Body Shop Paint & Material

[fixops]

Assume you've just acquired an operating body shop and you immediately notice that all paint & materials are being expensed each month instead of inventoried, billed and relieved. When questioned, the manager tells you "that's the way we've always done it".

Giving him the benefit of the doubt that he adopted a bad process and was never trained, can someone send me an A to Z process on implementing this? He's more than willing but totally unfamiliar with the process, so I need a comprehensive list, no detail too small.

Any help will be extremely appreciated.

[fixedsolutions]

See the thread about five back about body shop gross profit. Understanding your need to get a handle on the situation, you might try the solution explained in that thread.