6m Read Blog Beyond Appointment Booking: How Smarter Scheduling Drives Service Retention A lot of dealerships look at appointment scheduling as merely an administrative task. But as Xtime experts Matt Warpinski and Joe Rehling explained during a recent Fixed Ops Focus webinar, the capacit… Read More
35 Min Watch Webinar 2026 Fixed Ops Focus Series: Capacity Management Scheduling Tools This impactful session covers how your dealership can implement service scheduling tool changes to optimize the flow of service lane customers. Read More
9m Read Blog How Dealerships Can Build Loyalty One Service Visit at a Time Insights from the 2026 Cox Automotive Fixed Ops and Ownership Study Read More
4m Read Blog Turning Service Trends Into Profit: Strategies for Fixed Ops Success Dealership service is at a crossroads. Vehicles are older, service demand is rising, and the market is expanding—but dealerships aren’t capturing their fair share. According to the 2025 Cox Automotive Service Industry Study, service visits are up, yet more customers are shopping around for service. The upside? Fixed ops revenue is thriving. Last year, service Read More
4m Read Blog Recapturing Declined Services to Drive Fixed Ops Profitability Matt Warpinski and Tiffani Stefanescu, Directors of Performance Management at Xtime One of the most overlooked opportunities within the fixed ops department lies in recapturing declined services: recommended repairs or maintenance items that customers chose not to approve on a previous visit. In a recent session of our Fixed Ops Focus webinar series, we discussed Read More
1m Read Video Selling Capacity: The Untapped Potential in Dealership Service Hours In this panel from the Fixed Ops Roundtable, Skyler Chadwick (Cox Automotive) and Tully Williams (Niello Company) discuss how to rethink your service scheduling strategy, offering actionable insights service department managers can use to bring more customers into the service lane. Learn how your marketing and service software can work together to maximize every hour and Read More
1m Read Guide Discover the Power of Data Based on the most recent Cox Automotive Power of Data research study, this comprehensive guide provides a detailed look into the use of data and insights in dealerships, including fixed ops. In this eBook, you’ll discover: Learn how data and insights can help your service department forecast trends, generate and capture demand, become more efficient, Read More
3m Read Blog Fixed Ops Technology Trends to Look for at NADA 2025 Here’s a quick guide to the latest tech trends to look for at NADA in January so you can stay a step ahead of the competition. Omnichannel Technology The service experience is more than fixing cars. It’s a chance for your dealership to interact directly with your customers, diagnose problems, and provide personalized solutions for Read More
1m Read Chapman Honda Tucson "With the Lyft and Xtime integration, courtesy rides take 3–4 minutes to arrive.With shuttles, customers were waiting for 1 hour or more." Read More
5m Read Vaden Automotive Group "Since we’ve incorporated [Engage] into our service lane, we’ve transitioned the write-up process to a more personalized and friendly environment. It helps with customer satisfaction because it builds credibility." Read More
5m Read Del Grande Dealer Group "I would say that it’s become a great partnership here in the last year. Some of the most critical pieces of forming a very, very solid partnership have been great communication, understanding, flexibility." Read More
3m Read Central Valley Nissan "The way that we did business before Xtime was very impersonal and kind of transactional, Xtime helped us with a real, consistent process to get us into the digital age of dealing with customers." Read More