Six phases
Landing to delivery, one line.
Time to line runs from the moment a car lands to the moment it is front-line ready: shop work done and live online. Days in inventory keeps counting after that, to the sale and the delivery.
- 1Acquisition
- VIN scan and decode
- History cross-check and intake photos
- The clock starts
- 2Triage
- Retail, certified or wholesale
- History and lien checks
- Reconditioning estimate and approval to proceed
- 3Reconditioning
- Digital work orders and inspections
- Approval gates, parts and estimates
- Sublet vendors on the same record
- 4 · the lineMerchandising
- A guided shot list
- Listing copy from the actual repair record
- Syndicated to the marketplaces
- 5Sale
- Deal desk and F&I
- 22 disclosures as gates
- A bill of sale only when the gates clear
- 6Delivery
- Delivery inspection
- Funded, and closed
- The Trueline Record for the buyer (planned)
78+workflow steps, each with a gate the store sets
85+timestamps per car, in order, never overwritten
1record of the car, read by every role
8roles on the record, sublet vendors and buyers included