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Vehicle Recon Tracker

End-to-end reconditioning workflow management for automotive dealerships. Every vehicle from trade-in to frontline, with each stage timestamped so the delays are visible instead of argued about.

What it is

Reconditioning is where used-car gross quietly disappears. A vehicle sitting in the back lot waiting to be assigned costs the same holding money as one on the lift, but only one of those shows up in a conversation about shop capacity.

Vehicle Recon Tracker exists to make that invisible time visible. It follows a vehicle from the moment you take ownership to the moment it is photographed and listed, timestamping every handoff along the way.

What it does

The capabilities that carry the most weight day to day.

Live Recon Dashboard

Every vehicle's current status at a glance - where it is, who owns the next step, and how long it has been sitting there.

Stage-by-Stage Timestamps

Inspection, approval, parts, sublet, detail and photos are each recorded separately, so a long cycle can be traced to the step that caused it.

Whole-Cycle Measurement

The clock starts at acquisition, not at the shop door, which is where most stores lose days without realising it.

Parts and Sublet Holds

A vehicle waiting on a back-ordered part becomes its own visible state rather than a note somewhere, so it stops blending in with work in progress.

Accountability by Name

Each step has an owner. Approvals stop being anonymous, which is usually enough on its own to shorten them.

Reporting That Settles Arguments

Average time to line, broken out by stage and by vendor. The answer to how long recon takes becomes a report rather than an opinion.

Who it is for

Franchise and independent dealerships reconditioning their own inventory
Used-car and inventory managers accountable for time to line
Recon and service directors coordinating internal work with outside vendors
Dealer groups wanting comparable numbers across rooftops

Why we built it

We built this because the stores we worked with could all name their recon target and almost none could measure their actual one. The number lived in a spreadsheet that was already out of date, or in somebody's head.

Adding technicians rarely fixes a slow cycle, because the constraint is usually waiting rather than working. Once each wait is timestamped, the fix tends to become obvious without anyone needing to be persuaded.

See Vehicle Recon Tracker in action

Full product details, screenshots and pricing live on its own site. Or tell us about your operation and we will set up a walkthrough.

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