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looking for a definition.

As defined by GM,

Variable Gross Profit

The combined gross profits of the New and Used Vehicle Departments and the Lease and Rental Department.

Unless you were looking for something related to service??

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service related

I'm thinking gross after personnel expenses.

"variable gross profit" is a term used exclusively as a reference to the gross profit generated by the variable departments correctly defined above as new, used, and F&I.

Your question could use a little clarification. Are you possibly asking the question relative to variable labor rates, and variable labor costing?

jazzdale, gross after "personnel" would also include direct departmental expenses, and is commonly referred to as "adjusted gross"

[This message has been edited by TheOne (edited 03-02-2009).]

thanks, a friend was asking. He is a green service manager. They had this in his pay plan.

They might be defining some gross profit figure after "controllable expenses" like advertising, other supplies, etc. which would vary month to month

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