As we push toward the end of the prime selling season, what is the one goal you want to accomplish by the end of the year?
“Figure out why our new boat sales are lacking behind 2018 when every other aspect of our business are well ahead.” – Joe Lewis, Mount Dora Boating Center
“The one goal I’d like to accomplish would be to reclaim my sanity. Somewhere between Memorial Day and Labor day, all normal sanity was sucked out of my mind. Hopeful some cooler days and smooth sounds will restore my fried brain cells.” – David deAndrade, White Lake Marine
“Top of my list is to reduce the inventory. Our inventory is high for this time of year and the manufacturers are asking for new 2020 orders to either met or exceed last year’s orders. Being in this business for over 40 years we know that every election year the business tapers off towards election time. But after the elections, whether a Republican or Democrat is elected, there is business as usual. So we will adjust our inventory accordingly in 2020.
Also we are training in house for new technicians. We are using our older tech’s to train the younger new tech’s and compensating the older tech’s for their training.” – Jim Wiborg, Bob Hewes Boats
“Be billing 80% of paid trades payroll hours.” – Jim Dragseth, Whiticar Boat Yard
“We’ve outgrown our current location, both in size and scope. Our goal is to secure a bigger, deep water location that will allow us to inventory more boats, expand our service operations, accommodate more employees, add a full-service marina component, and more. Ideally we would migrate to the new location during 2020.” – Roger Moore, Nautical Ventures
“We need to sell through our overstocked and aged inventory. There’s also a challenging time ahead so far as inventory planning and management goes. Our primary goal is to identify when and where to shift our ordering and delivery dates, as well as volume of inbound orders.” – Greg Knop, Family Boating Center
What do you want to accomplish in the upcoming months? Tell us below in the comment section!