the shed and pull out the right tools: a drill, hammer, screws, and maybe even paint. Without the right tools, the job will not get done, at the very least, not completely. Let’s put this in terms […]

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At Lightspeed, we’re not just a Dealer Management Solutions company but also enthusiasts. Some of my fondest memories as a kid were the Saturdays I spent going to the bike shop with my dad. The shiny new bikes and the smell of rubber and gasoline were awesome! One day I was at my local shop […]

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Because you’re involved in a dealership service department, you know what’s coming. It’s the chaos of spring launch season. And while pulling it off is a heavy lift for even the best-of-the-best service departments, it’s a huge opportunity for your team as well. An opportunity to kick off your customers’ boating season on the right […]

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