Sample Auto Repair Labor Efficiency Report
Prepared for Owner / Manager in Local Market. This report measures available labor capacity, billed labor recovery, effective labor rate, lost revenue, and the practical next steps to improve shop profitability.
Shop / Report Information
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Editable Shop Inputs
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What This Means
Sample Auto Repair: Critical at 67.5% shop productivity
Sample Auto Repair has 160 available weekly labor hours and is currently billing 108 hours. That means the current productivity is 67.5%. At the target productivity of 85.0%, the shop should be billing 136 hours. This leaves 28 recoverable labor hours each week. Recovering this capacity represents a revenue opportunity of $4,060 weekly, $17,580 monthly, and $211,120 annually. The shop is currently critical compared to its target.
Recommended Action Items
- For Sample Auto Repair, review dispatching, technician workflow, bay utilization, parts delays, and daily production control immediately.
- Audit discounts, write-offs, estimating accuracy, diagnostic billing, warranty work, and unbilled labor time that may be reducing the real labor rate.
- Create a labor recovery plan to capture the estimated monthly opportunity of $17,580.
- Ensure the shop is billing at least 41.7 hours per week just to cover technician labor costs and payroll burden.
CRM & Advisory Notes
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Labor Performance Results
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Total available labor hours | 160 |
| Total billed labor hours | 108 |
| Current productivity / Labor utilization | 67.5% |
| Target billed hours | 136 |
| Recoverable labor hours (unbilled capacity) | 28 |
| Average labor hours per RO | 2 |
| Effective labor rate | $98 |
| Break-even billed hours | 41.7 |
| Weekly revenue opportunity | $4,060 |
| Monthly revenue opportunity | $17,580 |
| Annual revenue opportunity | $211,120 |
| Current weekly labor revenue | $15,660 |
| Labor cost per week | $6,042 |
| Gross labor profit | $9,618 |
| Labor gross margin | 61.4% |
Efficiency Status
Your shop is likely losing substantial revenue through workflow, estimating, dispatch, or unbilled labor problems.
FORCARA helps shops identify operational bottlenecks, improve labor recovery, and build systems that increase profitability before adding more marketing volume.
